Olivier Miossec

Olivier Miossec @omiossec

About: Former Microsoft Azure MVP. Find me on https://github.com/omiossec, https://www.youtube.com/@AzurePlatformOps or https://www.linkedin.com/in/omiossec/ Living in Amsterdam, NL

Location:
Amsterdam
Joined:
Apr 24, 2019

Olivier Miossec
articles - 113 total

Breaking change in Azure Network

About the implicit outbound connectivity retirement in Azure on...

Learn More 0 0Jul 15

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Azure Machine Configuration, deploy DSC config to Azure VMs. ...

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Azure RBAC roles, an advanced introduction

Azure role-based access control (RBAC) roles are essential in any organization to create granular...

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Using bicep-deploy in GitHub action, part 2, deploymentStack

A few weeks ago, I presented the Bicep-Deploy GitHub Action that could test and deploy Bicep...

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About the implicit outbound connectivity retirement in Azure on 30/09/2025

Azure will remove the default outbound connectivity effective September 30, 2025. Currently, any...

Learn More 0 0Jun 19

Using ARM-TTK in GitHub to test Azure ARM template

Testing the compliance of your infrastructure as Code, ARM-TKK for Bicep, and ARM...

Learn More 1 1Jun 16

Using bicep-deploy in GitHub action, part 1, Bicep deployment

There are several options for deploying resources in Azure with Bicep from a GitHub repository. You...

Learn More 2 1May 28

Azure Machine Configuration, deploy DSC config to Azure VMs.

Azure Machine Configuration (also known as Azure Policy Guest Configuration) allows operators to...

Learn More 3 1May 20

Protect Azure PaaS services, introduction to Azure Network Security Perimeter.

In Azure, securing IaaS resources is relatively straightforward—you can use Network Security Groups...

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Azure Bicep parameters

Parameters are essential when authoring Bicep configuration files. They make your template reusable...

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Using AI-based tools in Azure as CloudOps/DevOps

2024 is the year when Generative AI entered the Azure operations and DevOps world. Generative AI has...

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Set up Azure Network Security Perimeter with PowerShell

Azure Network Security Perimeter is one of the new features announced by Microsoft during the MS...

Learn More 6 2Dec 10 '24

Create a GitHub pipeline to test, review, and deploy a Bicep template.

Working with Bicep means you must deploy your infrastructure with a pipeline. There are a few steps...

Learn More 2 1Nov 27 '24

Azure Private Subnet, how to access PaaS services and the Internet

The default outbound policy for Azure virtual networks will be retired on September 30th. After this...

Learn More 2 0Nov 7 '24

Conditional deployment in Azure Bicep

Modularity is a key when designing and coding Infrastructure as Code. You need to generalize and be...

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user-defined type in Azure Bicep, an introduction

In the Bicep Language, just like in the arm template, variables and parameters have a data type:...

Learn More 2 0Oct 14 '24

Azure Virtual Network, new feature; subnet peering

If you are an Azure Cloud engineer, you probably know what VNET peering is, you connect two VNETs (in...

Learn More 11 0Oct 7 '24

Upcoming Breaking changes in Azure Network, implicit outbound connectivity will be retired

In Azure, when you create a VM, it must be connected to a subnet from a VNET. The VM automatically...

Learn More 4 0Oct 5 '24

Azure Express Route in-depth

Azure Express Route is an essential service when you want to connect your on-premises network to your...

Learn More 16 1Sep 17 '24

How to fix Crowdstrike bug in Azure VMs

On Friday Morning 19th of July 2024, a faulty update from the security firm CrowdStrike put millions...

Learn More 1 0Jul 23 '24

Using PowerShell and Pester to validate Azure Policy syntax

I write a lot of custom Azure Policy, and like everyone, I believe, I made some mistakes, and I want...

Learn More 8 0Jul 19 '24

Automate your GitHub Issues with PowerShell and GitHub API

I made a post on how to authenticate to the GitHub API to perform tasks on your repositories, in this...

Learn More 4 1Jul 1 '24

Using Azure Bicep to deploy MS Graph resources

In Infrastructure as Code, we focus on deploying and configuring Azure resources. Sometimes you must...

Learn More 10 0Jun 6 '24

Asymmetrical routing in Azure Network or how to avoid a typical mistake

As you know Azure Network is based on Hyper-V networking (you can check my last post on this point)....

Learn More 10 0May 23 '24

PowerShell: Using parameters with Pester

If you have ever worked with Pester, The PowerShell test framework, you may have noticed that using...

Learn More 5 0May 16 '24

Get Azure Policy Compliance State with PowerShell

Working with Azure Policy means that you will have to deal with non-compliant resources. You can see...

Learn More 5 0Apr 25 '24

Is Infrastructure as Code dead?

I’ve witnessed the inception of the DevOps movement. The “Phoenix Project” was our bedside book. It...

Learn More 2 0Apr 9 '24

Configure federated identity between GitHub and Azure with PowerShell

Usually, when you want to connect a GitHub workflow to Azure, in order to manage resources, you use...

Learn More 4 0Apr 4 '24

User-defined function in Azure Bicep

Bicep allows you to define your functions for your bicep deployment. These functions can ease...

Learn More 1 0Apr 4 '24

Azure Network: Can you use a DHCP server in the Cloud?

There is a mythology in the cloud world, particularly in Azure, adding a DHCP server will open the...

Learn More 12 0Mar 25 '24