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Aidan Finn, Microsoft Most Valuable Professional (MVP), has been working in IT since 1996. He has worked as a consultant and administrator for the likes of Innofactor Norway, Amdahl DMR, Fujitsu, Barclays and Hypo Real Estate Bank International where he dealt with large and complex IT infrastructures and MicroWarehouse Ltd. where he worked with Microsoft partners in the small/medium business space.

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How Do I Apply NSG Policies To Applications in Azure?

Last Update: Sep 04, 2024

Aidan Finn describes a preview feature of Network Security Groups, called Application Security Groups, which allows you dynamically assign firewall policies to groups of Azure virtual machines.

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Design Considerations for Azure Web Apps

Last Update: Sep 04, 2024

Aidan Finn discusses things you should consider when designing an Azure App Service deployment.

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Everything You Need to Know About Azure Infrastructure – January 2018 Edition

Last Update: Nov 19, 2024

It’s a new year and it’s time for new things. This month I’m starting a monthly series to summarize some notable things that have happened in Azure IaaS.

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Backing Up Azure App Service

Last Update: Sep 04, 2024

Aidan Finn shows you how to backup Web apps that are hosted as an Azure App Service in an App Service Plan.

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Blocking Internet Access for Azure VMs

Last Update: Sep 04, 2024

How do I block Internet access for my Azure virtual machines?

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Adding WebJobs to Azure App Service

Last Update: Sep 04, 2024

Aidan Finn explains how you can use WebJobs to execute tasks on Azure App Service.

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Azure Accelerated Network Is Generally Available

Last Update: Sep 04, 2024

Aidan Finn discusses Microsoft’s recent announcement that Accelerated Networking is now generally available for Windows and Linux virtual machines running in Azure.

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Azure App Services on Linux

Last Update: Sep 04, 2024

Aidan Finn discusses App Services on Linux, what this service is, how it differs to the Windows Server offering, and what you can do with the Linux alternative.

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My Azure Infrastructure Highlights of 2017

Last Update: Jun 25, 2025

Aidan Finn reviews his highlights in the last year of Azure infrastructure improvements. Please share your highlights too.

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Azure SQL Elastic Pool, Single Databases, and DTUs

Last Update: Sep 04, 2024

Aidan Finn explains some of the language that is used to specify and size Azure SQL, the database-as-a-service offering from Microsoft Azure.

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Expanded Azure Virtual Machine Availability and Locations

Last Update: Sep 04, 2024

Aidan Finn discuss the recent expansions of Azure, adding support for virtual machines to more regions, and the expansion of the number of regions internationally.

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Azure Site Recovery Deployment Planner for VMware and Hyper-V

Last Update: Sep 04, 2024

Microsoft has finally released the Azure Site Recovery Planner to help you understand, design, and size your disaster recovery solutions in Azure for on-premises VMware and Hyper-V deployments.

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