Serverless Data Import to DynamoDB using S3 and Lambda

By Dustin Ward

Amazon DynamoDB is a fast, web-scale NoSQL database that is central to many serverless applications. The S3-to-Lambda pattern can be used to load data into a DynamoDB table directly from objects stored in an S3 bucket. Whether you have a handful of very large files, or many smaller ones, this approach loads the data quickly…

Azure Cost Management + Billing updates – April 2020

By Dustin Ward

Whether you’re a new student, thriving startup, or the largest enterprise, you have financial constraints and you need to know what you’re spending, where, and how to plan for the future. Nobody wants a surprise when it comes to the bill, and this is where Azure Cost Management + Billing comes in. We’re always looking…

Cross Region Restore (CRR) for Azure Virtual Machines using Azure Backup

By Dustin Ward

Today we’re indroducing the preview of Cross Region Restore (CRR) for Microsoft Azure Virtual Machines (VMs) support using Microsoft Azure Backup. Azure Backup uses Recovery Services vault to hold customers’ backup data which offers both local and geographic redundancy. To ensure high availability of backed up data, Azure Backup defaults storage settings to geo-redundancy. By…

Azure Container Registry: Mitigating data exfiltration with dedicated data endpoints

By Dustin Ward

Azure Container Registry announces dedicated data endpoints, enabling tightly scoped client firewall rules to specific registries, minimizing data exfiltration concerns. Pulling content from a registry involves two endpoints: Registry endpoint, often referred to as the login URL, used for authentication and content discovery. A command like docker pull contoso.azurecr.io/hello-world makes a REST request which authenticates…