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 An unintentional part 1. So Bicep is like Terraform but a different language that's native to Azure ! That's fun. Here's a video about it (I love how enthusiastic the person is) Now that you get it, let's try it. First we have our resource group; This is where things like virtual machines (virtual computers), storage account, and some configurations are stored for organizational ease. az group create --name runtcp  -l eastus 💡 Check the naming convention of the locations. I kept putting in us-east Ala AWS Then we make the storage account to go in! this can store resources that can be open to the greater internet for people to download - Or it can have the proper security measures in place for certain people to have access to. az group deployment create --resource-group runtcp  --template-file main.bicep --mode Complete A very cool thing the video Azure Bicep Crash Course, by Meet Kamal Today does is use an array to push the same resource in multiple regions (3:30) ...

While I'm close to posting my analyses of logging services, take a look at this.  A VM has been attacked multiple times. Check in your Security Alerts panel from the Azure Security Center homepage. Just In Time VM access is enabled. If you're not using a VM, it doesn't have to be up until a service specifically asks for it. Watch the video for more.

 Want to share this post easily? Here's a Notion page !   9/20: Terraform is now  OpenTofu   I got to teach myself Terraform, but that's what this entire blog is about; Teaching myself things and hoping for work sometimes to make money and being employed by multiple people. You can be the next one! Anyway, what do I like about Terraform? A lot. Including all the troubleshooting and digging into new things. The Numbers on What Was Made: Project : 1 Resources created : 7 Virtual Machine Network Interface Virtual Network Security Rule attached to Security Group Security Group (with outputs) Subnet Public IP address Many of these resources are attached to each other - The Network Interface is attached to the Virtual Machine, and they’re both in a Security Group which has Security Rules attached to it. The Virtual Network is attached to the Subnet, and the Public IP address is attached to the Network Security Group. This way, The Virtual Machine has internet acce...

    As part of one of my Data Science Scholarships, I am allowed to download the database files. So I thought, why not stick them in a database on Azure for some learning.  They didn't say I couldn't.  LEARN LEARN LEARN. After opening Azure Data Studio, hit 'New Connection'. In order to get the entire server name, go back to azure and your SQL Database, and under 'Settings' on the far left, hit 'Connection Strings'.

Check out a better formatted version of this post here , on my Notion. Here - Don't be dismayed by the instructions. The GUI Way? Peering VNets. The Powershell way? A bit more involved. Today's Events: Configure a network security group + security rules using Powershell. The application server should connect to the database server over HTTP. BUT the database server shouldn't use HTTP to connect to the application server.

The video is really a Creative Agency webpage, but I followed along and repurposed it for my own ends. I got this out during the time of the #CloudResumeChallenge on LI! The parameters for the challenge are here . I found this page after I created the site. Hey, still learned something. Isn't the entire point of tech thinking outside the box and figuring stuff out anyway? Technologies used : Azure, HTML, CSS, Javascript, GitHub, Deployment Tokens, Twitter, Canva, Talking to People Resources : Tyler Potts' Creative Agency webpage with edits to make it an online portfolio - resume. Why Make a Landing Site? It's a brief site where a potential client or employer can quickly get the idea of what I do. You see it, and it's less overwhelming than a LinkedIn profile, or a blog with long posts. I had a similar site made in Webflow, and a links landing page made in Canva. Fine options, however -  - I couldn't get the Webflow elements lined up properly - An issue you'll ...

Throughout my travels, I've come across some interesting things in Azure. This is not a comprehensive list; In fact, it's rather scrappy. I'd go "Oh, neat idea." and stick it into this blog post over months. Azure Storage Explorer A lot of information came from this video by HarvestingClouds.

I'm exploring different avenues of networking besides straightforward "Work on a network, stay late every day, no peace of mind, fight with higher ups to get resources.". You may have noticed that there's a smattering of UX and HTML/Javascript coding on here. I like coding, but I'm not too knowledgeable yet. UX is what I really enjoy (And I'm even working with a major company to improve theirs). Site Reliability Engineering seems to be a nice merging of the two. I imagine it's who you call when your eCommerce check-out services craps the bed. Not naming any names. This is actually the AZ-400 track

Create an Azure Virtual Network Create an Azure VPN Gateway Learn to Work with Azure ExpressRoute  Oddly, none of those options are in a Sandbox, and require an actual Azure subscription for learners, like some other segments. Ah well, let's briefly talk about Azure VPNs. Azure VNs provide the same network capabilities as regular VNs, or even VLANs that are spread out physically, and you may need to jump onto Layer 3 to access your virtual neighbor in another cubicle.

Truthfully, SaaS was always easy - Think GMail, Office 365, or even Blogger. PaaS (Platform As A Service) was always trickiest, but one can sum it up as "I, the provider, provide the machine and networking instances already set up for you." IaaS (Infrastructure as A Service) is simply "Are the machines available for the customer to put whatever they want to on them? Their own OS, DBs, etc?" Today's Questions:

Subscriptions all include Billing + subscription support, and various forms of documentation. There are 4 kinds of subscriptions. Free ; 200$ Credits for your first 30 Days Access to popular programs is free for 12 mo. 25 products are always free. No spending limit bc there are credits. Student : 100$ in credits for a year. Select Free Services No spending limit bc there are credits. Verify you're a student.  Pay As You Go: Billed monthly for services used. Enterprise : An agreement that you'll spend X amount upfront. It's not quite like Azure Reservations, which have 1 and 3 year terms. You can get customized pricing Pay annually. If you are an account owner, you can make more subcriptions. What makes the things cost money?

There's a section on Azure Active Directory (AzAD) here . The video is unaffiliated with Microsoft. Although they do seem to have the preview version of AzAD when making a VM, as I do not. That doesn't stop me from going into the AzAD section on the pullout!

SITUATION: About 3 weeks ago, T-Mobile has a second deal in its popular T-Mobile Tuesdays app: "Come back at 3PM Central to get a Starbucks 3$ gift card!" This would not be the first time the Telecommunications brand encouraged people to flood the app to get free or discounted food - earlier in 2019, there was a similar deal with Panda Express, and the Chinese-American Chain was not prepared to handle the orders, letting many of them go unfulfilled. Would T-Mobile be more ready? I mean, they are a telecommunications company, right?

What do we want? The Azure Fundamentals Cert by February! When do we want it? By Feb! Just said it, pay attention! A very helpful guide by Daniel Baker (AzureDan). You need a subscription (or trial) to make a resource group. But you can make a Markdown without it! Markdown: The fancy image on the Dashboard. Let's go!

I have done a lot of AWS things on here. Time to give Azure some attention. After all, since employers don't think Cisco or COMPTIA certifications are important, maybe Microsoft ones are? First, let's really think about why these are the two biggest cloud services providers in the world: They've been doing internet things for a long time. Amazon launched in 1995 , a virtual bookstore. Microsoft, well, you know.  They've lived, breathed, and frankly, created, infrastructure that we use today, that they're selling to us today. Of course the Store of Everything and the Company of Everything would encourage us to put everything in their hands. Also: Azure has a lot less silly names for modules. Important. I appreciate straightforwardness. I said 'a lot less', not '100% sensible names' Microsoft has a clear set of Azure Fundamentals that anyone can interact with. Let's talk about networking basics, basically to say, again, ...