Private Endpoint support for Malware Scanning in Defender for Storage

Hi!

I wanted to inform you that Private Endpoint support is now available as part of the Malware Scanning public preview in Defender for Storage. If you’re unfamiliar with the Malware Scanning feature in Defender for Storage, I highly recommend reading this informative blog post.

This exciting capability allows you to enable Malware Scanning on storage accounts that utilize private endpoints. By leveraging private endpoints, you can establish secure connectivity to your Azure Storage services, effectively eliminating any exposure to the public internet. This security measure aligns with the best practices for safeguarding your data.

If you already have Malware Scanning enabled on storage accounts with private endpoints, it’s important to note that you will need to disable and re-enable the plan with Malware Scanning for this new feature to work seamlessly.

Maxime.

Microsoft MVP Azure & Security 2023-2024 !

Hi!

I am thrilled to share the news that I have been renewed as a Microsoft MVP in two categories: Microsoft Azure and Security for the year 2023-2024. It fills me with immense pride to be a part of this vibrant community and to have the opportunity to continue sharing my knowledge.

I would like to express my heartfelt gratitude to the Microsoft MVP Award team, specifically Betsy and Rochelle, for their unwavering support. I would also like to extend my thanks to all my colleagues, blog readers, and commentators who have been a constant source of inspiration and encouragement. Congratulations to all the new and renewed MVPs!

Maxime.

AKS | Operation Abort

Hi!

AKS now supports aborting a long running operation. The abort operation supports the following scenarios:

  • If a long running operation is stuck or suspected to be in a bad state or failing, the operation can be aborted provided it’s the last running operation on the Managed Cluster or agent pool.
  • If a long running operation is stuck or failing, that operation can be aborted.
  • An operation that was triggered in error can be aborted as long as the operation doesn’t reach a terminal state first.

The following example terminates an operation on a node pool on a specified cluster:

az aks nodepool operation-abort --resource-group myResourceGroup --cluster-name myAKSCluster --name myNodePool

The following example terminates an operation on a specified cluster:

az aks operation-abort --name myAKSCluster --resource-group myResourceGroup

Reference: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/aks/manage-abort-operations

Maxime.