Exchange Admin Center is a great tool but it does not always present the full picture of an object. Similarly to what I did with AD commands, I did the same with the ExchangeOnlineManagement module. Below are commands that I found useful. You can find the file on my github here. Or simply copy/paste the […]
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In Azure when we think of network security we can think of NSG’s (Network Security Groups). These groups are really similar to a firewall. They sit right in front of the VM you want it to and contains a set of security rules for allowing or denying traffic. Below is an NSG and it will
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Recently I have been asked to resolve a bunch of erroneous bounce-backs in Outlook. It has been found that an assistant who was a delegate for a bunch of users calendars had offboarded, yet they were still set as a delegate on the users calendar. When going through the Exchange Admin it is impossible to
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As an Azure administrator or cloud engineer, automating resource deployment through Infrastructure as Code (IaC) is essential. Azure Resource Manager (ARM) templates provide a declarative way to describe your infrastructure. In this post, I’ll go through deploying an ARM template using the Azure CLI, covering how to create a resource group and deploy your infrastructure
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For this example I have a locally redundant storage account in East Us with a container called catpictures and containing, well, cat pictures. To enable Azure Backup for blobs we can go to the storage account and go to the Data Protection blade. In that blade, tick Enable Azure Backup for blobs. If you do
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DDoS attacks have been an issue IT teams have faced for decades now. Thankfully in Azure it is very easy to setup, although it is also easily missed! Setting up DDoS protection for your vnet is as simple as ticking a checkbox. See at the bottom Enable Azure DDoS Network Protection. You’ll have to create
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In this post I will configure Azure Backup and Azure Disaster Recovery for a single VM. This can be applied on a larger scale but for brevity of this post I am keeping it simple. It is a basic VM with nothing special on it in a 10.0.0.0/24 vnet based in East US. Here are
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In this post I will demonstrate how Traffic Manager can be used to direct traffic. For lab purposes I only used images held in a blob but Azure Traffic Manager can route traffic to several types of endpoints beyond just blob storage (static sites). Here are the main types of endpoints that Traffic Manager can
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Automation is a critical aspect of managing cloud infrastructure, and using Infrastructure as Code (IaC) helps you achieve consistency and efficiency in deploying resources. In this tutorial, I’ll walk you through deploying an Azure Resource Group using ARM Templates and Terraform. Step 1: Deploying Resources Using ARM Templates ARM (Azure Resource Manager) Templates are JSON files that define
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