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Bypassing on premises firewall to RDP or SSH into Azure VM

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12 min to read. Abs07act Believe it or not! On-premises firewalls port opening process is proving to be number one blocker for Azure adoption, till the time Site to Site VPN or Azure Express Route is setup. Problem is not with changing the firewall rules to access Azure VM either by RDP or SSH; It is the “ process ” setup by an Enterprises to allow an outbound 07affic from their on premises network; to Azure or internet in general. I am not saying security teams working for on premises environment security is bad; it is their job to keep things secure and hence they will always hesitate/ seek approval/ seek clarifications to open 3389 or 22 port for outbound 07affic from their network. In this blog post I will illus07ate a way by which you can access Azure VM either by RDP or SSH without asking your internal network/ security team to open any ports. Let’s go! Problem Statement Refer to below diagram –  [To get good view of the diagram, click on it] ...

Azure Migrate – Frequently asked questions – not easily answered

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12 min to read. Abs07act Migration are not new to humans. Migrations are happening since early days of human history. Almost every person on planet earth have migrated one or more times in their life. In today's world I see people are migrating for their Love and Marriages. It is mostly boys who migrate for their love and mostly girls migrate after their marriage. Love and Marriage both are complex!  When you say you have done Love Marriage - that is a deadly complex combination! In technology world also, migrations are not new. Migrations of applications is fundamental work to achieve core motive of migration – Betterment. Workloads / applications will be going through Azure migration. Questions related to Azure migrate are unique and I see many enterprises get stuck just because they are not able to find the right answer. This blog post dedicated to all those “real world frequently asked Azure migrate questions - not easily answered”. I am s07ong believ...

Azure VMs – Export to CSV

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Abs07act For human race, there are some common tasks in daily life which you must do. Without which humans can survive but you can’t say if they are “living the life”. For example, taking a bath is one of such tasks. You can survive without taking a bath but you will not like it. These tasks are those which bring “life” to humans daily lives and make them enjoy their stay on earth. Out of these humans there is special category of humans – I call them “Humans who work in Software field”. They can be sub-categorized into below –        1.       Software developers 2.       IT adminis07ators 3.       Project managers 4.       Software Engineers 5.       Solution Architects For all these sub-categories you can apply prefix such as Senior, Junior, Principal, Full Stack, Distinguished and in recent times we have a new addition to this pre...