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Using student accounts without admin privileges. In the version of Azure Lab Services that uses lab plans, you have the option for students to use a non-admin account on their VMs.  With a non-admin account, students don’t have full control over the VM and instead only have privileges to perform general computing tasks. We recommend that you follow the principle of least privilege by having students use a non-admin account unless they need to perform tasks that require admin privileges.  Here are a few excerpts that best describe the principle of least privilege:   “The principle states that all users should log on with a user... #techcommunity #azure #microsoft https://lnkd.in/gGvTruBB

When I was at AWS, they had a leadership principle called “Learn and be curious”. Now folks if you don’t understand AWS and their leadership principles, they take these things extremely seriously. It’s embedded in the culture and lived and breathed everyday. It really is something special to behold. What’s the connection here you may ask. This is a story of how “Learn and be curious” led to an out of control home lab. During lockdown we in South Africa also got the dubious joy of experiencing new heights of loadshedding. Now I had a problem. My old repurposed tower cases that ran my firewall and “home lab” box weren’t exactly inverter friendly or frugal on sipping the Eskom juice. I then investigated the Intel NUC’s. They were pretty decent bang for buck devices. Low power footprint, low physical footprint, decent enough compute power. So off I went and bargain hunted 3 of these. Great thing about them they use standard SO-DIMM RAM, and SSD and/or NVME, depending on the model. And of course only one moving part. A little laptop fan. One to run my firewall, one to run my application containers and one to run some database containers. Happy days, inverter is up and happy and connectivity during loadshedding is no longer a problem. However I quickly ran into a problem where I ran out of space on the application NUC and started running containers on the database NUC. I realized I had a problem. I just wanted to throw a container at the stack and have it decide where to launch. Removing the need for me to have to plan things out. Great for a homelab. Off I went and got another NUC and ripped them apart and rebuilt the two existing NUC’s and the new one into a little Kubernetes cluster. Hooraaah! Problem solved? So I thought. Of course as any self respecting geek would do I was positively fizzing at home. My wife just shook her head and said the words that would start all of this on a unstoppable journey. She was watching this sci-fi series of clusters of humans that were born psychically linked. “You should get 8 of them. Then you can call it Sense8” So the seed got planted and the never ending bargain hunt for NUC’s began. Where did it end? Oh boy, I’m not sure it is at an end. Right now there’s 24 of the little guys all snug in the cabinet. 3 running my Kubernetes control plane, plus 8 worker nodes. Yes all named after the 8 primary characters from the Sense8 series. A 3 node Percona PostgreSQL cluster, Gitlab with a runner for CI/CD. A Puppet node to make sure I commit all my configs and not have to hand roll each NUC’s configs all the time. Now what on earth would I need this for, I have been asked this question on numerous occasions. The simple answer, I’m incessantly curious. And a bit of a magpie if I’m completely honest. I see a new tech shiny, I have to play with, test it out, understand how it breaks and how it works, what problems it solves and how. Folks, Learn and be curious can be a curse too, but one I won’t ever regret.

At the end of the 20th century, high school students knew the rules to get ahead. Rule number 1: Any well-paying professional job requires a four-year college degree. Rule number 2: A degree from the right school opens more doors. The value of a degree for jobs where lives do not hang in the balance has decreased substantially in the past 10 years. I did a quick poll on LinkedIn to see what others thought about requiring college for #cloud professionals; 79% said that a college degree was unnecessary

Excited to share that I've completed "The Bits and Bytes of Computer Networking" course by Google on Coursera! 🎓 This course has deepened my understanding of network protocols, network services, cloud computing, and more. It was a fantastic learning journey that equipped me with practical skills in: Troubleshooting network issues Configuring network devices Understanding the ins and outs of TCP/IP, DNS, and DHCP A huge thank you to Google and Coursera for offering such a comprehensive and engaging course. Looking forward to applying these skills in my current role and continuing my journey in the ever-evolving field of computer networking. #Networking #ComputerScience #ContinuousLearning #Coursera #Google

Coursera 2nd Completion Certificate done, Learned about The Basics to Networking and what is needed The Network Layer, Application Layer, Physical Layer, Binary Math, IPv4 and IPv6 addresses. Networking Services, and why we need them Connecting to the Internet (Dial-up, Fiber Optics, DSL) Troubleshooting and the Future of Networking (PING, Traceroute, Public DNS, Cloud Storage and Etc.) Great Course, and a lot of knowledge to jumpstart into a career path of IT Support. #googlecoursera #ITSupport #CareerChange

Intense budgetary pressures can make working in IT for a government organization even more challenging than a private enterprise. When the Arizona Department of Education (ADE) recognized the need to move to a more modern, secure cloud platform, the wizards of scrappy, innovative thinking turned to Azure to help maximize every dollar spent. Read more to learn how the Arizona Department of Education bolstered their backup capabilities and security while working within the confines of a very tight budget. Then speak to our team, we can help your business achieve more with Azure.

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I am starting to learn about a new career path today, 7th May 2024. Its never too late, they say. I have had the dream of doing this since about a year ago. I am learning about Cloud Computing and Programming and all the career opportunities that could come from this industry, knowing fully well that it is a quite broad one. For a start, I am learning how to interact with servers with Bash and subsequently I will study how to create an Ubuntu VM on AWS. I have just created a free cloud account on AWS. It promises to be free for 12 months, asides the little tokens I could be charged if I fail to put off any solutions I use at the end of the day. I will use this platform as an avenue to record my errors, lessons, progresses, mistakes and my wins. Here is the beginners study plan I am following, in case anyone is also interested. https://lnkd.in/eUyaMVX4 Wish me luck!

Hi LinkedIn people, Today, Let's explore the world of Azure Virtual Machines together! Azure Virtual Machines (VMs) are scalable and flexible computing resources provided by Microsoft Azure, the cloud computing service from Microsoft. With Azure VMs, users may build and maintain virtualized cloud-based computer instances running several operating systems, including Linux and Windows Server. Virtual machines (VMs) have numerous applications, including development/testing, infrastructure consolidation, legacy app support, disaster recovery, software testing, desktop virtualization, on-demand computing, web hosting, training/education, and dynamic scaling. They provide flexibility, cost-effectiveness, and standardized environments for various computing needs, making them essential in modern IT operations. #Azure #VirtualMachines #CloudComputing #TechInnovation #Internships #cloud #Microsoft #dataengineering #LinkedInLearning #Technology #TechTrends #SummerInternships2024