Techielass - A blog by Sarah Lean

GitHub

Getting started with GitHub Codespaces

A guide to why GitHub Codespaces are a great tool to use for your development environment and how to get started.

Terraform Featured

Using Azure Export for Terraform to import existing Azure resources into Terraform

Use the Microsoft Azure Export for Terraform (aztfy) tool to import existing Azure resources into Terraform configuration files.

Windows 11

SSH to a Linux server from Windows 11

In this tutorial I walk you through connecting to a Linux server via the SSH protocol using a Windows 11 machine.

Azure Arc

Register and Manage Linux Servers with Azure Arc Tutorial

This tutorial walks through the process of registering a Linux server with Azure Arc and then assigning an Azure Policy to manage the server.

Microsoft Build

Microsoft Build 2023 News Round Up

A round up of the infrastructure news from Microsoft Build 2023.

Azure Arc Featured

What is Azure Arc?

Azure Arc can help to simplify the management of your environments and bring Azure services to non-Azure environments.

Terraform Featured

How to prepare for the HashiCorp Terraform Associate Certification

A guide to preparing and sitting the HashiCorp Terraform Associate Certification

Jabra Featured

Jabra Speak2 75 review

A first look Jabra's new speakerphone range reviewing the Jabra Speak2 75! Reviewing it's sound and microphone quality and how it performs on a daily basis.

Weekly Update

Weekly Azure Updates

Let's share the latest Azure news in a weekly update!

DevOps

Introduction to DORA Metrics

Discover the power of DORA metrics with our comprehensive Introduction to DORA metrics blog post. Learn how these metrics can improve your software development and delivery practices. Read on to gain valuable insights and practical tips on how to implement DORA metrics in your organization

Azure

Azure Service Principals and Azure Managed Identities

Let's explore what Azure Service Principals are and Azure Managed Principals. Exploring what they are and their differences.

Azure DevOps

Bulk edit Azure DevOps work items using Excel

Let's take a look at how you can use Excel to update your Azure DevOps Board work items!

Azure DevOps Featured

What are Azure DevOps Boards?

Let's take a look at what Azure DevOps Boards are!

Hyper-V

Azure Nested Virtualization - Internet Connection

How to enable Internet and vNET connectivity for nested VMs in Azure

Windows Admin Centre

Windows Admin Center in Azure

In this blog I look at the Windows Admin Center extension in the Azure Portal and exploring how to enable it and why you would use it.

Community Featured

I am a Linkedin Learning Instructor!

In January 2023 I released a course on LinkedIn Learning. In this blog post I share the process I went through to create that course.

Jabra Featured

Jabra Evolve2 Buds Review

A review of the new Jabra Evolve2 Buds. A wireless headset for hybrid workers.

Veeam

Veeam Vanguard 2023

I have been accepted as part of the Veeam Vanguard program for 2023.

Azure Featured

Understanding Azure Savings Plans for Compute

What are Azure savings plans for compute, why should you use Azure savings plans for compute and looking at any gotchas when using the savings plans.

Azure

Azure VM Series explained

Exploring the Azure virtual machine series types and explaining what they mean and what the use cases are.

Terraform Featured

Deploy Azure Resources with Terraform

Join me as I show you how to deploy your first Azure resource using a Terraform template.

GitHub Actions Featured

GitHub Actions Secrets

In this blog post I explore the different ways in which you can store secret data within GitHub and how to recall them into a workflow.

Terraform

Install Terraform in the AWS CloudShell

A step by step guide on how to install Terraform within the AWS CloudShell.

DevOps Featured

CI/CD Pipeline Tools

Looking at Azure DevOps, CircleCI, GitHub Actions, GitLab, Jenkins and Octopus Deploy. Exploring their features, pricing and functionality.

Terraform Featured

Introduction to Terraform

In this article we look at what Terraform is, what Terraform is used for, and how to install Terraform on Windows.