Tag: Cloud Governance

Automating a Monthly Azure Update Compliance Report with Logic Apps + Azure Resource Graph

Most patching dashboards are great for interactive views—but what if your stakeholders want a scheduled email that shows the current patch compliance for only a scoped set of servers (for example, those tagged for patch governance)? That’s where a small, reliable custom report shines.

In this post I’ll walk through the exact solution I built: a Logic App that queries Azure Update Manager data via Azure Resource Graph (ARG), filters to VMs tagged Monthly_Patch : yes, formats the results into a clean HTML email, and sends it on a monthly cadence.

Why a custom report?

  • No native email report: Azure Update Manager provides blades and workbooks, but not a ready-to-send, nicely formatted email.
  • Audience-specific scoping: We only want to report on VMs with a specific business tag (Monthly_Patch : yes).
  • Consistent sorting & formatting: Stakeholders wanted alphabetical order, readable timestamps, color-coded rows, and centered table content.
  • Lightweight & fast: With ARG we can query Update Manager resources directly—no Log Analytics workspace required for this report.

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Integrate Other Clouds with Azure Using the Multicloud Connector

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Introduction

As businesses adopt multi-cloud strategies to leverage the unique strengths of various cloud providers, managing these environments can become complex. Microsoft’s Azure Arc Multicloud Connector provides a streamlined solution to integrate and manage resources across different cloud platforms, specifically focusing on AWS. This blog post will explore the capabilities of the Azure Arc Multicloud Connector and guide you through a step-by-step lab to connect AWS resources to Azure.

Key Features of the Multicloud Connector

1. Unified Inventory: The Multicloud Connector automatically collects metadata from external cloud resources, providing a comprehensive view within the Azure portal. This helps in maintaining a consistent inventory across cloud environments.
2. Arc Onboarding: It facilitates the onboarding of AWS EC2 instances to Azure Arc, allowing advanced management features like policy enforcement, monitoring, and configuration management.
3. Consistent Governance: Apply Azure policies and role-based access controls (RBAC) to resources in external clouds, ensuring uniform security and compliance standards across all environments.
4. Enhanced Management: Utilize Azure Arc capabilities for onboarded resources, including vulnerability scanning and deployment automation.

Implementation Steps

Prerequisites

– An Azure subscription with Contributor access.
– An AWS account with AmazonEC2FullAccess permissions.
– Azure Arc and required resource providers registered (Microsoft.HybridCompute, Microsoft.HybridConnectivity, Microsoft.AwsConnector).

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