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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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Everything You Need to Know About Azure Infrastructure – May 2019 Edition

Last Update: Sep 04, 2024

During May, the month was filled with Azure announcements, here are the key items that you need to know about.

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Everything You Need to Know About Azure Infrastructure – April 2019 Edition

Last Update: Sep 04, 2024

In my monthly summary, I will summarize all the Azure infrastructure news from April, which appeared to be a month for security announcements.

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Everything You Need to Know About Azure Infrastructure – March 2019 Edition

Last Update: Sep 04, 2024

As we approach Build, Microsoft is ramping up the Azure announcements; here’s everything that happened last month.

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Everything You Need to Know About Azure Infrastructure – February 2019

Last Update: Sep 04, 2024

Even though February was a shorter month, there were still a number of significant Azure announcements that you should know about.

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How to Architect an Azure Firewall with a VPN Gateway

Last Update: Sep 04, 2024

In this post, I will show you how to architect an Azure Firewall deployment where a centralized firewall will inspect traffic that is flowing across a VPN connection before it reaches the Azure virtual network(s) or returns to on-premises. Design Concept The premise of this design is a simple and, probably, a familiar one: anything…

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How to Create Network Rules in Azure Firewall

Last Update: Sep 04, 2024

In this Aidan explains how one can create network rules in the Azure Firewall to allow transport layer traffic between subnets or virtual networks.

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Understanding and Creating NAT Rules in Azure Firewall

Last Update: Sep 04, 2024

Here’s how to publish an Azure service in a virtual network to the Internet using a NAT (DNAT) rule in the Azure Firewall.

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How to Build an Azure Firewall in a Hub Virtual Network

Last Update: Sep 04, 2024

Aidan shows you how to architect an Azure Firewall deployment where a centralized firewall will inspect many applications/services that are deployed into dedicated virtual networks (VNets).

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How to Secure A Network Using NSGs and ASGs

Last Update: Sep 04, 2024

In this post, I will explain how you can use Application Security Groups (ASGs) in addition with Network Security Groups (NSGs) to create secure network designs for virtual machines in Azure. Before you read this post, you should read Understanding Application Security Groups in the Azure Portal to understand the purpose of ASGs and how…

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Azure Firewall in a Single Virtual Network

Last Update: Sep 04, 2024

This s how to design the deployment of an Azure Firewall in a single virtual network.

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How to Secure A Network Using NSGs

Last Update: Sep 04, 2024

Here’s how you how you can use Network Security Groups (NSGs) to secure the subnets of a typical virtual machine-based web application deployment in Azure.

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What To Consider when Building Your Azure Firewall Design

Last Update: Sep 04, 2024

Aidan explains what you need to consider when planning for a deployment of the Azure Firewall.

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