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Monthly Archives: August 2017
Implementing Azure Tables
When implementing Azure tables there are a few things to remember. An entity can have up to 255 properties, including three system properties: PartitionKey, RowKey, and Timestamp. You are responsible for inserting and updating the values of PartitionKey and RowKey. … Continue reading
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Azure Queue Storage
Azure Queue storage is a service for storing large numbers of messages that can be accessed from anywhere in the world via authenticated calls using HTTP or HTTPS. A single queue message can be up to 64 KB in size. The … Continue reading
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Azure Shared Responsibility
Most established, on-premises applications have various security measures in place to protect them. Example of these include, authentication and authorization structures, data encryption in-transit and at rest, and network security measures such as host-based firewalls, network firewalls, and/or web-application firewalls. … Continue reading
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Azure Security Center
The use of Azure Security Center is recommended in all Azure deployments. Security Center helps to prevent breaches through advising the customer on aspects of their deployments that are insecure. In many cases, these findings can be remediated automatically from … Continue reading
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Governance in Azure
A potential road block to a successful migration to Azure could be a perceived loss of IT governance. This makes it important to document what governance controls are in place for the targeted workload, so plans can be made to … Continue reading
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Managing Azure Blob Storage
Blob storage typically requires working with very large VHD files. Uploading and downloading these files can be done in the Azure portal, with Azure PowerShell, or Storage Explorer. There are two Azure PowerShell cmdlets of interest, both provide a very … Continue reading
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Import and Export Service in Azure Storage
When it comes to transferring very large amounts of data to or from the cloud you will want to consider using the Azure import and export service. The Azure Import/Export Service allows you to: Import. Securely transfer large amounts of … Continue reading
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Azure Table Storage
The Azure Table storage service stores large amounts of structured data. The service is a NoSQL^[1] data store which accepts authenticated calls from inside and outside the Azure cloud. Azure tables are ideal for storing structured, non-relational data. Think of tables more … Continue reading
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Connecting to Virtual Networks on Azure
Before you can use a VM or PaaS cloud service within an Azure VNet, you must connect to that VNet. There are several ways to make this connection. Cloud-Only Virtual Networks You can choose not to make any kind of … Continue reading
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AzCopy Command Line Interface for Azure
AzCopy is a Windows command-line utility designed for copying data to and from Microsoft Azure Blob, File, and Table storage using simple commands with optimal performance. You can copy data from one object to another within your storage account, or … Continue reading
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