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Deploying a Windows 11 Virtual Machine (VM) on Microsoft Azure

Adejumoke Akinnuwesi — Mon, 25 May 2026 23:09:13 +0000

Hello readers ! Trust you are all doing great.
Virtual machine can be seen as a computer system that is created inside another physical computer using software based approach. It runs an operating system such as Windows, Linus etc like a physical computer system.
In this article of mine,I will like to show you how you can create a virtual machine on a Windows operating system.

In the portal, search for and select Virtual machines

Select + Create.Select virtual machine

Select Basic tab and complete the Project and Instance details.Choose your resource group. Like every physical computer has a name , also at the instance details, input the name of your virtual machine, select region and availability options

Set the Administrator's details by inputting your username and password and set the Inbound port to HTTP 80

Review the Licensing rights and check the box, Review and create

Select the Monitoring tab , ensure boot diagnostic is set to Disable and Review and Create

Wait for the deployment of the virtual machine and Go To Resource

Click on the Primary Ip address and set Idle timeout to 30>> Click on Apply
Navigate back to the virtual machine and Click on Connect

Click on Check Access

Download the RDP file - Remote Desktop Protocol file- This allows remote connection and control to another computer or server over the network

Access Windows 11 via Remote Desktop

Open the downloaded .rdp file
Check the agreement box and click Ok.
Click on Connect
Enter the administrator username and password you created earlier.
Accept the certificate warning if prompted -Below is the virtual machine deployed

Provision of private storage for internal company documents

Adejumoke Akinnuwesi — Mon, 25 May 2026 23:06:04 +0000

Nowadays, organizations generate and work with large sets of data and sensitive information daily and this ranges from employee data, operational reports, project files, contracts, policies, training and financial documents amongst others.

Organizations must invest in and implement storage solutions for the various departments to secure the files and documents, maintain and also guard access to the sensitive documentations. So, the need to get a storage account with high availability can not be overempasised.
In this article, I will want to demostrate how we can provide storage accounts for various departments of a company for storage of their internal company documents.

In the portal, search for and select Storage accounts

Select + Create.

Select the Resource group created in the previous lab.

Set the Storage account name to private02. Add an identifier to the name to ensure the name is unique >> Select Review, and then Create the storage account.

Wait for the storage account to deploy, and then select Go to resource.

This type of storage will require high availability should there be any form of regional outage. We will ensure Read access in the secondary region is not required. Configure the appropriate level of redundancy.

In the storage account, in the Data management section, select the Redundancy blade.

Ensure Geo-redundant storage (GRS) is selected.
Ensure you save the changes

Review the primary and secondary location information>> Save your changes>> Refresh page

Create a storage container, upload a file, and restrict access to the fill

In the storage account, in the Data storage section, select the Containers blade.

Select + Container.
Ensure the Name of the container is private >>Ensure the Public access level is Private (no anonymous access) and review the Advanced settings while you take the defaults. Select Create.

For testing, upload a file to the private container.(The type of file doesn’t matter and a small image or text file is a good choice).Test to ensure the file isn’t publically accessible.

Select the container.

Select Upload >>Browse to files and select a file >>Upload the file.

Select the uploaded file.
On the Overview tab, copy the URL.
Paste the URL into a new browser tab >>Verify the file doesn’t display and you receive an error.

An external partner requires read and write access to the file for at least the next 24 hours. Configure and test a shared access signature (SAS). Learn more about Shared Access Signatures.

Select your uploaded blob file and move to the Generate SAS tab.
In the Permissions drop-down, ensure the partner has only Read permissions >> Verify the Start and expiry date/time is for the next 24 hours >> Select Generate SAS token and URL.

Copy the Blob SAS URL to a new browser tab.

Verify you can access the file.(If you have uploaded an image file it will display in the browser) Other file types will be downloaded.

Configure storage access tiers and content replication

To save on costs, after 30 days, move blobs from the hot tier to the cool tier. Learn more how manage the Azure Blob storage lifecycle.

Return to the storage account. In the Overview section, notice the Default access tier is set to Hot.
In the Data management section, select the Lifecycle management blade.

Select Add rule.
Set the Rule name to movetocool >> Set the Rule scope to Apply rule to all blobs in the storage account >> Select Next.

Ensure Last modified is selected >> Set More than (days ago) to 30 >> In the Then drop-down select Move to cool storage >>As you have time, review other lifecycle options in the drop-down.
Add the rule.

The public website files need to be backed up to another storage account

In your storage account, create a new container called backup. Use the default values.

Navigate to your publicwebsite storage account. This storage account was created in the previous exercise.

In the Data management section, select the Object replication blade.

Select Create replication rules.
Set the Destination storage account to the private storage account.

Set the Source container to public and the Destination container to backup >> Create the replication rule.

Optionally, you can also upload a file to the public container.

Return to the private storage account and refresh the backup container.

Within a few minutes your public website file will appear in the backup folder.

Conclusively, provision of private storage for internal company documents is very necessary because of information security, data protection compliance,company policies, business continuity support, disaster recovery amongst others.

Provision Of Storage For A Public Website

Adejumoke Akinnuwesi — Tue, 19 May 2026 14:31:12 +0000

Hello readers! I'm glad you're here. Ever imagined creating a storage account for an organization?

Storage as the name implies is the action or method of keeping or storing things for future use. Hence, storage accounts are very necessary for any public websites as this is needed to save all the items such as pdf files, pictures, data etc to be uploaded on the websites.

It is very important to note that access to these storage items are not enabled, but restricted. In this article, I will describe the step by step process of setting up storage for public websites. Lets do this together.

Create a storage account to support the public website

In the portal, search for and select Storage accounts

Select + Create
For resource group select new. Give your resource group a name and select OK.
Set the Storage account name to publicwebsite.Make sure the storage account name is unique by adding an identifier.

-Select Review and then Create

Wait for the storage account to deploy, and then select Go to resource.

For public websites to be readily available, the storage will require high availability or backup should there be a regional outage.

In the storage account, in the Data management section, select the Redundancy blade.

Ensure Read-access Geo-redundant storage is selected.Review the primary and secondary location information.

Information on Public websites should be accessible without customers login in

In the storage account, in the Settings section, select the Configuration blade

Ensure the Allow blob anonymous access setting is Enabled.
Save your changes.

Create a blob storage container with anonymous read access

There may be some situations where the public website has various images and documents.Here is how to proceed.

In your storage account, in the Data storage section, select the Containers blade. Select + Container.Ensure the Name of the container is public. Select Create.

In a public website, customers are allowed to access images without being authenticated

Select your public container.On the Overview blade, select Change access level.Ensure the Public access level is Blob (anonymous read access for blobs only). Select OK.

Practice uploading files and testing access

Ensure you are viewing your container public >> Select Upload >> Browse to files and select a file>> Browse to a file of your choice >> Select Upload

Close the upload window, Refresh the page and ensure your file was uploaded.

Verify the URL for your uploaded file. Open a browser and test the URL. Select your uploaded file>>On the Overview tab, copy the URL>> Paste the URL into a new browser tab. (If you have uploaded an image file it will display in the browser).

Configure soft delete

Configuration of soft delete for websites is very important to enable recovery if necessary once an item is mistakenly deleted as the records still remains stored in the database.

Go to the Overview blade of the storage account.On the Properties page, locate the Blob service section.Select the Blob soft delete setting.

Ensure the Enable soft delete for blobs is checked>>
Change the Keep deleted blobs for (in days) setting to 21>>
Notice you can also Enable soft delete for containers>>
Save your changes.

If something gets deleted, you need to practice using soft delete to restore the files

Navigate to your container where you uploaded a file>> Select the file you uploaded and then select Delete>> Select OK to confirm deleting the file.

On the container Overview page, toggle the slider Show deleted blobs This toggle is to the right of the search box.

Select your deleted file, and use the ellipses on the far right to Undelete the file
Refresh the container and confirm the file has been restore

It is important to keep track of the different website product document versions

Go to the Overview blade of the storage account >>In the Properties section, locate the Blob service section. Select the Versioning setting.
Ensure the Enable versioning for blobs checkbox is checked>> Notice your options to keep all versions or delete versions after >>Save your changes.

Conclusively,I have been able to show how we can make provision for storage accounts for public websites by ensuring we have storage accounts that are readily available incase of any regional outage.I also looked into ensuring there is a containerwith anonymous read access only while I demostrated uploading of files and testing its access. Soft delete configuration was also done for recovery purposes when needed and also tracking of various versions that might exist.

Provision of Storage for IT department Testing and Training

Adejumoke Akinnuwesi — Mon, 04 May 2026 13:11:43 +0000

What is Azure Storage?

Azure storage is Microsoft's cloud storage solution. It allows storage of unstructured data, pdfs, file shares etc.

The following steps in this article outlines how I was able to create storage for the department's testing and training.

Create a resource group and a storage account

In the Azure portal, search for and select Resource groups

Select + Create

Give your resource group a name. For example, storagerg

Select a region. Use this region throughout the project

Select Create to deploy the resource group

Create and deploy a storage account to support testing and training

In the Azure portal, search for and select Storage accounts

Select + Create
On the Basics tab, select your Resource group

Provide a Storage account name. The storage account name must be unique in Azure.
Set the Performance to Standard

Select Review, and then Create
Wait for the storage account to deploy and then Go to resource

Configure simple settings in the storage account

In your storage account, in the Data management section, select the Redundancy blade.

Select Locally-redundant storage (LRS) in the Redundancy drop-down

The storage account should only accept requests from secure connections

In the Settings section, select the Configuration blade

Ensure Secure transfer required is Enabled

Developers would like the storage account to use at least TLS version 1.2

In the Settings section, select the Configuration blade
Ensure the Minimal TLS version is set to Version 1.2.

Ensure the storage account allows public access from all networks.

In the Security + networking section, select the Networking blade
Ensure Public network access is set to Enabled from all networks.

-Be sure to Save your changes.