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7/3/2025, Azure PaaS Blog
In Azure Batch, to monitor the node performance like CPU or Disk usage users are required to use Azure monitor.  The Azure Monitor service collects and aggregates metrics and logs from every component of the node. Azure Monitor provides you with a view of availability, performance, and resilience. When you create an Azure Batch pool, you can install any of the following monitoring-related extensions on the compute nodes to collect and analyse data. Previously users have leveraged Batch Insights to get system statistics for Azure Batch account nodes, but it is deprecated now and no longer...
4/29/2024, Azure PaaS Blog
[Storage Explorer] How to install Storage Explorer on Ubuntu. “Microsoft Azure Storage Explorer is a standalone app that makes it easy to work with Azure Storage data on Windows, macOS, and Linux.” In this document, you will learn how to install Storage Explorer on Ubuntu 20.04 LTS as you are also able to use the GUI on Linux environment as well. The Storage Explorer is compatible with Red Hat Enterprise as well as SUSE Linx Enterprise.   1. What is Storage Explorer? Storage Explorer is a GUI tool that enables you to manage your Storage Account from any OS environment. It is compatible...
3/26/2024, Azure PaaS Blog
Azure provides a comprehensive list of built-in policy definitions (grouped by the category property defined in the metadata) which are owned and maintained by Microsoft (where the azure-policy repository contains the direct representation of these).   Built-in policy definitions usually cover a specific scenario although some flexibility might be provided through parameters that can be configured. However, customers might have specific needs not covered by an available built-in policy definition and a custom policy definition might be needed.   As a rule of thumb, if there is a built-in...
1/29/2023, Azure PaaS Blog
Background Information   To prevent unauthorized access to a Service Fabric cluster, you must secure the cluster. Security is especially important when the cluster runs production workloads. This article describes how to configure node-to-node and client-to-node security by using Windows security, where gMSA is the preferred security model.   A standalone Managed Service Account (sMSA) is a managed domain account that provides automatic password management, simplified service principal name (SPN) management and the ability to delegate the management to other administrators. The group...