Reading Time: 3 minutesWhen creating an Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS) cluster, even with Role Based Access Control (RBAC) and Azure Active Directory (Azure AD) integration enabled. By default, you can still use the az aks get-credentials command with the switch –admin to gain admin access. Bypassing all the extra security you have put Read more
Reading Time: 3 minutesMicrosoft are doing an amazing job updating Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS) with the release on 18/05/2020 Gen 2 VM’s came into public preview. Below I am going to quickly explain what gen 2 VM’s are and the benefits and then walkthrough enabling the new feature and creating a cluster using Read more
Reading Time: 6 minutesOn April 28th, 2020 Microsoft announced the general availability of Windows Server Container support on Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS). This has gotten me extremely excited. As you may know, if you have been following me, I have been running Windows containers in a production environment for over a year now. They Read more
Reading Time: < 1 minuteRecently I was approached by Microsoft specialist recruiter, Nigel Frank International, about contributing my insight to their Azure industry whitepaper. The resource contains invaluable Covid-19 related advice for businesses and professionals, provided by myself and a number of my fellow Azure MVP’s. The whitepaper is split into five topics, in Read more
Reading Time: < 1 minuteWhere I work we have been on a journey from Monolith to Microservices. I have written a blog post that some of you may like to read. I talk a bit about AKS and windows containers and some issues we came across. If you fancy a read have a look Read more
Reading Time: 2 minutesThe European Cloud Conference are delighted to introduce to you the Azure Masterclass Series. 4 full day virtual tutorials [Levels 300 – 400] for those already well into their Azure Journey and looking for expert guidance to take them to the next level. And best of all, they are Free of Charge! The Azure Masterclass tutors are Read more
Reading Time: 3 minutesIf like me you are using Azure Container Registry (ACR) to store your container images you may want to scan them for vulnerabilities. Now you can thanks to the Azure Security Centre standard tier. In this blog post, I will show you how to go about setting up your Azure Read more
Reading Time: 3 minutesTaking place in Nice, France from October 27th – 29th, the European Cloud Conference 2020, is Europe’s leading independent event dedicated exclusively to Microsoft Azure. Super Early Bird Tickets are now on sale for the European Cloud Conference, don’t miss this chance to get you and your team’s tickets at the best possible Read more
Reading Time: 4 minutesSo, you want to secure access to the kubernetes API server on your AKS cluster? Lucky for you that’s what this blog post is about. But first, why would you want to? The answer to that has to be security. By default, the Kubernetes API to manage your cluster is Read more
Reading Time: < 1 minuteA lot of people have been asking me for a study guide for the new Azure Exams. I started with the AZ-104 (Microsoft Azure Administrator). https://pixelrobots.co.uk/2020/02/study-resources-for-the-az-104-microsoft-certified-azure-administrator/ This one is all about the Az-303. It’s not 100% finished yet, but I thought it best to get it out now. At the Read more