Simplifying security for serverless and web apps with Azure Functions and App Service

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Serverless and PaaS are all about unleashing developer productivity by reducing the management burden and allowing you to focus on what matters most, your application logic. That can’t come at the cost of security, though, and it needs to be easy to achieve best practices. Fortunately, we have...

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Azure Cosmos DB and multi-tenant systems

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We will discuss how to build a multi-tenant system on Azure Cosmos DB. Azure Cosmos DB itself is a multi-tenant PaaS offering on Microsoft Azure. Building a multi-tenant system on another multi-tenant system can be challenging, but Azure provides us all the tools to make our task easy....

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Running Cognitive Service containers

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We announced a preview of Docker support for Microsoft Azure Cognitive Services with an initial set of containers ranging from Computer Vision and Face, to Text Analytics. Here we will focus on trying things out, firing up a cognitive service container, and seeing what it can do. Installing...

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Best practices for alerting on metrics with Azure Database for MySQL monitoring

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Whether you are a developer, database administrator, site reliability engineer, or a DevOps professional, monitoring databases is an important part of maintaining the reliability, availability, and performance of your MySQL server. There are various metrics available for you in Microsoft Azure Database for MySQL to get insights on...

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Leverage Azure Security Center to detect when compromised Linux machines attack

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When an attacker compromises a machine, they typically have a goal in mind. Some attackers are looking for information residing on the victim’s machine or are looking for access to other machines on the victim’s network. Other times, attackers have plans to use the processing power of the...

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How to develop secure applications using Azure Cosmos DB

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Before we begin to discuss how to develop secure applications using Azure Cosmos DB, we should also highlight some of the different layers of security that Azure Cosmos DB offers. The following image illustrates these various layers of security: Azure Cosmos DB is a ring zero Azure service,...

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Understanding health criteria in Azure Monitor for VMs

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Azure Monitor for virtual machines (VMs) offers a myriad of monitoring features that help you view VMs from various perspectives. A few of those perspectives are: 1. The health of the VM and its components. This helps you to monitor, diagnose, and localize issues in operating systems, core...

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