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Azure Security Cookbook

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Product type Book
Published in Mar 2023
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781804617960
Pages 372 pages
Edition 1st Edition
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Author (1):
Steve Miles Steve Miles
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Steve Miles is a Microsoft security and Azure/hybrid MVP and MCT with over 20 years of experience in security, networking, storage, end user computing, and cloud solutions. His current focus is on securing, protecting, and managing identities, Windows clients, and Windows server workloads in hybrid and multi-cloud platform environments. His first Microsoft certification was on Windows NT and he is an MCP, MCITP, MCSA, and MCSE for Windows and many other Microsoft products. He also holds multiple Microsoft Fundamentals, Associate, Expert, and Specialty certifications in Azure security, identity, network, M365, and D365. He also holds multiple security, networking vendor, and other public cloud provider certifications.
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Table of Contents (15) Chapters

Preface 1. Part 1: Azure Security Features
2. Chapter 1: Securing Azure AD Identities 3. Chapter 2: Securing Azure Networks 4. Chapter 3: Securing Remote Access 5. Chapter 4: Securing Virtual Machines 6. Chapter 5: Securing Azure SQL Databases 7. Chapter 6: Securing Azure Storage 8. Part 2: Azure Security Tools
9. Chapter 7: Using Advisor 10. Chapter 8: Using Microsoft Defender for Cloud 11. Chapter 9: Using Microsoft Sentinel 12. Chapter 10: Using Traffic Analytics 13. Index 14. Other Books You May Enjoy

Implementing VM Update Management

Prevention is always better than cure. And so, it is always important to ensure the continued integrity of the software running on our VMs and to minimize the risk of a vulnerability being exploited.

Azure’s VM Update Management is part of the Azure Automation solution and can aid in managing the complex operations of tracking and remediating software patching for Azure and non-Azure VMs.

This recipe will teach you how to implement VM Update Management as part of Azure Automation for your Azure VMs.

Getting ready

This recipe requires the following:

  • A device with a browser, such as Edge or Chrome, to access the Azure portal (https://portal.azure.com).
  • Access to an Azure subscription, where you have access to the Owner role for the Azure subscription.
  • An Azure Automation account to manage VMs; we will step through creating an Automation account as a Getting ready task.
  • A Windows Server Azure VM to use with this...
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Authors (1)

Profile icon Steve Miles
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Steve Miles is a Microsoft security and Azure/hybrid MVP and MCT with over 20 years of experience in security, networking, storage, end user computing, and cloud solutions. His current focus is on securing, protecting, and managing identities, Windows clients, and Windows server workloads in hybrid and multi-cloud platform environments. His first Microsoft certification was on Windows NT and he is an MCP, MCITP, MCSA, and MCSE for Windows and many other Microsoft products. He also holds multiple Microsoft Fundamentals, Associate, Expert, and Specialty certifications in Azure security, identity, network, M365, and D365. He also holds multiple security, networking vendor, and other public cloud provider certifications.
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