Microsoft Ignite 2017 Day 1 recap – Azure announcements
Today Microsoft Ignite 2017 in Orlando kicked off. Microsoft announced a ton of new Azure capabilities. Have a look at the following selections of the official Azure blog announcements to get started...
View ArticleMicrosoft Ignite 2017 Day 2 and 3 recap – Azure announcements
During the last two days at Ignite in Orlando, Microsoft announced more new Azure capabilities. Have a look at the following selections of the official Azure blog announcements to get started with the...
View ArticleMicrosoft Ignite session recording of Azure IaaS design and performance...
I am back from an awesome Microsoft Ignite in Orlando. If you missed my session at Microsoft Ignite or you were not able to attend the conference in Orlando, have a look at the Microsoft Ignite YouTube...
View ArticleMonitoring Azure B-series VM banked credits
In mid-September Microsoft announced the new B-series VM size.-> https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/blog/introducing-b-series-our-new-burstable-vm-size/Have a look at the following description to...
View ArticleDeploying a Kubernetes cluster on Azure Germany via acs-engine
Currently the Azure Container Service is not available in one of the regions of Azure Germany, that supports you creating an Kubernetes cluster in an easy way.But do not be afraid. There is a handy...
View ArticleWorking with NSG augmented security rules in Azure
At Microsoft Ignite this year Microsoft has announced several networking improvements and features in Azure. Most of them are currently in public preview and can be tested like the augmented security...
View ArticleDeploy NSG augmented security rules with Azure Resource Manager templates
In my previous blog post “Working with NSG augmented security rules in Azure” I described what the NSG augmented security rules are and how you can leverage them with PowerShell.->...
View ArticleAdding value to your DevTest Labs users with additional Azure services
If you are working with Azure DevTest Labs you already know that all the nice things are built around to provide a test environment for Azure IaaS VMs. So far so good, but what can you do to provide...
View ArticleKeeping your Azure VMs up-to-date with the update management solution
Based on the Azure services Log Analytics and Azure Automation you can use three new capabilities in the Azure portal for your Azure VMs: inventory, change tracking, and update management.->...
View ArticleDeploy the update management solution through an Azure Resource Manager template
In my last blog article, I talked about the update management solution in Azure and what the capabilities are.->...
View ArticleLink summary for guidance for mitigation and protection from Spectre and...
From a security perspective the new year has started with a big bang. If you have lost the traction where you get the necessary information for guidance for mitigation and protection from Spectre and...
View ArticleDeploying Application Security Groups with an Azure Resource Manager template
This month Microsoft launched the public preview of the Application Security Groups, short ASG, in all Azure regions.-> https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/updates/public-preview-for-asg/ASGs are like...
View ArticleDeploying the Kubernetes ACI connector on AKS – Managed Kubernetes in Azure
Last year Microsoft announced the preview of AKS – Managed Kubernetes and the new ACI connector for Kubernetes the Virtual Kubelet.->...
View ArticleSAP HANA Express Edition – Deploy HANA Express database on AKS – Managed...
Today I will guide you through the deployment of a HANA Express database on AKS – Managed Kubernetes on Azure. One of my colleagues out of the GBB SAP team has asked me, if the setup described for GKE...
View ArticleDeploying the Kubernetes ACI connector on Kubernetes on Docker for Windows
In January Docker announced and integrated the experimental support of Kubernetes for its Edge channel version of Docker for Windows.->...
View ArticleGet notified with Azure Service Health on service incidents
Azure Service Health is one of a dozen cool Azure service Microsoft is currently offering in Azure. The Service Health dashboard provides you with the right information in case of a service issue,...
View ArticleConfiguring and deploying the container monitoring solution for AKS – Managed...
Running an AKS cluster or containers on Azure does not eliminate the need to monitor your workloads. Looking at Azure it is simple to configure and deploy a monitoring solution for AKS. All what you...
View ArticleKeeping your AKS – Managed Kubernetes cluster on Azure up-to-date
It is quite simple to keep an AKS – Managed Kubernetes cluster on Azure up-to-date, because Microsoft automatically applies security patches to the nodes on a nightly schedule as described in the AKS...
View ArticleKeeping your ACS Engine Kubernetes cluster on Azure up-to-date
It is quite simple to keep a Kubernetes cluster created by ACS Engine on Azure up-to-date, because the master and agent nodes are configured by default to automatically apply security patches on a...
View ArticleUsing ACS Engine to build private Kubernetes clusters with bring your own...
Looking at Azure Container Service (AKS) – Managed Kubernetes you may have recognized that AKS currently does not support bring your own VNET and private Kubernetes masters. If you need both...
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