OverviewUpdate (10/12/2022): This instructions in this article are no longer necessary with the new feature Proximity Placement Group intent feature that has been added where you can specify the VM Sizes and Availability Zone a Proximity Placement Group can be aligned to. More information here.When you deploy a Virtual Machine and want High Availability, you have one … [Read more...] about Pin Azure VM Availability Sets into an Availability Zone
Azure Private Endpoints and Storage Account Firewalls
This topic is to address some incorrect information out there regarding leveraging Azure Private Endpoints and Storage Account Firewalls. The recommendations I have seen are to create a Private Endpoint on an Azure Storage Account and restrict subnet access to a specific subnet.Let's walk through an example of an incorrect statement I have seen out there. Then I'll walk … [Read more...] about Azure Private Endpoints and Storage Account Firewalls
Azure Event Grid and Serverless PowerShell Functions – Part 2
OverviewAzure Event Grid is an event handler service that subscribes to certain event sources which then call handlers to perform a task, or tasks, based on the event that occurred. Azure Event Grid documentation is provided here. Azure Functions is an event driven, compute-on-demand experience that extends the existing Azure application platform with … [Read more...] about Azure Event Grid and Serverless PowerShell Functions – Part 2
Azure Event Grid and Serverless PowerShell Functions – Part 1
OverviewAzure Event Grid is an event handler service that subscribes to certain event sources which then call handlers to perform a task, or tasks, based on the event that occurred. Azure Event Grid documentation is provided here. Azure Functions is an event driven, compute-on-demand experience that extends the existing Azure application platform with … [Read more...] about Azure Event Grid and Serverless PowerShell Functions – Part 1
Retrieving Activity Log Data from Azure Log Analytics – Part 3
Part 1What is Log Analytics?What is the Activity Log?Two methods for ingesting Activity Log Data into Log AnalyticsOption #1 - Old/Current Method Being Deprecated where you go into your Log Analytics Workspace and hook the Activity Log directly into the workspaceOption #2 - New Method leveraging Activity Log Diagnostic SettingsPart 2Leverage Kusto Query … [Read more...] about Retrieving Activity Log Data from Azure Log Analytics – Part 3
