Mastering Azure DNS
Azure DNS provides a reliable, scalable, and secure way to host and manage your domain name system (DNS) records directly…
Building a Centralized Egress and Hybrid Connectivity Hub with Network Connectivity Center (NCC), HA VPN, and a Router Appliance in Google Cloud
In my previous posts I was configuring a hub-and-spoke architecture to support cross-VPC routing and hybrid connectivity. About setting up…
Mastering Azure Monitor (Log Analytics) and Azure Resource Graph
In this post, we will see how Azure Monitor’s Log Analytics tool can be used to query different signals, from…
Azure Automation – Virtual Machine Start/Stop Schedule
Azure has a feature similar to GCP’s Schedule Instance, though it’s implemented a bit differently. Azure provides “Start/Stop VMs during…
Using Azure Key Vault for Passwords in Azure Bastion
Managing virtual machine access securely is a critical part of any Azure deployment. Azure Bastion provides a secure, browser-based RDP…
How to use the Serial Console and Special Administration Console (SAC) for VMware vSphere Windows Virtual Machines
When managing Windows virtual machines in VMware vSphere, mostly we can rely on RDP or vSphere Console for access. But…
Step-by-Step Guide: Monitor Scheduled Events for Azure Windows Virtual Machines
In this post we will see how we can monitor scheduled events to get notified per Email about upcoming maintenance…
Mastering GCP Virtual Machines – Part 3 (Connect to Windows VMs)
In Part 2 we saw the different access methods we can use to connect to our Linux virtual machine instances. Further we saw…
Mastering GCP Virtual Machines – Part 2 (Connect to Linux VMs)
In Part 1 we saw how to create a new virtual machine instance (Linux Ubuntu), checking if the google guest…
Step-by-Step Guide: Setting up Route Based S2S VPN between Azure and on-prem by using pfSense – Part 2
Part 1 covers the setup by using static routes, ideal for simpler environments or when dynamic routing isn’t required. Now this second part explores the BGP (Border…