by Shane Schlabach | Mar 27, 2025 | Azure, Blog
Microsoft has announced that it is retiring default outbound internet access for new Azure Virtual Machines (VMs) on September 30, 2025. What is default outbound access? Outbound access is a way for a VM to connect to the internet. Previously,...
by Shane Schlabach | Mar 18, 2025 | Azure, Blog
Microsoft has begun deprecating TLS versions 1.0 & 1.1 across all services in Azure. This requires clients connecting to Azure resources to use TLS 1.2 at a minimum, preferably 1.3 if supported. While many deadlines have passed, Microsoft has extended support for...
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As Azure grows and resources continue to improve, Microsoft will continuously retire old and outdated resources.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...
by Shane Schlabach | Jan 4, 2024 | AWS, Blog
One of AWS’s excellent features is that public IP addresses, known as Elastic IPs, have been free as long as they were assigned to a resource. That is about to change on February 1, 2024. All Elastic IPs will be charged at $0.005 per hour while allocated to your...
by Shane Schlabach | Dec 21, 2023 | AWS, Blog
You’ve heard of 12 days of Christmas!? Well, below are 12 Tips and tricks for AWS! Enjoy! #1 Require MFA for all users To help secure your AWS environment, it is highly recommended to require MFA for all users logging into the AWS Management Console. Follow the...
