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WTH are High Scale Private Endpoints?

Hit the 1,000 private endpoint limit in Azure? High Scale Private Endpoints increases limits to 5,000 per VNet and 20,000 across peered networks. Learn what it is, how it works, and the gotchas you need to know.

Understanding Pulumi Resource Hooks

Resource Hooks are a new feature in Pulumi that allow for custom behaviour during resource lifecycle management.

Local Deploy with Bicep

Local Deploy is a new Bicep feature that lets you deploy Bicep code, without connecting to Azure - Crazy!

Happy 5th Birthday Bicep!

Bicep is 5 years old! Let’s take a look back at how this all started.

Pulumi Azure Native Has Slimmed Down for Summer

The Pulumi Azure Native SDK has shrunk by 75%, here’s why and what that means for you.

Speed Up AKS Image Pulls with ACR Artifact Streaming

Large container images can slow down deployments and scaling. Artifact streaming can help speed this up.

Hanging Up My MVP Award

It’s the end of an era as I hang up my MVP award.

Home Networking with Coax

Despite being old and slow in the past, coax is making a comeback as a networking option and it saved my home network from terrible speeds!

Creating Groups In Administrative Units With Infrastructure as Code

How to create Entra ID groups inside an Administrative Unit with Infrastructure as Code and limited permissions

Protect PaaS Resources With Network Security Perimeter

Network Security Perimeter is a new preview feature that helps you apply network security protections to your PaaS resources

Sandboxed Environments with Container Apps Dynamic Sessions

Dynamic Sessions for Azure Container Apps provides a way to run untrusted code in a secure, sandboxed environment with dynamic scaling.

WTH is Planned Failover for Azure Storage?

Planned failover for Azure Storage is now in preview, but what is it and how does it differ from unplanned failover?

AKS Finally Supports FQDN-Based Network Policies - At a Cost

AKS now supports applying FQDN based network polcies to restrict traffic, however it’s part of the Advanced Container Networking Services product, which comes at an additional cost.

Be Very Careful with Allow Rules in Azure WAF's

Allow rules in Azure WAF’s might not operate the way you think they do, and could mean you’re not processing all the rules you think you are.