Introduction Microsoft recently released Azure Active Directory (AzureAD) authentication support for Azure PostgreSQL Flexible Server (AzPG). I’m a huge proponent of leveraging AzureAD whenever possible, over local accounts, keys, etc. There all sorts of pros to this approach, none of which I’m going to dive into....
Introduction It’s been a while since I’ve blogged about naming conventions. For most it’s not an interesting topic, and for many, it’s the last thing on their mind. While I would never say I get joy out of creating a good naming convention, I do get a sense of satisfaction and pride. For this blog post, I want to...
Introduction I had been troubleshooting a fairly tricky DNS resolution issue and wanted to share what I learned with all of you. Most of the DNS lookup issues I’ve encountered in my career, have been the result of a misconfigured zone, record, or a server outage. I cannot recall a time with a Windows DNS server, where...
Version: 1.0.0 Series Introduction Whether you’re new to ARM/Bicep or a pro, I’m sure you’ve run into the issue of needing conditional properties. Unfortunately, ARM and Bicep do not officially have functions built in to handle this natively. At least not as of yet. I was surprised when writing this, to not see a whole...
Version: 1.0.0 Series Introduction Whether you’re new to ARM/Bicep or a pro, I’m sure you’ve run into the issue of needing conditional properties. Unfortunately, ARM and Bicep do not officially have functions built in to handle this natively. At least not as of yet. I was surprised when writing this, to not see a whole...
Version: 1.0.0 Series Introduction Whether you’re new to ARM/Bicep or a pro, I’m sure you’ve run into the issue of needing conditional properties. Unfortunately, ARM and Bicep do not officially have functions built in to handle this natively. At least not as of yet. I was surprised when writing this, to not see a whole...
Version: 1.0.0 Series Introduction Whether you’re new to ARM/Bicep or a pro, I’m sure you’ve run into the issue of needing conditional properties. Unfortunately, ARM and Bicep do not officially have functions built in to handle this natively. At least not as of yet. I was surprised when writing this, to not see a whole...
Version: 1.0.0 Introduction As many know, I’m a big fan of automation. A lot of my blog posts have focused on leveraging PowerShell to do my bidding. As my career has evolved, so have the tools I leverage. In a cloud world, even scripting by itself can become to error prone and inconsistent. Many have been leveraging...
Version: 1.0.1 Introduction Look we all know the running joke is “Microsoft Security” is an oxymoron. Over the years though, Microsoft has made large strides in improving security. In fact, one could make a case that they have defined newer standards that others have lacked. That said, I’d like to discuss an area that...