Category: Microsoft Purview

Azure AD Privileged Identity Management and new features

What is PIM? PIM has and will be a backbone for permission Just In Time access in Microsoft based environments. You can easily assign Permanent roles but also Eligible roles for admins and define timeout for the roles. They either…

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Tips and tricks on Securing your Data factory

Why? Like we all know Identity is a hot topic after the MFA fatigue methods or discovering and attacking our resources as external or internal entities but the often overlooked aspect of security is inside the data layer. You could…

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SQL Server 2022 and Azure ARC with Azure subscription model

SQL 2022 has arrived and in this post I will try out the new setup that should have Azure ARC install embedded. Why to use Azure ARC with SQL 2022? One reason could be security, you will get these features…

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Section 14 – Secure data and applications – Configure security for databases

In this section I will cover the following: Enable database authentication by using Azure AD Enable database auditing Configure dynamic masking on SQL workloads Implement database encryption for Azure SQL Database Implement network isolation for data solutions, including Azure Synapse…

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How handle security in a Power BI environment?

Data platforms are used in many places and Power BI is one solution to generate visual reports from different sources refined in Data platform. In this post I will cover some of the security solutions for Power BI but first…

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Microsoft Compliance rebranded as Microsoft Purview

What? Microsoft rebranded Microsoft 365 compliance to Microsoft Purview and the solutions within the compliance area. Azure Purview is now Microsoft Purview, which makes a lot of sense as they all belong under Compliance offering. How to access? Open the…

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