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Long-form posts on Azure Local, Bicep, PowerShell and the HomeLab series — written from a working environment.

Azure | Get Notified when Break Glass account is used

A Break Glass Account is an emergency account that grants access to critical resources when regular credentials are unavailable. It plays a vital role in ensuring business continuity during a crisis and enables a response strategy for cybersecurity threats....

AAlex ter Neuzen·04/05/2023·5 min read

Azure Azure Active Directory Break Glass

Azure | Secure Azure Virtual Desktop with MFA

Learn how to secure your Azure Virtual Desktop with conditional access and Azure MFA. Protect your organization from potential security attacks. Take steps now to create a powerful remote work environment for your users.

AAlex ter Neuzen·18/04/2023·3 min read

Azure Azure Virtual Desktop MFA

Azure | Deploy Azure Virtual Desktop

Using Azure Virtual Desktop as a replacement for Microsoft Remote Desktop Services. Get to know how to setup and the benefits about the new CLOUD solution.

AAlex ter Neuzen·14/04/2023·6 min read

Azure Azure Active Directory Azure Virtual Desktop

E-Mail | MTA-STS

Secure email transmission is vital for everyone, and MTA-STS is here to solve the problem. Learn what MTA-STS is, how it works, and why domain should implement it now!

AAlex ter Neuzen·12/04/2023·5 min read

Domains E-Mail Exchange

E-Mail | Security setup DMARC

DMARC (Domain-based Message Authentication, Reporting, and Conformance) is a method of email authentication that builds upon the DKIM and SPF (Sender Policy Framework) protocols. DMARC allows domain owners to publish a policy in their DNS records that instr...

AAlex ter Neuzen·06/04/2023·6 min read

DMARC Domains E-Mail

E-Mail | Security setup DKIM

DKIM (DomainKeys Identified Mail) is a method of email authentication that uses public key cryptography to verify that an email message was sent by the legitimate sender and has not been modified in transit.

AAlex ter Neuzen·06/04/2023·7 min read

DKIM Domains E-Mail

E-Mail | Security setup SPF

SPF (Sender Policy Framework) records is a standard to help your battle against spam. It is an email authentication standard that protects senders and recipients from spam, spoofing and phishing. By adding this record to your domain, you will provide a list...

AAlex ter Neuzen·06/04/2023·2 min read

Domains E-Mail Exchange

Graph API | Function to retrieve data until all is retrieved

Graph API will only result the first 999 results with an odata.nextlink parameter. In this function we will use this parameter to add the rest of the “next page” untill all is retrieved.

AAlex ter Neuzen·04/04/2023·2 min read

Code Graph API Inventory

Terraform | Deploy Virtual Machines to AWS

Before we used Terraform to deploy virtual machines with needed resources to Azure. Now we are using Terraform to accomplish the same to AWS. A Blogpost about the ins and outs.

AAlex ter Neuzen·24/03/2023·5 min read

AWS IaC Scripts

Terraform | Deploy Virtual Machines to Azure

Before we used Azure Bicep to deploy virtual machines with needed resources to Azure. Now we are using Terraform to accomplish the same. A Blogpost about the ins and outs.

AAlex ter Neuzen·17/03/2023·6 min read

App Registration Azure Code