Ashish Sharma

I am really glad to share that my blog is listed among Top 50 Microsoft Azure Blogs, Websites & Influencers in 2020. I am honored to be on this huge list next to other top contributors out of Microsoft Azure communities. Check out the list and browse through all the great Azure blogs: https://blog.feedspot.com/microsoft_azure_blogs/

Today I was awarded with 2 Azure Heroes: Content Hero badger & Community Hero Badger. If you are not aware of what the Azure Heroes program is, let me explain it to you. Azure Heroes is a new recognition program by Microsoft, which recognizes the members of the technical community with digital badgers for meaningful acts of impact. It’s a blockchain-based recognition program where Microsoft collaborated with Enjin, this blockchain technology is being used for issuance and transactions which means that as a recipient of tokenised badger, you take the ownership of a digital collectible in the form of a non-fungible token (NFT).   Content Hero badgers are given out to those who share valuable knowledge at conferences, meetups or other events. The recipients of this rare award have created original content, sample code or learning resources and documented and shared their experiences and lessons to help others to build on Azure.   Community Hero badgers are given out for cont

In this article, we will cover the security recommendations that you should follow for establishing a secure baseline configuration for Microsoft Azure App Services on your Azure Subscription. 1. Ensure that App Service’s stack settings should be latest Newer versions may contain security enhancements and additional functionality. Using the latest software version is recommended to take advantage of enhancements and new capabilities. With each software installation, organizations need to determine if a given update meets their requirements and verify the compatibility and support provided for any additional software against the update revision that is selected. Steps: 1. Open your App Service and click on Configuration under Settings section. 2. Go to General Settings and ensure that your stack should be set to latest version. In the below example, our stack is PHP. Hence, we will select latest PHP version i.e. PHP 7.4   Similarly, in case you are using other stacks lik

In this article, we will cover the security recommendations that you should follow for establishing a secure baseline configuration for Microsoft Azure SQL Services on your Azure Subscription. Image Source:  https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-sql/database/security-overview 1. Enable auditing on SQL Servers & SQL databases: The Azure platform allows you to create a SQL server as a service. Enabling auditing at the server level ensures that all existing and newly created databases on the SQL server instance are audited. Auditing tracks database events and writes them to an audit log in your Azure storage account. It also helps you to maintain regulatory compliance, understand database activity, and gain insight into discrepancies and anomalies that could indicate business concerns or suspected security violations. Steps: For Azure SQL Server: 1. Go to Azure SQL Server and click on Auditing . 2. Enable Azure SQL Auditing and select your Storage account. You can also select e