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Quick Tip: Azure Application Architecture Guide

June 22, 2020August 31, 2023gsjutlaAdvanced, Architecture, Azure

This guide presents a structured approach for designing applications on Azure that are scalable, resilient, and highly available. It is based on proven practices that we have learned from customer engagements. Here is the Microsoft Link https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/architecture/guide/ Microsoft patterns & practices https://github.com/mspnp Cloud Application Architecture Guide https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/campaigns/cloud-application-architecture-guide/

How Powerful is PowerShell really?

June 17, 2020August 31, 2023gsjutlaAdvanced, Devops, Powershell, Security

I have worked with various different scripting languages and came across a script I had worked on about 6 years ago while working on an NTDebugging blog at Microsoft. Honestly I became nostalgic remembering the kind of work me and my team at Microsoft used to do back in the day. While working on the […]

Modular Development with Powershell – Part 1

June 15, 2020August 31, 2023gsjutlaBeginnner, Devops, Powershell

Modular programming is a software design technique that emphasizes separating the functionality of a program into independent, interchangeable modules, such that each contains everything necessary to execute only one aspect of the desired functionality. In the Devops world a lot of great code exists, mostly as independent scripts. Over a period of time, if the code is […]

Key Factors for Success of Devops

June 12, 2020October 9, 2023gsjutlaDevops, Intermediate, Security

While working for different organizations, reading articles, discussions at meetups and with fellow architects, engineers and consultants I have come across some key challenges faced in the Devops environments. In this article I am presenting my thoughts. 1. Building a strong and motivated team This is probably the biggest challenge the IT industry faces today. […]

Secure file transfer of files from Azure Devops to Azure Virtual Machine

May 31, 2020August 31, 2023gsjutlaAdvanced, Azure, Devops

In this article I would discuss a few different scenarios, requirements for transferring files from a code repository, local machine, Azure Devops repo to an Azure VM. Before we begin let me specify a few conditions to start with 1. Assume the file is not available publicly, holds important data.2. Assume the Azure Virtual Machine […]

Case Study: Azure Log Analytics event logging integration with Splunk

May 17, 2020August 31, 2023gsjutlaAzure, Intermediate

Requirement In a multi-cloud environment there may be a requirement to consolidate and collate events into a single Splunk repository. The solution may require high availability, least amount of administrative effort, avoiding public endpoints, security, scalability and secure connectivity. There are multiple ways of integrating Splunk with Log analytics or to process Azure events and […]

Quick Tip: How To start your journey to zero trust | Azure Active Directory

January 19, 2020August 31, 2023gsjutlaAzure

Microsoft recently published the following video on youtube on zero trust. In this video, you will discover how employees of small and large companies can get their work done from coffee shops to airports using this new zero trust security model instead of the traditional perimeter based security system. To find more information visit the […]

Quick Tip: Getting the Azure RM Profile Token

December 27, 2019August 31, 2023gsjutlaAzure

There are multiple ways to connect to Azure to get information or to do tasks. Azure supports Rest API calls to do many tasks. For REST API calls or for scenarios where you will need your Azure RM Profile token you can run the following commands to get the Azure token. The example below also […]

Quick Tip: Azure Cloud Shell Direct Link

December 26, 2019August 31, 2023gsjutlaAzure

Azure provides a cloud shell which is basically a web browser interface to run powershell or a bash shell within your Azure cloud account. You can access this shell from any browser by visiting https://shell.azure.com/

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