How to Secure Azure Service Accounts with Managed Identities

Learn how to replace secret-based Azure service accounts with managed identities, grant least-privilege Azure RBAC access, validate token-based authentication, and remove stored secrets.

Control Traffic with Network Security Groups

Create and manage Azure NSG rules, service tags, and application security groups to control inbound and outbound traffic using Azure CLI.

Prevent Azure VM Outages with Load Balancer Health Probes

Create a Standard Azure Load Balancer with the Azure CLI, configure health probes and backend pools, and distribute traffic across zone-redundant VMs.

Replicate Data Across Zones with Azure NetApp Files

Configure cross-zone replication for Azure NetApp Files to protect against availability zone failures with asynchronous replication and zero network transfer fees.

How to Automate Azure VM Patching with Update Manager

Learn how Azure Update Manager automates patching across Azure VMs using native extensions, periodic assessment, and custom maintenance windows—without Log Analytics or Automation accounts.

Getting Started with the Azure Cloud Shell

Looking for browser-accessible shell to manage your Azure resources? This tutorial will get you started with Azure Cloud Shell!