20th July 2021, The Azure Premium Firewall Service available in Preview since February 2021 is now GA.
Learning: Free Azure Sandbox accounts for MS Learn
Microsoft provides a 'free' sandbox account for use on MS Learn courses
News: Microsoft to acquire AT&T’s Network Cloud Technology
30th June 2021, Microsoft announces the acquisition of AT&T's network cloud technology, including the move of AT&T's 5G traffic to Azure.
News: Microsoft add new limited preview VMs for confidential workloads
29th June 2021, Microsoft announce the release of 2 new VM series for confidential computing.
Bicep, a declarative language which provides an alternative to JSON for deploying ARM templates.
For anyone like me who has never been particularly comfortable working with JSON when deploying resources to Azure. There is a new language called Bicep which provides a more declarative approach to working with ARM templates. According to Microsoft Bicep offers the following benefits: Support for all resource types and API versions: Bicep immediately supports... Continue Reading →
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