Reading Time: 4 minutesIn this article, I am going to walk through how to use the Azure Cloud Shell to download the Azure Stack tools to your cloud drive and then import the Azure Stack Policy module. After we have imported the module the guide goes on to show you how to apply Read more
Reading Time: 5 minutesIn a previous article, I talked about how to enable Nested Virtualisation in Hyper-V running on Server 2016. As we all know a lot of Azure runs Hyper-V and some of the regions are running Server 2016. Recently Microsoft announced that they are going to bring Nested Virtualisation to Azure. Read more
Reading Time: 4 minutesIn this article, I am going to walk through how to purchase and manage domains and hostnames from within Azure to be used with Azure. Purchase and manage domains for your Azure Services In the below steps, I will show you how to purchase and manage domain names from within Read more
Reading Time: 3 minutesIn this article, I am going to explain how to resize an Azure VM using PowerShell. You may need to do this for many reasons. You can perform this action via the Azure Portal, but you will be limited to one VM at a time. This is can be time-consuming. Read more
Reading Time: 4 minutesIn this article, I am going to walk through how to setup an Azure Load Balancer to allow you to connect to multiple VM’s using just one public IP address. The benefits of this, are not only the small cost saving but it also gives us better security due to Read more
Reading Time: 3 minutesWhat are Availability Sets? Availability Sets are a logical grouping of two or more Azure VM’s. It is advised to use an Availability Set for each application tier. For example, placing Domain Controllers in one Availability Set, SQL Servers in a second, and IIS web servers in a third. If we Read more
Reading Time: 5 minutesIn this article, I am going to show you how to create a basic Azure VM. How to Create a Windows VM in Azure Log in to your Azure Subscription by going to https://portal.azure.com Click the green + and then Search for Windows Server Click the version of windows you Read more
Reading Time: 2 minutesWhat is a Subnet? Subnets are nothing but a segmentation of a Virtual Network. You can have multiple Subnets in an Azure VNet. Below is a diagram of a Virtual network with two subnets, one for Front End Servers (FrontEnd-SNet) and the other for Back End Servers (BackEnd-SNet). In one Read more
Reading Time: 3 minutesIn this article, I am going to try and explain what a VNet in Azure is and also show you how to create one. What is a VNET A VNet (Azure virtual network) is basically your own network in Azure. You are able to configure your Azure network settings and Read more
Reading Time: 3 minutesI thought it was about time I started to write some articles about Microsoft Azure. In this article, I am going to try and explain a bit about Resource Groups and show you how to create a Resource Group in Microsoft Azure using the new Portal. What is a Resource Read more