Optimize the Veeam backup’s storage size using Bitlooker feature

Bitlooker feature was introduced in Veeam Backup & Replication few years ago. it is a the feature used to fine tune and optimize the veeam backup storage size. Bitlooker is a patent-pending data protection technology from Veeam. “The first part of BitLooker was introduced in Veeam Backup & Replication back a few years ago and enabled […]

How to upload the Exported Root Certificate on Azure for Point to Site configuration

We have seen how to generate a Root certificate and export the certificate to Cer and stored it securely. Now we will look at how to install/upload this certificate to Azure under the Point To Site Configuration. If you want to go through the Certificate creation and exporting process refer the article. Now open the RootExported.cer file […]

Enable and try out Azure Availability Zone

Azure has announced the public preview of Azure Availability Zones mid of last month. The feature is currently available in two regions which are US East and West Europe. Availability Zones help to protect you from datacenter-level failures. They are located inside an Azure region, and each one has its own independent power source, network, […]

How to stop Azure billing you for the Web Apps that you shutdown

When you stop the App Service you will notice that it still billing you even after it is shutdown! also if you go to the app service over view you will notice a message saying “Your App is stopped. App Service Plan charges still Apply.” I know it is weird but when your app service […]

Application Gateway with Internal Load Balancer Configuration

We will look at different  deployment scenario today. Which would be a couple of web servers configured under and Internal Load balancer and published through an application gateway with WAF configured. So below are the systematic approach we would be following. Step 01 – Complete the required VNet and Subnet for each tier. Step 02 […]

How to resize the Azure VM Size from PowerShell

Upgrading the the Virtual Machine in Azure is performed in difference way than we did in Hyper-V/VMware. In Azure we have different type of predefined VM size to suit different requirement and those are priced differently. So in-order to change VM size in such cases we can use PowerShell to quickly do this task. First […]

Deploying and working with Azure Key Vault

What is Azure Key Vault? Azure Key Vault helps safeguard cryptographic keys and secrets used by cloud applications and services. By using Key Vault, you can encrypt keys and secrets (such as authentication keys, storage account keys, data encryption keys, .PFX files, and passwords) by using keys that are protected by hardware security modules (HSMs). […]

Internet facing Load Balancer with Availability set Configuration

We will look at how to create two virtual machines (Web Servers) and configure it in an availability set also deploy a public facing load balancer and distribute the requests across the virtual machines in the availability set. While doing this lab we will also look at the Network Security group in-bound rule creation to […]

Book Review – Learning VMware NSX | Second Edition

Check out my recent Technical book review named “Learning VMware NSX | Second Edition” which is published by PACKT Publishing. The book has authored by Ranjit Singh Thakurratan. It covers the foundational of VMware NSX and it a must have book if you are preparing for NSX and it covers the the entire deployment process of NSX and […]