Techielass - A blog by Sarah Lean

Community Featured

Cast your vote for me in the UK Community Awards!

Support a Changemaker: Cast your vote and help me shine in the UK Community Awards! Learn how your vote can make a difference in our community.

Hyper-V

Set up a Hyper-V Virtual Switch using a NAT Network

In this post, learn how to create a Hyper-V virtual switch that uses network address translation (NAT), allowing VMs to be isolated behind a single shared IP address on the host.

Ubiquiti

Ubiquiti Dream Machine Dashboard won't load!

In this blog post, I show you how to restart your Ubiquiti/UniFi OS using SSH.

Terraform Featured

Using Terraform with Azure Key Vault to Retrieve Secret Values

In this blog post we will explore how to use Terraform, with Azure Key Vault to retrieve secret values.

Git for everyone

A guide to Git Aliases

Join me as I look at explaining what Git aliases are, how you can create them and how to delete them as well.

Terraform Featured

Store Terraform state in Azure Blob Storage

In this blog post I walk through the process of storing the Terraform state file within an Azure blob storage account.

Terraform Featured

Deploy a AWS S3 bucket with Terraform

In this blog post I will walk you through the steps of deploying an S3 bucket within AWS using Terraform.

GitHub Actions Featured

How to use GitHub Actions environment variables

Join me as I explore how to effectively use environment variables within your GitHub Action workflows.

Public Speaking

What's in my bag as a speaker?

What kit do I carry to speak at conferences and user groups? In this blog post I explain what I have.

Terraform Featured

Set up a dev container for Terraform in GitHub Codespaces

A tutorial on how to set up a customer dev container within GitHub Codespaces to give you a consistent environment to develop Terraform for Azure.

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.