Before the holidays, I blogged about sharing blob storage data with AAD B2B guests. Peter Demeyere mentioned to me on LinkedIn that he likes to use Azure Data share to share blob data, as it has some more tracking data built in. And funnily enough, during my long run this weekend, I listened to an […]
Category: Management
Sharing Blob storage with Azure AD B2B guests
Azure blob storage supports two ways of authorization for blob access. Either you use the storage account key or a derivate SAS token – or you use AAD RBAC to access blob. I did a quick test today to check if it would be possible to use a B2B guest to access blob storage. Want […]
Setting up an Azure Automation Hybrid Worker
I am working with a customer that is going to set up an Azure Automation hybrid worker. A Hybrid Worker in Azure Automation allows you to run automation scripts on your own VMs. The benefit of this is that while the script is running, it can connect to all resources on the network it has […]
How to allow users to create service principals and the impact on Managed Identity
A common question I get from customers is how they can enable their development teams to create service principals. In this post, I’ll explain how you can achieve this. We’ll finish the post by exploring the impact on Managed Identities as well. During the writing of the Managed Identities piece, I hit something I hadn’t […]
Azure Files integration with Azure Backup
Azure Files offers a managed SMB 3.0 file share. Inside Azure Files, it was possible already to take file share snapshots to have a backup/retention solution. With the integration with Azure Backup, managing those snapshots has become a lot easier. The functionality is in public preview right now, so you can go ahead and try […]