Aby's Scribble Pad

Technical Notes

These notes include technical learning or points that I found hard to come across when I first started my journey on a topic. Collating it here for future reference for the benefit of all, myself included.

Certificate Management using Azure Key Vault

08 December 2020

Proactively manage your Certificate renewals by finding out about upcoming certificate expiries well in advance.

Outbound Connectivity of VM behind a SLB

04 December 2020

What are your options when you are unable to access the external network from VM and behind a SLB.

Hashicorp Terraform on Windows PC - Hello World

30 September 2020

Guide to installing and configuring Terraform on a Windows PC and then building Azure resources.

PowerShell Core 7.x

01 June 2020

PowerShell 7 aka Core 7.x is the latest major update to PowerShell framework. Why should I upgrade? How do I upgrade?

Azure Sentinel

24 May 2019

Impact of the Azure Sentinel release on Azure Security Centre. Is it duplication of functionality?

CISO Objectives

21 May 2019

What are the most important things a Chief Information Security Officer must be doing in an organization?

Restore Database

12 February 2019

BlockSize error when restoring database from the database backup file and how to resolve issue.

Serverless Computing

25 October 2018

A very brief introductory walkthrough to Backend as a Service (BaaS) aka Serverless Computing aka Serverless.

Handy MS SQL Scripts

August 2008

Some handy Sql Server scripts to find foreign key dependencies OR looking for a specific DateTime Functions etc.

DIY Projects

This blog is about the Do It Yourself (DIY) projects I tackled myself. I have tried to capture information that I was looking for that I could not find elsewhere, tips from others as well as my own on the job learnings.

Hardwire a Ring Video Doorbell

25 October 2020

How to hardwire a Ring Video Doorbell 3 or Video Doorbell 2 - the components needed and the gotchas.

Wireless printer using Raspberry Pi

11 May 2020

A simple way of converting your regular wired USB printer to a wireless printer using Raspberry Pi

Personal Musings

This blog is mainly notes from my personal reflection and which I hope is of help to others as well.

Where Is God when we need Him?

13 April 2020

There is so much suffering, pain and injustice on Earth. Why does God allow this?

Our Covid-19 story (or Our Easter story)

12 April 2020

An encouragement for people who are going through this difficult season.

Leadership Principles

This blog contains my notes on leadership, things I have learnt, things I implement or aspire to be.

Important things I learnt about leadership

14 January 2021

Leadership is not about entitlement but it is a priviledge. Ultimate question on leadership...

Random Reflections

This section is the mish mash of thoughts or notes that do not fall into any specific category.

MS Teams sync issue

02 November 2020

Corrupted Office Document Cache and a quick solution to resolve documents syncing issue.

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