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Azure Front Door with Application Gateway: More Than Just a Load Balancer
Introduction: In the landscape of cloud services, Azure Application Gateway has consistently piqued my interest. This blog is a testament to my admiration for this service, which, in my experience, surpasses the traditional role of a load balancer. Its capabilities are often comparable to those of an F5 Advanced Web Application Firewall (WAF), which is…
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Azure Chaos Studio
In today’s digital landscape, ensuring system reliability and resilience is important. Chaos Engineering, a practice that involves deliberately injecting failures into a system to test its robustness and identify weaknesses before they cause real issues. Azure Chaos Studio from Microsoft is a tool designed to facilitate Chaos Engineering within Azure environments, allowing engineers to simulate…
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Azure’s New Private Subnet
Introduction Microsoft Azure continues to evolve its cloud services, prioritizing security and flexibility for its users. The latest addition is the ability to create private subnets, an important feature for any organization concerned with network security and efficient management. In this blog post, we will explore this new feature, its benefits, and how to implement…
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Connectivity with Azure Application Gateway v2’s IPv6 Support
Introduction In the dynamic landscape of digital infrastructure, maintaining robust and versatile web applications is crucial for any organization’s success. Azure Application Gateway stands as a pivotal component in achieving this goal, offering advanced web traffic load balancing, enhanced security features, and seamless site scaling capabilities. Its latest update to include IPv6 support in Application…
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Integrating gRPC with Azure Services
In the landscape of microservices and distributed systems, efficient and reliable communication between services is a foundational requirement. Enter gRPC, a high-performance, open-source universal RPC (Remote Procedure Call) framework developed by Google, which has emerged as a favored tool for developers looking to enable seamless service-to-service interaction. This blog post delves into the world of…
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Disaster Recovery Best Practices: Lessons from Techorama 2023
Zone Redundant Storage (ZRS) Now Available on Azure Premium and Standard SSDs Azure recently announced the general availability of Zone Redundant Storage (ZRS) for Azure Disk Storage on their Premium SSDs and Standard SSDs in regions Norway East and UAE North. What does this mean for businesses looking to bolster their disaster recovery strategy? ZRS-enabled…
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GitHub Advanced Security for Azure DevOps: A Game-Changer for DevSecOps
Introduction GitHub Advanced Security and Azure DevOps are two tools that have revolutionized the way developers and organizations manage their code and deployments. The exciting news is that GitHub Advanced Security for Azure DevOps is now generally available, offering an array of features designed to make your DevSecOps more robust than ever. What’s New? Faster…
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A Deep Dive into Azure’s Management Ecosystem with API Playground
From its humble beginnings in 2010 to its current global prominence, Azure, Microsoft’s cloud computing platform, has continuously evolved. One of its pivotal components is management.azure.com, which, along with the Azure Resource Manager (ARM) and the newly previewed API playground, forms the backbone of Azure’s management experience. This blog takes you on an enlightening journey…
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Azure Cost Management Meets Storage Firewalls
Unlocking Secure Exports: Azure Cost Management Meets Storage Firewalls Azure continues to make strides in making cloud cost management more efficient, transparent, and secure. One of the pillars of successful cost management is the ability to export, analyze, and share this data with stakeholders, be it for creating dashboards or integrating with financial systems. Announcement:…
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A Journey with Microsoft’s Private Application Gateway V2
A couple of months ago, amidst a customer case, I found myself deep-diving into the Microsoft Private Application Gateway V2. As a software architect, every day presents a blend of strategy, design, and a relentless quest for technologies that have the potential to redefine our projects. For that specific customer case, I found myself at…