Reading Time: 3 minutes The aim of this blog post is to help you understand CIDR notations. The purpose of this blog post is not to understand IP address calculations. Let’s get started. Let’s take Microsoft Azure as an example, but the same applies on all networks. When building a VNET in Azure one of the requirements is to […] The post CIDR Notation Simplified first appeared on Cloud Build ..read more

Reading Time: < 1 minute Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS) simplifies deploying a managed Kubernetes cluster in Azure by offloading the operational overhead to Azure. As a hosted Kubernetes service, Azure handles critical tasks, like health monitoring and maintenance. Since Kubernetes masters are managed by Azure, you only manage and maintain the agent nodes. Therefore, Azure Kubernetes Service is free. You […] The post Azure Kubernetes Service – Azure Managed vs Customer managed first appeared on Cloud Build ..read more

Reading Time: 4 minutes Important Note: This blog post was created for the purpose of moving Visual Studio subscription credits to a Microsoft 365 developer tenant and should not be used for tenants holding production workloads. If you were provided with a Visual Studio subscription (previously MSDN subscription) as a Microsoft Certified Trainer, by your employer, or provided a […] The post How to use Visual Studio (MSDN) credits in a Microsoft 365 Developer tenant first appeared on Cloud Build ..read more

Reading Time: 3 minutes New to Azure What is Azure? AZ-900 Azure FundamentalsRecommended course if you’re getting started with Azure Azure Certifications PosterA poster detailing various Microsoft certs organised into role based, specialty and fundamentals Free 30-Day Azure TrialBuild in the cloud with an Azure free account Free Microsoft Certifications for studentsStudents, kick-start your tech career with Microsoft Certification! […] The post Useful Azure Resources first appeared on Cloud Build ..read more

Reading Time: 2 minutes Azure Storage stores multiple copies of your data so that it’s protected from planned and unplanned events, including transient hardware failures, network or power outages, and massive natural disasters. Redundancy ensures that your storage account meets its availability and durability targets even in the face of failures. When creating an Azure Storage account, we’re presented […] The post Azure Storage Replication options explained in a diagram first appeared on Cloud Build ..read more

Reading Time: 3 minutes I am very excited to announce that I am joining Microsoft as an Azure Technical Trainer on 21st February 2022! I received the news in November 2021 and I’m still in shock today, a dream come true! I am very grateful to Microsoft for the opportunity and look forward to joining a great team of […] The post A new chapter, I’m joining Microsoft! first appeared on Cloud Build ..read more

Reading Time: 5 minutes My journey learning Terraform to deploy workloads in Microsoft Azure continues. If you missed the previous posts, please visit the links below. Part 1: Terraform with Azure – How to install TerraformPart 2: Terraform with Azure – How to install Azure cliPart 3: Terraform with Azure – How to Install Visual Studio CodePart 4: Terraform […] The post Part 9: Terraform with Azure – Deploy a VNET and Subnet first appeared on Cloud Build ..read more

Reading Time: 5 minutes My journey learning Terraform to allow me to deploy workloads into Microsoft Azure continues. If you missed the previous posts, please visit the links below. Part 1: Terraform with Azure – How to install TerraformPart 2: Terraform with Azure – How to install Azure cliPart 3: Terraform with Azure – How to Install Visual Studio […] The post Part 8: Terraform with Azure – Deploy terraform.tfvars file first appeared on Cloud Build ..read more

Reading Time: 7 minutes My journey learning Terraform to allow me to deploy workloads into Microsoft Azure continues. If you missed the previous posts, please visit the links below. Part 1: Terraform with Azure – How to install TerraformPart 2: Terraform with Azure – How to install Azure cliPart 3: Terraform with Azure – How to Install Visual Studio […] The post Part 7: Terraform with Azure – Deploy a variables file in Terraform first appeared on Cloud Build ..read more

Reading Time: 6 minutes My journey learning Terraform to allow me to deploy workloads into Microsoft Azure continues. If you missed the previous posts, please visit the links below. Part 1: Terraform with Azure – How to install TerraformPart 2: Terraform with Azure – How to install Azure cliPart 3: Terraform with Azure – How to Install Visual Studio […] The post Part 6: Terraform with Azure – Deploy resources in Azure first appeared on Cloud Build ..read more