Create a Virtual Machine Creating a VM through Azure Portal In this example we will create a Windows 2016 Server. From the Azure Portal: Click on Create a Resource Select Windows Server 2016 Datacentre Set the basic options: Subscription, Resource Group, VM Name, Region (price varies slightly) Azure Spot Instance: this is for low priority resources only. You will get…
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12. Implement Backup & Recovery
Azure Backup Setting up backups First we need to create a Recovery Services Vault: Go to “Backup and Site Recovery (OMS)” Click on new “recovery Services vault” Select name, resource group etc…. NOTE: the restore vault has to be in the same region as the resources being backed up. If you have resources in multiple regions you will have to…
11. Configure Azure Files
Create Azure File Share Blobs aren’t made for sharing files in a “file share”, so for this we use Azure files. To do this: create a Storage Account of the “General Purpose V2” type Go to the Storage Account and select “file shares” Click on the + icon to create a File Share Give it a name and set a…
10. Import and Export data to Azure
Moving Large Files 3 options: Using Storage Explorer Azure Copy Import/Export jobs service (recommended for very large data transfers) Import/Export Jobs Service You can find this in the Home section on Azure portal. From here you can create import/export jobs Export If you export using this option Microsoft will ship your data to you on a HDD. Import With this…
9. Create & Configure Storage Accounts
Create Storage Account Storage Accounts are one of the 3 basic cloud technologies along with VMs and virtual networks. Storage can be used for 2 purposes: Store files just as you would on a hard disk There are number of services in Azure that need a storage account. EG: The backend for a virtual machine, storing log files, NOTE: VMs…
8. Manage Subscriptions and Governance
Accounts, Subscriptions and Resource Groups Account: this is a user or an application. This is the basis for authentication. Tenant: this is the organisation or the company – Usually a domain name is related to this. – a dedicated instance of Azure Active Directory – every Azure account is part of at least one tenant Subscription: an agreement with Microsoft…
7. Manage RBAC (Role Based Access Control)
Overview of RBAC Access Control (IAM) This is where we can set access for resources. You will find this option at the “resource group” level and the resource level. Checking Access Go to the resource you want to check -> Access Control Click on Check Access Assigning Access Go to the resource you want to check -> Access Control…
6. Implement Multi Factor Authentication
AD Multi Factor Authentication MFA is included in the P2 plan, otherwise it costs round $1 per month per user You can only enable MFA for users that are part of your domain, not invited guests. You can have a local MFA server (you download the software and install it your environment) or a cloud MFA server Turning on and…
5. Manage Azure Objects
Manage Users and Groups Creating a Group From Azure AD, go to Groups -> New group Group Type: O365 or security Name Description Membership type: assigned , dynamic user (you can set a rule that will auto add people to the group based on a rule EG: everyone who has 2012 in their name put them in the 2021 group),…
Simplivity Backup Reports with PowerShell
An issue with Flash in the web browser and the version of Simplivity we are running forced my hand to learn to manage the backups using PowerShell. I started managing the backups through the Simplivity CLI but then discovered there was an PowerShell API which made life a lot easier. If you have experience using PowerShell you will find these…