If you followed along with my writing, you might have noticed I’ve working with Windows Virtual Desktop (WVD) a little. You can read more about setting up WVD, setting up the management tool or how to setup FSLogix. By default, the WVD template deploys the session hosts in an availability set. This will spread the […]
Cloud shell goodness outside of the Azure portal
Do you know about the Azure Cloud Shell? If you don’t, this post is for you. If you do, this post might be for you, because cloud shell is available in more places than you might think. I recently gave a talk at the Azure security and compliance event in Sunnyvale, and showcased the Azure […]
Don’t use environment variables in Kubernetes to consume secrets
Managing secrets is a complicated endeavor. Kubernetes has a native secrets implementation, that allows you to store and access secrets from your deployments. A while ago, I read a short free book on Kubernetes Security, by Liz Rice and Michael Hausenblas (apparently O’Reilly calls it a report, but I actually have a hard copy that […]
Setting up WSL2, Windows Terminal and oh-my-zsh
I recently re-imaged my laptop to a clean Windows 10. I haven’t yet taken the time to re-setup my Linux setup on top of Windows 10. In this post, I’ll walk you through how to setup WSL2, in combination with the (new) Windows Terminal and oh-my-zsh. WSL stands for the Windows Subsystem for Linux. WSL […]
Adding alerts to Azure Storage metrics
For every system you use, monitoring and alerting is critical. This holds true for Azure storage as well. In this quick post I’ll explain how you can setup alert rules for hitting TPS limits. Setting up the alert To set up the alerts, navigate to your storage account, look for Alerts, and hit the “New […]