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Azure Managed Identities

2025

Study Datasheet – Customer-Managed Keys for Azure Storage Encryption
·665 words·4 mins· 100 views · 5 likes
Microsoft Azure CMK Azure Storage Account
Overview Azure Storage automatically encrypts all data at rest using Storage Service Encryption (SSE). When you specify a customer-managed key (CMK), that key is not used to encrypt the data, it is used to protect and control access to the key that encrypts the data.
Terraform - Getting Started with Azure Chaos Studio
·1836 words·9 mins· 100 views · 5 likes
Azure CLI Azure Cloud Shell Microsoft Microsoft Azure
Hi everyone! Today, in this blog post, we’ll explore how to deploy Azure Chaos Studio using Terraform. As you may know, Azure Chaos Studio is a powerful service that lets us safely test our infrastructure by simulating real-world failures.

2024

Azure SQL - Managing Database-Level Transparent Data Encryption (TDE) Keys with Azure PowerShell
·1409 words·7 mins· 100 views · 5 likes
Microsoft Azure TDE Security
In my previous article, we explored how to set up server-level Transparent Data Encryption (TDE) in Azure SQL. This method uses a single encryption key to secure multiple databases on a server or managed instance, providing consistent protection across all databases.
Azure SQL - Managing Server-Level Transparent Data Encryption (TDE) Keys with Azure PowerShell
·1192 words·6 mins· 100 views · 5 likes
Microsoft Azure TDE Security
In Azure SQL, server-level Transparent Data Encryption (TDE) provides centralized encryption across multiple databases within a server or managed instance. By default, Azure SQL uses a Service Managed Key (SMK) for TDE, but we can also choose to deploy a Customer Managed Key (CMK) for better control.

2023

Bicep - Assigning Azure Policy Initiatives to Enforce Compliance
·800 words·4 mins· 100 views · 5 likes
Azure CLI Azure Cloud Shell Microsoft Microsoft Azure
Hi all! Today I want to talk to you about “Policy as Code” Just as “Infrastructure as Code” changed how we handle infrastructure deployment, “Policy as Code” gives us consistency, traceability, and rapid implementation in policy management.

2022

Logging into an Azure Linux VM using an Azure AD account
·876 words·5 mins· 100 views · 5 likes
Azure CLI Azure Cloud Shell Azure PowerShell Connect-AzAccount
Today I want to show you how you can improve the security of your Linux virtual machines in Azure by integrating with Azure Active Directory (Azure AD) authentication. In this post, I’ll show you how to set up a Linux virtual machine and log in with Azure AD using openSSH certificate-based authentication.

2021

How to use a VM system-assigned managed identity to access Azure Key Vault
·1070 words·6 mins· 100 views · 5 likes
Azure CLI Azure Cloud Shell Azure PowerShell Connect-AzAccount
Hi, In a previous post, I showed you how to enable system-assigned managed identity on an Azure virtual machine. Today, I want to show you how to assign a managed identity to access an Azure resource securely.
How to enable the system-assigned managed identity on an Azure VM
·696 words·4 mins· 100 views · 5 likes
Azure CLI Azure Cloud Shell Azure PowerShell Connect-AzAccount
Hi, Jorge is back. In this post, I want to show you How to enable the system-assigned managed identity on an Azure VM using Powershell and Azure CLI. When you enable a system-assigned managed identity, Azure creates an identity associated with the instance and stores it to the Azure AD tenant associated with the subscription where you created the service instance.