Azure

MS Build 2021 brought exciting hybrid cloud news! Azure Arc gets App Services, Functions, and Open Service Mesh. Azure Stack HCI gains multi-cluster monitoring. Here’s what matters for hybrid environments.

Azure Arc gives on-prem servers their own Azure AD identity. This guide shows how to retrieve an Azure Arc token and use it to securely access secrets, keys, and certificates in Azure KeyVault. No stored credentials needed.

Need to deploy the Azure Monitor Log Analytics agent to existing servers? This PowerShell function handles single or multi-server deployments, with options to download the installer or use a central share.

SCVMM 2019 introduces Azure Profiles for hybrid cloud integration. This guide shows how to create an Azure Update Management profile and automatically onboard VMs for patch status monitoring and remediation.