Secure Azure SQL Server Backups Using Managed Identities

Posted on April 23, 2025 by blobeater

I do believe most people know about the ability to backup your SQL server databases to URL (from Azure VMs). If you recall you would use the storage key ( ideally not) or a SAS token, from there you would create a SQL credential that is bound to the SAS token (as a secret). Lots of moving parts especially when it comes to rotation time. So now, if you are on the newer versions of SQL server (SQL Server 2022 Cumulative Update 17 ) start thinking about backups via managed identities.

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Microsoft Entra Authentication for Azure PostgreSQL

Posted on February 3, 2025 by blobeater

Straight from Microsoft’s documentation “Microsoft Entra authentication is a mechanism of connecting to Azure Database for PostgreSQL flexible server by using identities defined in Microsoft Entra ID. With Microsoft Entra authentication, you can manage database user identities and other Microsoft services in a central location, which simplifies permission management.”

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Tracking Costs in Microsoft Azure via Tags

Posted on May 6, 2020 by blobeater

Moving to public cloud such as Azure, AWS or even private cloud services you need to be tracking costs and seeing if you are “effective”. What is the best way of doing this with Microsoft Azure?

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Azure Portal – Bad Request

Posted on January 16, 2018 by blobeater

I had a strange issue recently when trying to login to the Azure Portal. Quite simply I would enter my login details and ended up with this message – Bad Request – Request Too Long, HTTP Error 400. The Size of the request headers is too long.

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