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Azure RBAC/ABAC Role-Based Access Control (RBAC) Role-Based Access Control (RBAC) is a key aspect of Azure Identity and Access Management and allows roles to be assigned to users to determine their permissions across different cloud hierarchy levels, ie management groups, subscriptions, etc. Additionally, it is generally recommended to assign roles on the higher hierarchal levels to make resources easier to manage at scale.  We can help decide which users get which roles by considering three Read more…

Azure Policy An Azure policy is a rule that can be placed across management groups, resource groups, and resources to ensure that each respective environment is compliant with the organization’s standards. This means that real-time action can be taken against non-compliant areas, whether that be completely preventing their addition to the Azure environment, placing an audit note to notify administrators, etc. A special feature here is the remediation task, which allows the use of an Read more…

Azure Cloud Hierarchy Cloud governance is the rules, policies, and practices that help run an organization’s environment. This set of conditions helps an organization remain organized in several ways, from creating logical separations of resources across different departments to tracking costs in a more orderly manner to ensuring correct authorization and accessibility of user permissions. Azure splits up its governance hierarchy as such:  Root Management Group  Single top-level management group to set global policies Management Read more…

Passing the AZ-900 The Azure Fundamentals exam, or AZ-900, is Microsoft’s introductory certification into the world of the Azure cloud platform. Preparing for it gives one an overview of several key cloud computing concepts and general services, along with specifics that make Azure unique from its competitors such as AWS or GCP. A few topics covered include: Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS), Platform as a Service (PaaS), Software as a Service (SaaS) Public, Private, Hybrid Read more…