How to use stored secrets from Azure Key Vault while deploying ARM VMs

Server deployments can be very challenging when it comes to delegating deployments to admins that must not know local admin credentials. Learn how to automate deployments without giving your passwords away using Azure Key Vault.

Who does not know this scenario? You want a trainee to deploy a Windows Server but you do not want to give him or her access to your secret administrator passwords at all. Or you want to delegate deployments to a service provider but you need your passwords to stay save? Azure Key Vault could be what makes your life way easier.

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Azure Storage Accounts: How to plan your architecture to speed up blob transfers

Storage Accounts, Availability Sets and Storage Stamps are terms you will often be confronted with when you deal with Azure Storage. But what do these terms mean and how can you use your knowledge of them to speed up your cloud storage and enhance the availability of your systems? Continue reading “Azure Storage Accounts: How to plan your architecture to speed up blob transfers”