The Azure Governance Toolbox – Part 4: Auditing

In the introduction to this series, we listed the 4 high-level categories of Azure governance, namely resource organization, resource security, auditing, and cost. In this part, we will focus on Auditing. You can break Auditing down into the following sub-categories: Activity Logs, and Alerts. Let’s explore each of these. Azure Activity Logs Azure Activity Logs is the audit…

The Azure Governance Toolbox – Part 3: Resource Security

In the introduction to this series, we listed the 4 high-level categories of Azure governance, namely resource organization, resource security, auditing, and cost. In this part, we will focus on Resource Security. You can break Resource Security down into the following sub-categories: Role-Based Access Control (RBAC), Resource Locks, and Policy. Let’s explore each of these. Role-Based Access Control…

Terraforming Azure Policy

Recently I’ve been working with Azure Policy and deploying said policies via Infrastructure-as-Code (IaC) through Terraform. While working through this, I’ve come across a few gotchas that I’d like to share. Note: I’ll share a larger code-based mini-series in the future. Management Groups When working in a larger environment, you may have more than one Azure…

Demystifying Azure Migrations – Part 16: Summary

In this series, we explored the many different tools, utilities, and options available to perform cloud assessments, planning, readiness checks, and migrations. We covered the different phases that make up the migration journey, namely: Discover, Assess, Migrate, Manage, and Optimize. Many of these tools performed multiple functions across more than one phase of the migration…

Demystifying Azure Migrations – Part 15 (Third-Party Tools)

In the introduction to this series, we identified that there are multiple parts of the cloud migration journey; namely: Discover, Assess, Migrate, Manage, and Operate. We will cover various tools that either falls into one of or span multiple phases in the migration journey. As a quick-link reference, here is the list of tools this…

Demystifying Azure Migrations – Part 14 (Manage and Optimize)

In the introduction to this series, we identified that there are multiple parts of the cloud migration journey; namely: Discover, Assess, Migrate, Manage, and Operate. We will cover various tools that either falls into one of or span multiple phases in the migration journey. As a quick-link reference, here is the list of tools this…

Demystifying Azure Migrations – Part 13 (Migrate): Azure Migration Center

In the introduction to this series, we identified that there are multiple parts of the cloud migration journey; namely: Discover, Assess, Migrate, Manage, and Operate. We will cover various tools that either falls into one of or span multiple phases in the migration journey. As a quick-link reference, here is the list of tools this…

Demystifying Azure Migrations – Part 12 (Migrate): Azure Migrate

In the introduction to this series, we identified that there are multiple parts of the cloud migration journey; namely: Discover, Assess, Migrate, Manage, and Operate. We will cover various tools that either falls into one of or span multiple phases in the migration journey. As a quick-link reference, here is the list of tools this…