Category: Manuals

Last few weeks I’ve been working on data loss prevention policies and security features in the Microsoft 365 suite. One of the items that we did touch is web content filtering to protect users from malicious websites, but also to avoid people from uploading documents to content sharing websites....

In our first blog How to deploy Azure Stack HCI part 1 (Manual) | 2 Azure we learned how to deploy a (single) Azure Stack HCI node and a Cluster. In this manual we will continue the journey and we will setup networking, download images and deploy virtual machines....

Before we start, we will need to know a few things about Azure Stack HyperConverged Infrastructure. Basically it means that we can deploy physical hardware on-premise that uses internal hardware to create a redundant setup when deploying multiple nodes. When deploying Azure Stack HCI on hardware you will get...

In the last few years we see an evolving hosting landscape. Emerging cloud hosting and even cloud offboarding for certain workloads. But with this increasingly complex environments we need to find a way to manage and governance our clouds. With Azure Arc you can governance, manage and maintain your...

Entra ID Application Proxy is a service that enables remote access to applications from any device with a web browser without the need for a VPN. It provides secure access to on-premises applications by proxying requests through the Azure cloud. One of the other features is that Entra secures...

Last weeks I had some challenges with a customer requiring more strictive PIN permissions for Windows Hello For Business. My initial thought was, I’ll just change the Intune Policy, and people will receive the new policy settings and job done. During the test phase with my own tenant, and...

Since Azure WAN came out I’ve configured multiple Azure Virtual WAN environments. But since september 2023 it is now possible to automatically assign firewall routes to all your VPN tunnels. By default traffic from 1 VPN tunnel to another VPN tunnel will bypass the firewall. With this new Inter-hub...

Microsoft recently announced that direct internet connection for virtual machines will be deprecated at the end of September 2025. So how are we going to grant virtual machines with internet access without an Azure Firewall? We can use Azure NAT Gateway to grant internet access. So lets get started!...

Azure Application Gateway is an advance type of load-balancer. Where an Azure Load-balancer routes traffic on the transport layer (OSI Layer 4 | TCP + UDP) the Application Gateway is a way more advanced load-balancer. It can route based on URL as well on path’s. On top of that...

I hear a lot of people that want to get rid of their traditional file server and don’t want to move to SharePoint for various reasons. As an alternative we can use Azure File Share with integrated Entra ID authentication. This manual contains al the information required to setup...

Azure Functions is a serverless solution that allows you to write less code, maintain less infrastructure, and save on costs. Instead of worrying about deploying and maintaining servers, the cloud infrastructure provides all the up-to-date resources needed to keep your applications running. As you build your functions, you have...

From within the Azure API Manament portal there is a default authentication option for your API consumers. The better option is to configure a connection with an Azure B2C tenant. This will enable you to enforce MFA and conditional access policies on your API applications. In this manual it...

Sometimes it happens that if you want to deploy a new type of resource in Azure that you receive the following error: The subscription is not registered to use namespace ‘*********’. See https://aka.ms/rps-not-found for how to register subscriptions. Today I received the above error for the namespace Microsoft.AzureActiveDirectory. And...

Windows AppLocker is a technology first introduced in Windows 7 that allow you to restrict which programs users can execute based on the program’s attributes. In enterprise environments it is typically configured via Group Policy, however we can leverage the XML it creates to easily build our own custom...

If you are planning on using Azure Firewall you will definitely need to start using IP Groups. This will make your life so much easier and save you a lot of time in future changes because it will allow you to group and manage IP addresses for Azure Firewall...

Last week I had a customer that wanted to deploy multiple fonts to all his clients. Since there is no default option to deploy fonts to Intune clients, it is time to do some PowerShell magic, in Intune. How to install fonts on your device? If you have new...

With Microsoft disabling basic Authentication starting October 1st 2022, I see a lot of vendors asking us IT Pro’s to create an Azure App registration with mailbox permissions to read out just a single mailbox. However, by default this Azure App grants permissions to every single mailbox in your...