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Effective infrastructure management is critical for organizations aiming to achieve agility and efficiency in today’s digital challenges.

Do you want to know how to manage and orchestrate virtual machines within Kubernetes clusters? Let’s explore KubeVirt, that allows you to integrate virtualized workloads alongside containerized applications for enhanced flexibility and resource utilization.

Let’s step into the world of efficient resource management with Karpenter’s just-in-time nodes. Discover what Karpenter is, how it simplifies node provisioning in Kubernetes, and the process of implementing its capabilities within your Kubernetes infrastructure.

In this blog, we look into Kubernetes cost management with Kubecost. Learn what Kubecost is, how it works, and how to install and utilize it effectively on your AKS cluster. With Kubecost, we’ll take control of our Kubernetes spending and optimize resource allocation effortlessly.

In this blog, we explore the nuances of Kubernetes deployment tools - Helm, Kustomize, and Manifests. We’ll explain their differences, and gain practical insights into their usage through quickstart guides.

In this blog, we explore how to leverage the power of HashiCorp Packer and Azure DevOps to create a seamless pipeline for building and deploying Windows Virtual Machine Scale Sets (VMSS) on Microsoft Azure.

In this blog, we’ll dive in the future of Azure administration. We’ll explore the dynamic synergy of Jupyter Notebooks for administrative purposes, unleashing efficiency, automation, and insights in the cloud.

In this blog, we’ll delve into the core steps of making informed decisions on your network architecture, choosing between the classic Hub-and-Spoke or Azure Virtual WAN networking architecture.

In this blog, we’ll cover the essential steps to enable a TLS endpoint in an Nginx sidecar container, providing a straightforward guide to enhance your web application’s security.

In this blog, we’ll explore Playwright; an open-source browser automation and testing tool developed by Microsoft. We’ll cover the basic setup, exploring the power of Playwright and its impending evolution into a managed service.

Modernization in the context of cloud landscapes is not limited to adopting new solutions or architectures; it’s about transforming the very core of how we think, operate, and adapt to the evolving digital world. In this blog article, we’ll delve into the essence of modernization.

In this blog we’ll dive into the retirement of ContainerLog table in Azure Monitor container insights, and the transition to ContainerLogV2.

In this blog we’ll dive into hybrid governance by combining Azure Policy and Azure Arc to enforce standards across on-premises and multi-cloud environments.

Are you struggling to take your organization to the cloud? Maybe it’s time to challenge your assumptions.

In this blog, we will learn about managing and scaling Kubernetes clusters at a large scale, using Azure Kubernetes Fleet Manager. This blog also covers the implementation of Azure Kubernetes Fleet Manager with Terraform.

In this blog, we’ll cover how to add a custom domain and SSL certificate to your documentation site using Azure services.

In this blog, we’ll cover the necessary steps for configuring GitHub Actions to automate your documentation build and deployment process.

In this blog, we’ll cover the process of setting up and configuring Azure services for hosting your documentation site using Infrastructure as Code.

In this blog, we’ll give an introduction to the concept of Documentation as Code and the powerful Docusaurus framework.

In this blog, we will learn about self-service infrastructure and Gaia, a web-based UI for managing Terraform infrastructure. This blog also covers the implementation of Gaia with Terraform on an Azure Kubernetes cluster.

In this blog, we will learn about Azure governance and policy-driven guardrails to maintain control, security and compliance in cloud environments. This blog also covers the implementation of policy-driven guardrails with Terraform.

In this blog, we will learn how to schedule the provisioning of an Azure Bastion Host using Azure Functions to optimize cloud spend. This blog also covers the provisioning of all resources with Terraform.

In this blog, we will dive into the details of PCI DSS and how it applies to organizations using Azure. This blog will also provide insights on how to design your environment to be PCI DSS compliant.

In this blog article, we’ll be creating a Pokédex application using ReactJS and PokéAPI, containerizing it with Azure Draft, and deploying it to Azure Kubernetes Services using GitHub Actions. We’ll go through the full process of creating and deploying a Pokédex application using the technologies mentioned.

More and more organizations are finding their way to the cloud. Managing different customer tenants is becoming more challenging for service providers, while customers need insight and control over the access of their multiple service providers.

In this blog article I share 7 ways with which you can start optimizing your Azure costs today. In addition, I also share 7 options that Microsoft has for offering Azure credits, so that you can reduce your costs even further.

In this blog I will roughly explain what cloud rationalization is, why it is an important part of digital transformations or cloud adoption, and I will help you get started with cloud rationalization.

In this article, we’ll cover how you onboard a root or apex domain to your CDN endpoint, and add a self-managed SSL certificate. We’ll also cover how to enforce HTTPS traffic on your CDN endpoint.

In this article, I’ll explain what Azure Chaos Studio and chaos engineering is, how Azure Chaos Studio can be used to test and improve application resiliency, and share my thoughts on my first hands-on experiences.

In this article, I’ll explain what SSL/TLS encryption is, how SSL certificates are used to establish SSL/TLS encryption, and how to monitor for expiring SSL certificates using Azure Application Insights.

Before you can go into details of Azure Automation State Configuration (AASC), you should know what Desired State Configuration (DSC) and AASC is.

Subject matter expertise in designing and implementing solutions that run on Microsoft Azure, including aspects like compute, network, storage and security; that is what one can (and should) expect about the level of expertise of every self-respecting Solutions Architect.

Strong expertise with implementing security controls and threat protection, managing identity and access, and protecting data, applications, and networks in cloud and hybrid environments as part of an end-to-end infrastructure; that is what one can (and should) expect about the level of expertise of every self-respecting Security Engineer.

In this article, we’ll cover the third and last part: automate the build and deployment for your static website to Azure storage using Azure DevOps services.

In this article, we’ll cover the second part: Host your site using Azure Blob Storage.

Solid fundamental knowledge of cloud services and how Microsoft offers these cloud services is an absolute must for every IT professional who does something with Microsoft (cloud) technology.

Do you lock your front door when you leave home? What would international security look like if there were no customs and security at airports?

On February 4, Microsoft launched their first Employee Experience Platform; Microsoft Viva. With Viva, Microsoft hopes to integrate all the resources that employees and teams need to perform at their best, at every location.

Rounding and visits, where clinicians, nurses, and students flock from area to area on patients, are important to patient care.

A multi-cloud strategy allows organizations to use different cloud services from different providers.