Tag: Security

New VLOG Series Entry – VDC For Me: Microsoft 365

February 28, 2025

Hey everyone. Have started off 2025 by launching a new VLOG series with Cloud City Veeam User Group leader Hin Tang called ‘VDC For Me’/’VDC 4 Me’. Each month we’re going to present a different product within the growing Veeam Data Cloud portfolio, asking the question “What’s in Veeam Data Cloud for me?”. These are…
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS & Netplan Not Creating Bonded Interface

July 5, 2024

Did you know that you can’t monitor both MII and ARP in a bonded network interface with Netplan? I didn’t! In this blog I explain the difference between them, and how to configure them and troubleshoot!
Veeam B&R x Azure Storage: Failed to Copy Blob

November 22, 2023

If you’re using Veeam Backup & Replication and Microsoft Azure Storage and you find yourself with the ‘Failed to Copy Blob’ error, this post just might help!
OVH Network Security Architecture Considerations

July 31, 2023

OVH is a great way to get a hosted server cheaply, especially one with such strong global backbone connectivity and performance. However, most people don’t seem to know how to properly secure them. I’ve rounded up some key points and concepts in this blog post to help you get started!
Microsoft Azure Resource Locks & Alerts – A ‘What, How, and Why?’ Guide

June 26, 2023

Accidental deletions are never wanted, in this blog post I show you how to add a layer of protection & reporting to accidental/malicious deletion attempts within Microsoft Azure.
The Many Forms of Modern Authentication – An Exchange Server Story

May 5, 2023

Microsoft recently released Exchange Server 2019 CU13 also known as ‘H1 2023’. This has introduced another method for implementing Modern Authentication, but this comes with design decisions that I’ll explore within this blog post.
Microsoft Azure Security Advisory – Elevation of Privilege: Guest User Permissions after Deletion

April 14, 2023

Microsoft have been emailing potentially impacted customers regarding a potential elevation of privilege issue, related to Azure AD Guest Users. Read on for details about the vulnerability and its impact.
Speeding up Backup/Restore Jobs when Using Preferred Networks

February 7, 2023

When working with Preferred Networks in Veeam, it might be that these preferred networks are only for specific devices and purposes. In such a case you might suffer reduced backup & restore performance after enabling this. If so, this blog post might just help you!
Veeam Backup for Microsoft Azure: Updating Account Permissions

July 27, 2022

With Veeam Backup for Microsoft Azure v4 being released this week and unlocking new functionality, permissions inevitably require adjusting in scope. In this blog post I show you how to update the necessary permissions.
Veeam Backup for Microsoft Azure: Repository Backup has Failed

July 26, 2022

Having recently secured my Azure configuration a little bit too much, too soon, I broke my backups, in this blog post I get to the bottom of this vague error and what it likely means needs reconfiguring…