IAP command chaining

Identity-Aware Proxy (IAP) is a powerful tool in the tool chain of Google Cloud administrators and users. It can be used to control access to cloud-based and on-premises applications and VMs running on Google Cloud. IAP adds *common *authentication and authorization infrastructure based on Cloud IAM to connections without the need for a change to program or protocol logic.…

Manually re-balance VMs on sole-tenant nodes with "Migrate within node group" maintenance policy set

Sole-tenant nodes are an important service on Google Cloud Platform to run workloads that require workload isolation or need to comply to specific licensing requirements that demand dedicated infrastructure. A detailed description what a Sole-Tenant Node is and how it is different from general fleet VMs can be found in the Compute Engine documentation.…

Virtual Windows Server Summit 2019

Today I was honored to present Server Management for hybrid environments as part of the Virtual Windows Server Summit 2019 webcast. Markus Klein and I have been talking about hybrid backup with Azure Backup and hybrid patching with Azure Update Management.…