Azure Bastion - Secure access to Azure VMs

az bastion secure access vms

The work forms "home office", "remote work" or even "work anywhere" are becoming increasingly important, especially in recent months. This change affects not only users, but also IT staff and system administrators. However, I am often confronted with mistrust and security concerns when dealing with such issues. This is where Azure Bastion comes into play. Bastion not only enables "work anywhere" for system administrators, but also provides increased security and secure access to your Azure VMs without the need for a VPN!

MS Teams Meetings in separate windows

MS Teams separate windows

Already at the Microsoft Ignite in November 2019, the feature and support of multiple windows for Microsoft teams was announced. Since a few months this feature is already in rollout, but only for private chats (see post of 18.05.2020). Now the time has finally come and Microsoft is rolling out the feature of "MS Teams Meetings in separate windows". A long awaited feature on my part!

Azure Cost Management for CSP customers

Azure COst Management for CSP Customers

Azure Cost Management has already been available for Microsoft Cloud Solution Provider (CSP) since the end of 2019. This means that a CSP can view the costs incurred for the purchased Microsoft Cloud Services directly in the Azure Portal. The customer, on the other hand, has no access by default. The following is an explanation of how to activate Azure Cost Management as a CSP for a customer, what the requirements are and what restrictions currently exist.

Part 1: Online trainings Learnings by Yannic - equipment and organisation

In the last few days I have conducted various online trainings and webinars. Due to the current crisis situation (COVID19), various trainings and courses had to take place online and not as planned in the classroom or meeting room. This situation brings with it new challenges. In this article, I would like to record the results of the online trainings I have conducted. Most of the lessons learned refer to online trainings of several days, but also apply to shorter, for example half-day trainings.

Part 3: Online trainings Learnings by Yannic - Continuously during the online training

You made the preparations from Part 1 and started the training as described in Part 2? Great. But now it is important that you can take the momentum from the good preparations and the successful introduction. Pay attention to the following points during the entire online training. Make sure that a certain amount of humour is not out of place during the course.

Microsoft Teams Multi-Windows Rollout

The lack of different windows in teams has disturbed many active users and probably limited their productivity. While the predecessor Skype for Business, for example, allows several chats to be opened simultaneously and side by side, this was not possible with Microsoft Teams until now. A user is particularly restricted when he or she is in an online meeting ... Read more

Microsoft Azure LRS vs ZRS vs GRS vs GZRS

LRS vs ZRS vs GRS vs GZRS

Auf der Azure Plattform trifft man die Bezeichnungen LRS, ZRS, GRS und GZRS in verschiedensten Situationen an. Oft scheinen deren Bedeutung aber zu wenig Aufmerksamkeit zu erhalten oder werden ganzheitlich missachtet. Besonders wenn es um die Verfügbarkeit, Sicherheit und Service-Level Agreements (SLA) als solches geht. Aus diesem Grund befasst sich dieser Blogbeitrag mit der Bedeutung … Read more

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