So, just because it was really time to do so, I purchased new networking equipment.Old equipment and setup: Netgear R7000 patched with ddw-rt software (a device from 2013!)Using the WAN port to connect to internet using a Ziggo bridged modem.Used…
So, just because it was really time to do so, I purchased new networking equipment.Old equipment and setup: Netgear R7000 patched with ddw-rt software (a device from 2013!)Using the WAN port to connect to internet using a Ziggo bridged modem.Used…
Azure VPN Gateway Basic Sku.. The poor man’s P2S VPN solution. Or is it? If you check the notes on the Azure VPN Basic Sku P2S solution: This table is taken from https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/vpn-gateway/vpn-gateway-about-vpngateways and it shows the limitations of the…
Recently I was challenged to provide a solution to delegate VM stop and start control to a group of developers who needed the VMs on demand. The developers are not trained in using the Azure Portal. At first, I suggested…
In Part 1 of this series I created a Site-to-Site VPN setup for my Azure MSDN subscription to my local network. This will be a base for this post. This part will cover the basics to add another Virtual Network…
Update: Part 2 is now available! Quite a mouthfull, but that’s because I posted a guide for Site-to-site VPN (Building an Azure lab – Implementing S2S (Site-to-Site) VPN) earlier as well, but that guide is based on the classic portal.…
This post will take you through the steps necessary to configure Azure Automation DSC using the ARM (Azure Resource Manager) Portal UI. As always in the Building an Azure lab series: Disclaimer for those who want to build based on…
As I mentioned in the previous post, the Client VPN software that is generated for you to be able to connect your client to the P2S (Point-to-Site) Azure VPN solution, has a few shortcomings, at least for my situation. The…
In the previous post I walked you through the steps I needed to take to create a Site-to-Site VPN connection between the Azure Virtual Network and my local network. Azure supports another type of VPN called P2S (Point-to-Site) VPN. This…
Update: I’ve posted a version using the Azure Portal and/or PowerShell. You can find the updated post here. The next step in preparing an Azure lab for this blog would be to connect my on-premises network to a Virtual Network…
If you have seen some of my posts, specifically the posts for step-by-step guiding Remote Desktop Services installation, configuration and modification, you might have noticed that I use a very basic lab setup. Simply running the Hyper-V role on my…