Category: Azure | Andy Kemp Consulting

31 Oct 2025 12 min read Updated 6 Jan 2026

Identity: The New Perimeter in Zero Trust

Welcome to the first deep dive in my Zero Trust blog series. If you’ve read the series introduction, you’ll know that Zero Trust isn’t a single product or a quick…

Azure #Entra ID #Microsoft

21 Oct 2025 14 min read Updated 6 Jan 2026

Zero Trust Blog Series: A Microsoft-Centric Approach

Introduction Over the past few years, I’ve seen a growing interest in Zero Trust but also a lot of confusion. Many still view it as a product you can buy…

Azure #Cloud Security Strategy #Cyber Security

11 Aug 2025 6 min read

Automate Your Elgato Key Light Air with Microsoft Teams Presence

Introduction If you’re anything like me, you’ve probably joined a video call only to realise your lighting isn’t quite right. I use an Elgato Key Light Air, and I wanted…

Automation #Azure #Elgato Keylight Air

15 Jul 2025 10 min read Updated 17 Jul 2025

Secure Dynamic DNS Updates to Azure with AzureDNSSync

Introduction Like many home users, my broadband connection comes with a dynamically assigned public IP address. This means that my IP can change at any time sometimes without no...

Automation #Ubuntu #azure-automation

12 Jul 2025 20 min read

OpenVPN Site-to-Site setup

Introduction Setting up a Site-to-Site VPN is a powerful way to securely link two remote networks—such as a home lab and a cloud environment—so they behave as if they’re on the...

Azure #Azure #Easy-RSA

8 Jun 2025 9 min read

Deploying Azure Virtual Desktop – A Modular, Automated Approach

Introduction Azure Virtual Desktop (AVD) is Microsoft’s comprehensive Desktop-as-a-Service platform, enabling secure remote access to Windows desktops and apps from virtually an...

Automation #Azure Virtual Desktop #Azure

23 Mar 2025 6 min read

Virtual PAW – Part 4 – Completing the basic setup

So this is part 4 of my multi part series on my journey with Bicep and ARM Templates and deploying AVD as a PAW.. Introduction In this part I’ll go…

Azure #Azure #Entra ID

27 Feb 2025 7 min read

Virtual PAW – Part 3 – Deploying the session hosts

So this is the 3rd part of a multi part series on my journey with Bicep and ARM Templates and deploying AVD as a PAW.. Introduction Welcome to the 3rd…

Azure #Azure #Entra ID

18 Feb 2025 6 min read

Virtual PAW – Part 2 – Core Components

So this is the 2nd part of a multi part series on my journey with Bicep and ARM Templates and deploying AVD as a PAW. Part One was the high…

Azure #Azure #Microsoft

14 Feb 2025 7 min read Updated 18 Feb 2025

Virtual PAW – Part 1 – A high level overview

I have decided to create this as a multi part post to hopefully make it easier to understand. Introduction So Following on from my last post I thought I’d share…

Azure #Azure #Azure Virtual Desktop

5 Feb 2025 6 min read

Why use a PAW?

Introduction Following on from my previous post I have been asked why I use a PAW for my own tenant, and or why not just use a conditional access policy…

Azure #Entra ID #Microsoft

15 Jan 2025 3 min read

Securing my privileged access with AVD

I’m trying to “lead by example” (I use that term loosely), when it comes to privileged access. A bit of background For a long time my regular Microsoft 365 account…

Azure #Azure Virtual Desktop #Azure

9 Jun 2024 11 min read Updated 10 Jun 2024

Cost effective IPSec Site to Site VPN with Azure and UDM

Introduction There are many ways to establish a VPN between my UDM and Azure andI’ve tried them all, but, for the best result I would still recommend using an Azure…

Azure #Azure #Microsoft