Oct 20, 2025 路 2 min read 路 Non-production environments don鈥檛 need to run 24/7, but they often do. In most cases, Dev and QA systems are active only during the day, while they stay idle overnight and over weekends - still consuming resources and cost. Shutting resources down au...
Join discussionOct 16, 2025 路 8 min read 路 Overview. Managing inbound access to Azure resources through Network Security Groups (NSGs) is a standard best practice. NSGs define which IP addresses or ranges are permitted to communicate with your services, providing an essential layer of control...
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May 12, 2025 路 8 min read 路 Introduction Managing costs in Azure is a critical aspect of cloud governance. One of the most effective ways to reduce expenses is to ensure your Virtual Machines aren鈥檛 running when they don鈥檛 need to be. While Azure offers a basic auto-shutdown fe...
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Feb 24, 2025 路 4 min read 路 Mission Objective Overhaul Azure Automation security鈥攔eplace the fragile AzureRunAs account with a Managed Identity tied to Microsoft Graph. Eliminate certificate expiry risks, secure script ops, and pull tenant data with precision. Gear Check Azure...
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Oct 2, 2024 路 7 min read 路 Today, I鈥檒l guide you through setting up an automation system that notifies your users about vulnerable software detected on their devices. This information will be sourced from the Microsoft Defender API. In this post, I鈥檒l demonstrate how to create...
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Oct 3, 2024 路 4 min read 路 # Ensure the Microsoft.Graph module is imported # Import-Module Microsoft.Graph # Authenticate using the managed identity Connect-MgGraph -Identity -NoWelcome #Connect-MgGraph -Scopes "User.Read.All", "Group.ReadWrite.All" -NoWelcome # Control vari...
Join discussionJun 12, 2024 路 4 min read 路 You may have heard about a new (currently in preview) feature called Runtime Environment. The main features are: You can have multiple custom runtime environments that can be used across numerous Runbooks (a.k.a. one runtime in multiple runbooks) T...
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Mar 9, 2024 路 8 min read 路 Today I will show you how to make the process of updating apps in your company as easy as possible 馃槑. We will use: WinGet to update the applications Winget-AutoUpdate tool to be more specific Intune to distribute Winget-AutoUpdate tool Custom A...
Join discussionMar 9, 2024 路 5 min read 路 I like the idea of Autopatch ring groups where you have one "root" group, whose members are distributed across several "ring" groups based on a given percentage proportion. And because I needed the same thing for my gradual applications update automa...
Join discussionMar 9, 2024 路 4 min read 路 Because Azure Runbooks are invoked in temporary environments, you cannot save the Runbook results for later use in the local files. Which is one of the drawbacks compared to on-premises Schedules Tasks. But what if you need some output persistence? F...
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