Not utilizing the built-in data security controls Azure offers several essential security controls to protect data at rest and in transit. It is your responsibility to make sure these controls are enabled. Role-Based Access Control (RBAC) helps secure data by assigning authorized users and applications necessary privileges. Additionally, features like storage-side encryption and Azure [...]

With few boundaries and countless temporary cloud resources in the Microsoft Cloud, attackers can access your cloud environment if configurations are set incorrectly. As Azure evolves rapidly and businesses adopt it quickly, it’s easy to overlook steps and open your business to attacks. Here we go through issues by misconfiguration and how to fix them. [...]

Microsoft Copilot Studio is a tool introduced as part of Microsoft's advancements in AI to help organizations customize and create AI-driven copilots. It is designed for Microsoft 365 environments, enabling businesses to build standalone copilots or customize existing ones. Here are some key features and stages of development within Copilot Studio: Core Capabilities of [...]

Azure AI Foundry is a unified platform introduced by Microsoft to streamline the development, deployment, and management of artificial intelligence solutions. It integrates tools like Azure OpenAI Studio, enabling developers to build applications with advanced models, including GPT-4 Turbo, and utilize functionalities like Retrieval Augmented Generation (RAG) for enhanced data-based responses. The platform also [...]

This Azure error indicates that the user or service principal attempting to access the App Service Plan (serverfarms) lacks sufficient permissions at the specified scope. The error is common when permissions have not been granted or recently changed without refreshing credentials. Why This Error Occurs Insufficient Permissions: The user or service principal lacks the [...]

The error "VMAllocationFailure: Allocation failed; unable to find a size that works with the available resources" occurs when Azure cannot allocate the requested Virtual Machine (VM) size in the specified region due to insufficient resources in that region or availability zone. Steps to Troubleshoot the Error Check Available VM Sizes in the Region: Step [...]

While you go to the Destination VM in Azure and test the Inbound connection under Connection Troubleshoot, you will get the error message: "Network connectivity blocked by security group rule: UserRule_DenyConnectionFromSource" Reason for this issue Network Security Groups (NSGs) are used in Azure to control inbound and outbound traffic to virtual machines and [...]