by Shane Schlabach | Jun 5, 2025 | AWS, Blog, Cloud
SUMMARY: Organizations can enhance security and compliance by following distinct, step-by-step procedures to encrypt existing unencrypted AWS Elastic Block Store (EBS) volumes, securing data that is not protected automatically by default. Encrypting a data volume...
by Shane Schlabach | Apr 24, 2025 | Azure, Blog
SUMMARY: Microsoft is permanently retiring the Azure Database for MariaDB service on September 19, 2025, requiring all current users to migrate their database instances immediately to prevent permanent deletion and loss of all data, primarily by migrating to the...
by Shane Schlabach | Mar 27, 2025 | Azure, Blog
Table of contentsWhat is the default outbound access?What is changing?What are the options?How to implement each optionNotes & Best Practices Microsoft has announced that it is retiring default outbound internet access for new Azure Virtual Machines (VMs) on...
by Shane Schlabach | Mar 18, 2025 | Azure, Blog
Table of contentsWhat is TLS?Why the change?What services are impacted?How to prepare?Azure SQL DatabaseAzure SQL Managed InstanceWhat to change in Azure?Azure SQL DatabaseAzure SQL Managed Instance Microsoft has begun deprecating TLS versions 1.0 & 1.1 across all...
by Shane Schlabach | Mar 11, 2025 | AWS, Blog, Cloud
When using public IP addresses in AWS, it is a good idea to regularly monitor and audit them. This can be cumbersome as IPs can be assigned to a wide range of services across multiple accounts. Whether using a stand-alone account or an Organization, AWS provides a...
by Shane Schlabach | Nov 27, 2024 | Azure, Blog, Cloud, Microsoft
Security and management are essential when managing access to Entra joined machines. Using Microsoft Entra credentials achieves both and is a fairly straightforward setup when logging onto a device locally. Connecting remotely via RDP (Remote Desktop Protocol) can...
by Shane Schlabach | Nov 7, 2024 | Azure, Blog
Security and management are essential when managing access to Windows machines in Azure. Using Microsoft Entra credentials achieves both and is a fairly straightforward setup. However, MFA (Multi-Factor Authentication) can complicate the process and require some...
by Shane Schlabach | Aug 1, 2024 | Azure, Blog, Cloud, Microsoft
As Azure grows and resources continue to improve, Microsoft will continuously retire old and outdated resources. Any resources not migrated by the retirement date may stop working as Microsoft shuts down the endpoints on which they run. Below is a list of all...
by Shane Schlabach | Jul 11, 2024 | AWS, Blog, Cloud, Databases
When creating an S3 Replication Rule, objects that were uploaded prior to the rule being created will not be replicated. These will need to be replicated manually with an S3 Batch Operation. This can also be used for occasional one-off replications if needed....
by Shane Schlabach | Jul 9, 2024 | AWS, Blog, Cloud
When you create a general-purpose S3 bucket, AWS automatically redundantly saves all data across a minimum of 3 availability zones in the region where the bucket was created. This allows for 99.999999999% file durability, which ensures that you will never lose any of...
