Welcome to my site. I use this site as a repository to dump knowledge I come across, generally in the areas of software engineering and information technologies, but may include other miscellaneous tidbits. Most of the posts are written as notes for my personal reference.
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The following is from Azure Administrator Training lab for AZ-103 Azure MFA Concepts Azure Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA) helps safeguard access to data andapplications while maintaining simplicity for users. It provides additionalsecurity by requiring a second form of authentication and delivers strongauthentication through a range of easy to use authentication methods. For organizations that need to […]
The following is from Azure Administrator Training lab for AZ-103 Management Groups If your organization has several subscriptions, you may need a way to efficiently manage access, policies, and compliance for those subscriptions.Azure management groups provide a level of scope above subscriptions. You organize subscriptions into containers called “management groups” and apply your governance conditions […]
The following is from Azure Administrator Training lab for AZ-103 Azure Active Directory (Azure AD) is Microsoft’s multi-tenant cloud-baseddirectory and identity management service. For IT Admins, Azure ADprovides an affordable, easy to use solution to give employees and businesspartners single sign-on (SSO) access to thousands of cloud SaaS Applicationslike Office365, Salesforce.com, DropBox, and Concur. For […]
The following is from Azure Administrator Training lab for AZ-103 CDN Benefits A content delivery network (CDN) is a distributed network of servers that canefficiently deliver content to users. CDNs store cached content on edgeservers that are close to end-users. CDNs are typically used to deliver static content such as images, style sheets,documents, client-side scripts, […]
The following is from Azure Administrator Training lab for AZ-103 Replication Options The data in your Azure storage account is always replicated to ensuredurability and high availability. Azure Storage replication copies your data sothat it is protected from planned and unplanned events ranging from transienthardware failures, network or power outages, massive natural disasters, andso on. […]
The following is from Azure Administrator Training lab for AZ-103 Azure Monitor Service Monitoring is the act of collecting and analyzing data to determine theperformance, health, and availability of your business application and theresources that it depends on. An effective monitoring strategy helps youunderstand the detailed operation of the components of your application. Italso helps […]
The following is from Azure Administrator Training lab for AZ-103 System Routes Azure uses system routes to direct network traffic between virtual machines,on-premises networks, and the Internet. The following situations are managedby these system routes: Traffic between VMs in the same subnet. Between VMs in different subnets in the same virtual network. Data flow from […]
The following is from Azure Administrator Training lab for AZ-103 VNet Peering VNet Peering Perhaps the simplest and quickest way to connect your VNets is to use VNetpeering. Virtual network peering enables you to seamlessly connect two Azurevirtual networks. Once peered, the virtual networks appear as one, forconnectivity purposes. There are two types of VNet […]
The following is from Azure Administrator Training lab for AZ-103 Azure Networking Components A major incentive for adopting cloud solutions such as Azure is to enableinformation technology (IT) departments to move server resources to thecloud. This can save money and simplify operations by removing the need tomaintain expensive datacenters with uninterruptible power supplies,generators, multiple fail-safes, […]
The following is from Azure Administrator Training lab for AZ-103 Azure Storage Azure Storage is Microsoft’s cloud storage solution for modern data storage scenarios. Azure Storage offers a massively scalable objectstore for data objects, a file system service for the cloud, a messaging store for reliable messaging, and a NoSQL store. Azure Storage is: Durable […]