Azure Bastion provides secure RDP and SSH access to Azure VMs through the Azure portal without public IP addresses on those VMs. · Azure Bastion - Simply Explained
Setup is simple: use the Azure portal's import data wizard, connect blob storage and let the indexer build your first index. · Azure AI Search – Simply Explained
To try it, pick servers in the Azure portal, generate the onboarding script and run it on a test machine. · Azure Arc - Simply Explained
On AKS, GitOps is enabled with Flux through the Azure portal, pointing at a Git repository with deployment YAML. · GitOps - Simply Explained
Setup is possible in a few minutes through the Azure Portal, with health checks and manual failover as best practices. · Azure Traffic Manager - Simply Explained
Azure Bastion is Microsoft's managed remote access service that lets you securely connect to Azure virtual machines without exposing them to the public internet. Instead of opening RDP or SSH ports, Azure Bastion provides browser-based access through the…
Azure AI Search is Microsoft's intelligent search and information retrieval service for building modern search experiences and AI-powered applications. It combines traditional keyword search with vector search, semantic ranking, and AI enrichment, making it a…
Azure Arc extends Azure's management, security, and governance capabilities beyond the Azure cloud, allowing you to manage servers, Kubernetes clusters, databases, and other resources running on-premises, at the edge, or in other cloud providers from a single…
GitOps is a modern approach to deploying and managing infrastructure and applications using Git as the single source of truth. Instead of making manual changes to cloud environments, every configuration change is stored, reviewed, and version-controlled in a…
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Azure Traffic Manager is Microsoft's DNS-based global traffic routing service that directs users to the best available application endpoint based on performance, geography, priority, or other routing rules. Instead of routing traffic itself, Traffic Manager…
Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS) is Microsoft's managed Kubernetes platform that makes it much easier to deploy, operate, and scale containerized applications in Azure. Instead of spending countless hours managing Kubernetes infrastructure, Microsoft takes care…
Azure Container Apps is Microsoft's serverless platform for running containerized applications without managing Kubernetes clusters or virtual machines. Instead of worrying about infrastructure, scaling, and orchestration, developers can focus on building…
Azure Resource Manager (ARM) is the management layer that sits behind every Azure deployment, providing a consistent way to create, organize, secure, and manage cloud resources. Whether you deploy virtual machines, storage accounts, databases, or networking…
Azure Policy is Microsoft's governance and compliance service for Azure, helping organizations enforce standards, prevent misconfigurations, and keep cloud environments secure at scale. Instead of relying on administrators to manually follow best practices…
Azure Functions are Microsoft's serverless compute service, allowing developers to run code without managing servers or infrastructure. Instead of deploying and maintaining virtual machines, you simply write small pieces of code—called functions—that execute…
Azure Event Hubs is Microsoft's high-throughput event streaming platform, built to ingest and process millions of events per second with low latency. In this episode, we explain what Azure Event Hubs is, how it works, and why it's a critical service for…
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Frequently asked questions
What is Azure Bastion?
Azure Bastion is a fully managed service that gives secure RDP and SSH access to Azure virtual machines through the Azure portal, without exposing the VMs with public IP addresses. · From the episode: Azure Bastion - Simply Explained
Does Azure Bastion work with Linux and Windows VMs?
The episode says you can run your first search in under an hour: use the import data wizard in the Azure portal, connect blob storage and let the indexer build your first index. · From the episode: Azure AI Search – Simply Explained
How do I onboard a server to Azure Arc?
In the Azure portal find Azure Arc, pick servers, choose a subscription and resource group, generate the onboarding script and run it on a test machine. The server then appears in your portal. · From the episode: Azure Arc - Simply Explained
How do I get started with GitOps on Azure?
Enable Flux on a small AKS cluster through the Azure portal and point it at a Git repository with a simple deployment YAML. Then change a value, commit and watch the cluster update. · From the episode: GitOps - Simply Explained
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