Author: Aidan Finn

Here's how to publish an Azure service in a virtual network to the Internet using a NAT (DNAT) rule in the Azure Firewall.

Aidan shows you how to architect an Azure Firewall deployment where a centralized firewall will inspect many applications/services that are deployed into dedicated virtual networks (VNets).

In this post, I will explain how you can use Application Security Groups (ASGs) in addition with Network Security Groups (NSGs) to create secure network designs for virtual machines in Azure. Before you read this post, you should read Understanding Application Security Groups in the Azure Portal to understand the purpose of ASGs and how… Read More

This s how to design the deployment of an Azure Firewall in a single virtual network.

Here's how you how you can use Network Security Groups (NSGs) to secure the subnets of a typical virtual machine-based web application deployment in Azure.

Aidan explains what you need to consider when planning for a deployment of the Azure Firewall.

It was another busy month for Azure, here's a wrap-up of what you need to know for January.

Aidan explains what the three types of rules that are in the Azure Firewall, what they do, and how they are different from each other.

Microsoft has finally made Windows Server 2019 (WS2019) generally available for IaaS virtual machines on their public cloud, Microsoft Azure.

Aidan shows you how to host a static website on an Azure storage account – a great way to host websites with a small budget.

Aidan explains how to deploy and configure Azure Traffic Manager to redirect clients from a production Azure App Services plan to a failover plan.

Aidan explains why and how you can host an external (Internet) DNS domain in Azure using Azure DNS.

In this post, Aidan explains the different ways that you can use Azure Backup to restore an Azure virtual machine.

Aidan shows you how you can switch a virtual machine’s disks between the different tiers, such as from Standard HDD to Premium SSD, or from Premium SSD to Standard SSD.

Aidan takes a look back at 2018 and discusses some of the highlights from each month. It is interesting to me how I underrated some announcements which later became significant to Microsoft customers or to me.