Thinking out loud on security and architecture.
Posts on Zero Trust, cloud, AI, identity, and the systems that sit underneath all of it. Written from practice, not theory.
2018
- July 12, 2018 6 min read Cloud
Part II – Kubernetes DevOps : Introduction to Helm
This is the second post in a multi-part blog series on Kubernetes DevOps using Azure. I am co-authoring this series with the help of my colleague at Microsoft, Daniel Selman.
- July 11, 2018 5 min read Cloud
Part I - Kubernetes DevOps : Introduction to the Historic Events Microservice
This is the first post in a multi-part blog series on Kubernetes DevOps using Azure. I am co-authoring this series with the help of my colleague at Microsoft, Daniel Selman.
- February 11, 2018 1 min read Cloud
Building and Running an Auditing Solution on Blockchain
On 21st February, I will be conducting an event at Microsoft NYC campus on building and running a fully functional blockchain based audit trail application.
2017
- November 4, 2017 3 min read Cloud
Understanding R3 Corda and Running it on Azure
R3 Corda is a blockchain-inspired distributed ledger technology (DLT) from R3 that is specifically designed for financial and regulated transactions, and emphasizes privacy and security between participants.
- July 24, 2017 4 min read Cryptography
Homomorphic Encryption 101
I was recently exploring methods for improved privacy using various encryption schemes and stumbled upon Homomorphic Encryption that has a huge potential in that area.
- July 21, 2017 2 min read Cloud
Creating Developer's Docker Linux Virtual Machine on Azure
For an upcoming developer event on Docker I had to create handful of Linux Ubuntu virtual machines on Azure with Docker and few additional software installed on it.
- July 17, 2017 1 min read Cloud
Event Announcement "Blockchain 101 - Introduction for Developers"
Some of you may already be aware that I host NYC MS Cloud User Group technology meet up every month at Microsoft Manhattan campus.This month, I will be hosting/presenting alongside with my colleague C
- July 9, 2017 4 min read Cloud
DevOps with Containers
Recently I did a video series for Microsoft Channel9 on DevOps with Containers (thanks to Lex Thomas and Chris Caldwell for recording these).
- January 19, 2017 1 min read Cloud
First Look Into Blockchain
Since last year, I have been spending time with customers understanding how blockchain can help them improve/replace existing processess. Its relatively a new technology but evolving very fast.
2016
- June 12, 2016 1 min read Mac
How To Set Custom Resolution On MacBook Pro Retina
I recently experience an inconvenience when I discovered that on MacBook Pro Retina running OS X El Captain (and even few of its predecessors as I found out) you cannot set custom resolution.
- February 20, 2016 17 min read Security
Using Client Certificate Authentication for Web API Hosted in Azure
During recent customer engagement there was a discussion around client certificate [a.k.a tls mutual] authentication and how to use it with asp.net web api that is hosted on azure as a azure api app.
- February 14, 2016 7 min read Identity
Developer's Guide to Automated Install of ADFS On Windows Server 2016 (TP4)
Recently I ran into situations where have to build a developer enviorment that needs active directory federation services [adfs] running on windows server 2016 [currently in technical preview 4, hence w2k16-tp4,].
- February 5, 2016 3 min read Cloud
Reporting Unused Disks Space in Azure IaaS
If you’re using Azure VMs in your organization one of the common governance challenge is to identify the unused disk space that was just lying around in azure storage unused and cost company money unnecessarily.