Azure Disk

We regularly take new snapshots of a VMs vhds before testing major development changes, adding Windows updates, testing new application settings etc., to allow us to easily revert to the previous state of the VM if desired. In Azure, snapshots are taken of the virtual disks (vhd), not the VM…

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While working on a customer case study, I was going through Encryption scenarios that are available in Azure for Managed Disks and was quite confused between them. So, I thought of sharing some useful findings and tips that might help others who are on the same expedition. So, Azure basically…

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Everyone is a strong proponent of strong encryption ~ Dorothy Denning Azure Disk Encryption is used to encrypt data at rest for both Linux and Windows Virtual Machines. Both OS and Data disks can be encrypted. …

· The main encryption-based disk protection technologies for Azure VMs are: Storage Service Encryption (SSE) Azure Disk Encryption (ADE) · Azure Disk Encryption encrypts the virtual machine’s virtual hard disks (VHDs). o If VHD is protected with ADE, the disk image will only be accessible by the virtual machine that…

In azure the default OS Disk comes with P10 Premium SSD storage. The monthly cost of it around $20 for a month in Pay As You Go subscription. I had a virtual machine with this default P10 OS Disk and all of my applications and databases were deployed on the…