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Azure – You can now export your Azure Security Recommendations and alerts in CSV

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It has been a long awaited feature, the ability to export recommendations and more importantly alerts from Azure Security Center (ASC). Well, good news, this feature is now generally available To start using it, just logon to your Azure administration portal (https://portal.azure.com/) and reach your Azure Security Center From there, depending of what you want […]

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Azure – The Azure Network Watcher has been refreshed with a new connection monitor

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You may already know Azure Network Watcher, the network monitoring and troubleshooting tool helping you monitoring and solving network connectivity issues with your Azure resources. Well, Azure Network Watcher has just been refreshed with a new connection monitor providing end to end unified monitoring capabilities for Azure Hybrid and Azure deployments. Some of the new

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Azure – You can now use Azure Data Box with Azure Backup

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You may already know Azure Backup, the backup solution for both on-premises and cloud based workloads hosted in Azure, and Azure Data Box, the solution to offload large amount of data from on-premises datacentres to Azure using encrypted drives. Well, now both solution can work together, helping you to offload your large backup stored on-premises

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Azure – Azure Firewall Manager can now integrate with virtual networks

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As introduced some time ago, Azure Firewall Manager (AFM) is the central configuration and management point for Azure Firewall. Well, AFM has been updated and is now able to integrate with your virtual network. The integration consists on ‘converting’ your Azure Virtual Network to a hub virtual network. This is handy if your network architecture

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Azure – You can now use shared disks in Azure for your clustered workloads

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With this new capability added to Azure, you can now deploy/migrate your clustered workloads on Azure virtual machines. This is quite handy as with the end of support of Windows Server and SQL Server 2008, you can benefit up to 3 years support if these workloads run on Azure (and there is still quite a

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Azure – You can now enforce vulnerability assessment to be deployed on virtual machines

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You may already know that Microsoft has introduced a vulnerability assessment capability to Azure – for either SQL Managed Instances, SQL Server or Virtual Machines. Well, this capability needs to be enabled at the resource level by accessing the Security blade of the virtual machine and click on Vulnerability assessment solution should be installed on

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Azure – You can now use Backup Explorer

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The Azure Recovery Service Vault has been updated to introduce the Backup Explorer. Backup Explorer is providing you a simpler and consolidated view of what is backed up – this is particularly handy if your backup footprint expands across multiple subscription, region or tenant or even for CSP managing backup for their customers. Backup Explorer

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Azure AD B2C – It is now easier to customize authentication page

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As you may know, it is possible to use Azure Active Directory (Azure AD or AAD) for your consumer’s application authentication and user profile; this is called Azure Active Directory B2C (Business to Consumer). Well, it is now becoming easier to customize the authentication page by using the branded templates; you can now just upload

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Azure – Azure Secure Score has been simplified (preview)

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By now you should know Azure Secure Score (ASS), the Azure Security feature which helps you review the security recommendations and prioritize them for you. Well, Azure Secure Score has been simplified and is now in preview. To start using this new and simplified Azure Secure Score, logon to your Azure portal (https://portal.azure.com/) and reach

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Azure – You can now view the carbon footprint of your Azure resources

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As you know, sustainability and carbon footprint are now an important subject and companies are now looking to reduce it. That said, how can you reduce your carbon footprint if you don’t even know from where you are starting Well, Microsoft is now providing a PowerBI dashboard to help you get details about the carbon

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