Azure Hybrid Management & Security: What’s New and Insights from the Field – January 2025
Monthly update on Azure hybrid and multicloud management & security, covering new features in Defender for Cloud, CIEM, and AI-driven operations.
Monthly update on Azure hybrid and multicloud management & security, covering new features in Defender for Cloud, CIEM, and AI-driven operations.
Explores the rise of hybrid cloud strategies, data sovereignty concerns, and alternatives to major hyperscalers in the modern IT landscape.
A technical tutorial on using Azure Arc to centrally manage and monitor AWS EC2 virtual machine instances from within the Azure control plane.
Analysis of Microsoft's Secure Future Initiative report, emphasizing trust as a core architectural dimension and the risks of timing debt in hybrid infrastructure.
Monthly update on Azure hybrid management & security, covering Azure Arc changes, AKS decommissioning, and AI-driven SQL migration tools.
A guide on managing and updating Azure Local instances from the Azure Portal, covering update processes, monitoring, and best practices.
Explains why traditional ESAE security for Tier 0 assets is outdated and details a modern approach using Azure Arc with dedicated subscriptions and tightened controls.
Summary of key announcements and sessions from Microsoft Ignite 2025, focusing on Azure, hybrid cloud, AI, and developer tools.
Monthly update on Azure hybrid and multicloud management & security, covering Azure Arc, Defender for Cloud, and AI-driven operations.
A guide to troubleshooting the Azure Connected Machine agent for Azure Arc, covering installation, connectivity, and common issues.
Explains how Azure Arc provides unified management for hybrid and multi-cloud environments, bringing on-prem and other cloud resources into Azure's control plane.
A curated list of official docs, guides, and labs for planning and operating Azure Local, Microsoft's hybrid cloud platform for data centers.
A guide to troubleshooting network connectivity issues with the Azure Connected Machine agent for Azure Arc.
Author announces speaking at European AI and Cloud Summit on cloud security with Microsoft Defender vs. open-source tools and hybrid server management using Azure Arc.
Explores deploying Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS) and SQL Managed Instances on Azure Local, comparing it to Azure Public and Windows Server deployments.
Summary of VMware Explore 2024 Day 2 keynote, covering Broadcom integration, VMware Cloud Foundation strategy, and new training/certification benefits.
A preview of top Azure VMware Solution sessions at VMware Explore 2024, covering migration, AI integration, disaster recovery, and networking.
A veteran software engineer observes a shift from wholesale cloud migration to a hybrid approach, with companies keeping workloads on-prem unless there's a compelling cloud reason.
A guide explaining Azure Arc, a Microsoft tool for managing on-premise and multi-cloud servers, and providing step-by-step deployment instructions.
Explains Azure Hybrid Use Benefit (AHUB) for reusing Windows Server/SQL licenses in Azure, covering licensing rules and potential cost savings.