Why Aren't You Tagging Azure Resources?
🏷️ The Case for Tagging How often has your organisation struggled to articulate cost, manage governance, or group resources in Azure? For some organisations, tagging is the norm, with every resource tagged to provide additional information about what the resource is, who it’s for, and why it’s needed. For others, they’ve not even started, relying on documentation and in-team knowledge to identify services and manually group things like costs together. Continue reading
The Issue with Azure Bastion in Virtual WAN
Intro Most people have used Azure Bastion before. The uptake of the ease-of-use product has been great, and for years it’s been simple and effective. However, as more and more people move to Virtual WAN (vWAN), the experience hasn’t been so great. For those that haven’t used it before, Azure Bastion is a resource that allows users to initiate an RDP-like connection over HTTPS to servers within Azure without the need to open ports, add public IP addresses, or compromise security. Continue reading
What’s the best IaC tool for Azure?
Many of you will already be using Infrastructure as Code (IaC) day to day but for some choosing the right tool to ensure success is the real first stumbling block. So with so many options, how should you go about choosing the one that’s right? In the Microsoft corner there’s; PowerShell, Azure Resource Manager (ARM), Bicep and in the 3rd party corner HashiCorp Terraform each offer benefits and drawbacks. The choice comes down to your team’s skills, the complexity of your environment, and your cloud strategy. Continue reading