Stefanos Evangelou 
Setting the ground for Microsoft 365 configuration best practices It is very common for Microsoft 365 customers to request external consultation on how to properly setup a new Microsoft 365 tenant and subscriptions or re-configure their existing subscription(s) according to Microsoft best practices. This article attempts to put together a Microsoft 365 configuration best practices … Read more
Introduction The purpose of this article is to present Microsoft 365 external sharing design considerations. When designing your Microsoft 365 tenant, you need to consider a number of factors for allowing or prohibiting access to your Microsoft 365 applications and data to a number of internal and external users. This article discusses the following design … Read more
Introduction to VPN and Zero Trust clients VPN (Virtual Private Network) and Zero Trust are both approaches to network security, but they differ in their underlying principles and methods of securing network connections. VPN (Virtual Private Network) A VPN is a network technology that creates a secure and encrypted connection over a public network, such … Read more
The Global Azure Athens 2023 event is coming May 13th in Athens, Greece. This is part of the Microsoft Azure global event taking place in numerous locations around the globe. Tickets to the Athens event can be found at: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/global-azure-athens-2023-tickets-588291143647. This year’s clear focus is on Azure’s artificial intelligence, devops, automation, infrastructure as code, analytics … Read more
Microsoft Build is one of the most prominent and promising Microsoft events, with numerous technical and business sessions revolving primarily around cloud computing, artificial intelligence and new trends in software development and devops. The Microsoft Build 2023 event is being held in Seattle, Washington, USA. The following are some of the most common topics to … Read more
My technical cloud computing blog has now changed domain and have moved from stefanos.cloud to cloudcomputing.help. Cloudcomputing.help introduces a new development phase of this online project and aspires to offer more in-depth and more up-to-date KB articles and design or operations articles about cloud computing and edge computing, fog computing and hybrid cloud technologies. The … Read more
Introduction A gateway is a networking resource which handles network traffic while traversing different segments of the same ISO OSI network layer, for example a default gateway is a layer 3 domain (broadcast) gateway for routing purposes. The term gateway can also signify an application layer appliance which handles traffic for specialized application traffic scenarios, … Read more
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Azure identity services overview Azure identity services are part of the broader concepts of IAM (Identity and Access Management). Also given the zero trust nature of the cloud, the new SCI (Security, Compliance and Identity) concept has risen, since identity is now the new security boundary of hybrid cloud systems. The current post presents an … Read more
Introducing Azure Virtual Network Manager Azure Virtual Network Manager (AVNM) is now generally available. AVNM is a highly scalable and available network management solution that allows you to simplify network management across subscriptions globally. Using its centralized network management capabilities, you can manage your network resources at scale from a single plane of glass. *The … Read more
