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When to draw Layer 2 or Layer 3 network diagrams
I used to manage a Fortune 500 company network of 3000 remote branch offices and 5 large data centers. I learned that creating accurate...
May 24, 2024
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Creating secure spoke virtual networks in Azure cloud
Creating traditional firewall-centric enterprise network architectures in the cloud has always been troublesome. When compared to the...
May 4, 2022
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Import existing Azure resources into Terraform with Aztfy
Microsoft has developed a new tool "Aztfy" that will dig through preexisting resource groups, creating the necessary Terraform HCL and state
Apr 17, 2022


Using Bicep Automation to Build Azure Traffic Manager Profiles
The project I have at hand requires me to create approximately 50 Traffic Manager Profiles and be able to quickly fail back and forth.
Apr 10, 2022
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Infrastructure as Code: Using Terraform and NSX-T to automate deployment of AVS networks.
In this example, we will use Terraform to create a 3 tier DevOps workflow based network topology with four tenants in AVS NSX-T.
Mar 20, 2022
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IP Address Planning for Your Azure Cloud Network
After spending a lifetime working in networking, I can tell you that IP addresses matter!
A well thought out IP plan you should tell you r
Jan 30, 2022
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Azure Hub Spoke Virtual Network Design Best Practices
With all of the recent changes from Microsoft to their Azure network architecture, you may wondering what does a "best practices"...
Jan 12, 2022
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Can a hub-spoke cloud architecture help increase security and reduce costs?
If your company is like most, your cloud probably looks like the picture above. This is to be expected unless you have mature change...
Dec 12, 2021
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Create and deploy an Azure App Gateway with Web Application Firewall (WAF) using the Azure CLI
In this article, I will show you how to create and deploy an Azure app gateway with WAF web application firewall using the Azure CLI....
Mar 6, 2021
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How to create a complete device inventory using the Meraki API
The Meraki GUI is generally pretty helpful and often does provide the following information in one place. However, I want to show how to...
Oct 19, 2020
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Find Azure Public IPs and NSGs with Resource Graph Queries
This post will show you how to use the powerful Azure Resource Graph extension with Azure CLI
Sep 15, 2020
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Install Azure CLI with Yum
This is life-changing... I have a Linux server that I use for almost all my day to day job duties and wanted to be able to run scripts...
Sep 11, 2020
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Meraki API Scripting
API scripting can be a very powerful method of making large scale changes or pulling information. I needed to rename all of the devices...
Sep 10, 2020
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