by Aamir Khan | Sep 11, 2025 | Azure, Blog, DevOps
SUMMARY: This guide demonstrates how to use Terraform, an Infrastructure as Code (IaC) tool from HashiCorp, to define, provision, and manage resources like virtual machines on the Microsoft Azure cloud. Terraform functions by processing human-readable configuration...
by Dean Mikalajczyk | May 22, 2025 | AWS, Azure, Blog, Cloud
SUMMARY: Terraform, an open-source tool from HashiCorp, enables businesses to automate, provision, and manage complex multi-cloud environments with control and consistency by implementing Infrastructure as Code (IaC) principles. Terraform promotes a powerful immutable...
by Shane Schlabach | Apr 24, 2025 | Azure, Blog
Table of contentsWhat is MariaDB?What is Changing?What are the Options? Microsoft has announced that it is retiring Azure Database for MariaDB on September 19, 2025. Beginning on March 19, 2024, Microsoft disabled the option to create new MariaDB...
by Dean Mikalajczyk | Apr 17, 2025 | Azure, Blog
Table of contentsWindows App: Everything You Need to KnowWhat is the Windows App?Use CasesKey BenefitsKey Differences: Windows App vs. Azure Virtual Desktop (AVD)Transitioning from Azure Virtual Desktop Preview to Windows AppKnown Limitations on Windows MachinesUsing...
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 | 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 XTIVIA | Jul 19, 2024 | Azure, Blog, Cloud, Microsoft
CrowdStrike recently experienced a significant outage affecting Windows hosts due to a defect in a single content update. This issue has impacted numerous environments, including Azure-related virtual machines and on-premises workstations. In this blog post,...
