by Shane Schlabach | May 22, 2025 | AWS, Blog, Cloud
In today’s ever-evolving security environment, securing data both in transit and while at rest is at the top of the list. However, AWS does not automatically encrypt new volumes by default. This, unsurprisingly, leads to instances being created without the...
by Shane Schlabach | Apr 22, 2025 | Azure, Blog
Microsoft has announced that it is retiring Azure Database for MariaDB on September 19, 2025. Beginning on March 19, 2024, Microsoft disabled the option to create new MariaDB instances. Any that were created before this date will continue to run until the retirement...
by Shane Schlabach | Mar 18, 2025 | Azure, Blog, Microsoft
Microsoft has announced that it is retiring default outbound internet access for new Azure Virtual Machines (VMs) on September 30, 2025. What is default outbound access? Outbound access is a way for a VM to connect to the internet. Previously, VMs could be created...
by Shane Schlabach | Mar 4, 2025 | Azure, Blog, Microsoft
Microsoft has begun deprecating TLS versions 1.0 & 1.1 across all services in Azure. This requires clients connecting to Azure resources to use TLS 1.2 at a minimum, preferably 1.3 if supported. While many deadlines have passed, Microsoft has extended support for...
by Shane Schlabach | Oct 17, 2024 | Azure, Blog
Security and management are essential when managing access to Windows machines in Azure. Using Microsoft Entra credentials achieves both and is a fairly straightforward setup. However, MFA (Multi-Factor Authentication) can complicate the process and require some...
by Shane Schlabach | Jul 25, 2024 | AWS, Blog, Cloud, Database
When creating an S3 Replication Rule, objects that were uploaded prior to the rule being created will not be replicated. These will need to be replicated manually with an S3 Batch Operation. This can also be used for occasional one-off replications if needed....
