In this article we are going to discuss Windows 365 Cloud PCs and running your own personal desktop in the cloud. What they are, why you would need them using the different versions available. We will look into some comparisons with Azure Virtual Desktop and a demo creating and accessing a Windows 365 cloud PC. So what actually is a Cloud PC? If we think about a traditional physical desktop or a PC hosted on a physical machine this is normally accessed by users from one location. This is a restriction for access as Cloud PCs are accessible anywhere, anytime. Not to mention the physical d ..read more

This post and video gives a rough estimated guide on Azure Storage IOPS calculations looking at storage performance on steady state IOPS and sign in burst that’s expected from our session hosts VMs using Azure Virtual Desktop and FSLogix. Its important to store data at the appropriate level of performance and price. This can be achevived using two performance tier offerings – standard and premium. Standard storage is hosted on system storage hard disk drives (HDD) and premium storage is hosted on solid-state drives (SSD) for better performance IOPS. Standard gives up to 10,000 IOPS per file sh ..read more

In this post and video we are discussing Azure Virtual Desktop (AVD) and showing how to setup, configure and implement from scratch a fully working AVD solution using FSLogix profiles with Azure premium storage private endpoint with Active Directory integration. This will help you build a virtualized desktop infrastructure VDI solution at enterprise scale. The diagram below shows hub and spoke architecture in Azure Virtual Desktop We have active directory domain controllers in our hub network, synced to Entra ID using AD Connect sync for our cloud identity. Then we have AVD in the cloud ..read more

I`m always getting asked what are the most popular SharePoint Security Best Practices that you can consider that we can apply to our SharePoint sites for increased security controls and compliance once we have created our sites. This video covers some best practices ranging from controlling user access, defining sensitivity labels, conditional access policies to apply to individual SharePoint sites using authentication contexts, lockdown using Microsoft Defender for Cloud Apps to prevent copy, download and printing of SharePoint content, policies to prevent unmanaged device access, web only ac ..read more

This video explains importance of the Azure certification path in 2024 and how we should pass exams for that next Cloud job. Azure Certifications are a way to demonstrate and validate your Microsoft skills and knowledge for your own personal journey of learning and gaining a industry recognised certification and also for your employers to have confidence that you can match up your experience amd skills with a certified qualification. You may be thinking you want to gain a new cloud job or transition for example from a enginnering role into a design architect role, the possibilities are endless ..read more

Entra ID security default settings in the portal that are important for you to review. We show various Entra ID security default settings. Many are set by default which may leave your open to access and breach your company security policy. The aim of this video is to review these settings against your own Entra ID security environments security policy and show the options available for you to decide based on your own environment. Contents of this video Introduction User Access to Azure Portal Guest access permissions and sharing external content in Entra/SharePoint and OneDrive Users register ..read more

Microsoft now offer the ability to enable a Azure SFTP server from Azure Blob storage endpoint then connecting to that SFTP endpoint via a namespace with WinSCP. Contents of this video Intro to SFTP and Pricing Create SFTP enabled Azure Blob Storage Add local SFTP user Create container and set user permissions Network Settings Data Encryption Data Protection SFTP Blob Configuration Connect to SFTP Azure Blob Storage namespace using WinSCP Activity Logs Azure SFTP Check out my Social Media pages Twitter(X) You Tube Subscribe here SFTP Blob Storage Pricing SFTP known limitations How to config ..read more

How to configure Microsoft Defender for Cloud Apps DLP (Data Loss Prevention). Microsoft Defender for Cloud Apps provides you with DLP capabilities that provide application control and cover the various data leak points that exist in organizations. We will configure blocking cut or copy actions on web apps like Exchange and Microsoft 365 Admin Center. Contents of this video Intro Enable File Monitoring Connect the Office 365 App Connector Create Conditional Access policy for app control Connect Conditional Access App Control Apps Create Defender for Cloud Apps Policy to block cut or copy acti ..read more

Use Data Loss Prevention (DLP) in Microsoft Purview for Windows endpoint devices to block, block with override and audit. Create a Purview DLP policy for sensitive information such as drivers license numbers, IP addresses being copied to the clipboard from a document and pasted elsewhere into notepad for example. We will also cover onboarding to Microsoft Purview from Microsoft Intune for Endpoint DLP. Blocking the copying of Microsoft documents and files to a network share, copying files outside a Remote Desktop Session for RDP, blocking uploading files and data to Cloud Storage like google d ..read more

Most orgainisations want to block BYOD non-compliant personal devices from accessing company applications and data which are not secure. We don`t want employees bringing their own devices and using their personally owned devices for work purposes. It is critical to have a well defined BYOD policy and understand the risks to protect the company from cyber threats such as ransomware, hacking and data breaches. This video will show a step by step guide, tutorial and demo. Covering blocking personal non-compliant Windows 10 devices from accessing our Microsoft 365 applications and data using Micro ..read more