Azure Policy
An Azure service that is used to implement corporate governance and standards at scale for Azure resources.
820 questions
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How to reset Owner Account password for old Azure account which does not have password reset policy set
Hi All, I am working on resetting password for Cloud Owner account and while doing that I get message that the account does not have "reset password policy setup". I am not sure who did the setup for this account, but it is setup in a very odd…
asked 2024-07-05T09:44:06.21+00:00
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Mudasir Mirza
0
Reputation points
edited the question 2024-07-05T16:20:11.8866667+00:00
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VarunTha
5,200
Reputation points Microsoft Vendor
2 answers
Azure Policy - Remediation task not running on newly deployed resource
Hi. I created new policy that assign data collection EP to VM inside existing data collection rule. I provided this policy to my customer. The policy running on existing VMs in data collection rule, but when customer create new VM, the policy mark the VM…
asked 2023-03-26T11:31:59.9533333+00:00
Inbal Silis
116
Reputation points Microsoft Employee
commented 2024-07-05T12:35:28.0833333+00:00
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Tushar Trivedi
0
Reputation points
0 answers
can't assign azure policy remediation to arc machines with MDE.Windows extensions i get error PolicyRemediationFailure
Can't deploy azure policy remediation to arc machines with MDE.Windows extensions i get error PolicyRemediationFailure The 'PUT' request failed with status code: 'BadRequest'. Inner Error: 'The resource with name 'HybridWorkerExtension' and type…
asked 2024-07-05T12:06:15.05+00:00
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Micki Wulffeld
0
Reputation points
asked 2024-07-05T12:06:15.05+00:00
Micki Wulffeld
0
Reputation points
2 answers
Azure Policy for enabling diagnostic settings for WebApp/Function App - No resources remediated
I am working in an existing Azure environment where there is no governance and I am in the process of creating Azure Policies. Currently I am working on creating Azure Policy to enable Diagnostic settings for Azure Web App, Azure Function App and Web…
asked 2024-06-21T12:39:52.0933333+00:00
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Senthil Ramadoss
0
Reputation points
answered 2024-07-05T07:40:26.84+00:00
Senthil Ramadoss
0
Reputation points
1 answer
Custom policy export feature on portal.
Hi , so I am trying find out if the EXPORT POLICY feature that used to be available on the Azure portal was removed? I have use it a while back but I don't see that option on there any more .
asked 2024-06-26T16:23:44.84+00:00
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Maduka, Chibueze F
0
Reputation points
commented 2024-07-02T17:33:00.9366667+00:00
Maduka, Chibueze F
0
Reputation points
5 answers
One of the answers was accepted by the question author.
Policy to block the creation of NSGs with rules that allow RDP or SSH access from the Internet
I have been creating a policy that should allow the creation of private IP Network Security Groups (NSGs) in the following IP range (10.0.0.0/8, 172.16.0.0/12, 192.168.0.0/16) with the ports SSH and RDP. I have a problem and it is that I do not know how…
asked 2023-09-22T18:38:38.38+00:00
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VELASCO Alan M. TENARIS
40
Reputation points
answered 2024-07-01T09:27:25.37+00:00
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Godwin Simeon (Tek Experts)
0
Reputation points Microsoft Vendor
1 answer
Azure Policy: Inheriting a Tag and Its Value from Subscription to Resource Groups
Is it possible to create an Azure policy that can automatically inherit a tag and its value (no matter what the value are) from the subscription to the resource group? The tag is always the same, for instance, Application, but the value can change…
asked 2024-01-05T12:37:51.27+00:00
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Bombbe
1,616
Reputation points
commented 2024-06-29T15:06:33.1266667+00:00
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San Segundo Gonzalo Alberto
5
Reputation points
1 answer
Azure Policy for enabling diagnostic settings for WebApp/Function App - No resources remediated
I am working in an existing Azure environment where there is no governance and I am in the process of creating Azure Policies. Currently I am working on creating Azure Policy to enable Diagnostic settings for Azure Web App, Azure Function App and Web…
asked 2024-06-21T12:32:23.14+00:00
Senthil Ramadoss
0
Reputation points
answered 2024-06-28T20:20:32.3066667+00:00
Pinaki Ghatak
2,795
Reputation points Microsoft Employee
1 answer
Suspension or cancelation subscriptions policies
Hello team , when a customer has a reserved instances and the partner put the customer in a suspension services, how is the managed for the instances?
asked 2024-06-27T14:55:56.5+00:00
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yesid suarez
0
Reputation points
answered 2024-06-28T18:54:30.2766667+00:00
SadiqhAhmed-MSFT
40,366
Reputation points Microsoft Employee
2 answers
Azure arc machine configuration deployment error
Hello I am attempting to deploy sample machine configuration for an Azure arc machine resource following the steps mentioned in https://video2.skills-academy.com/en-us/azure/governance/machine-configuration/how-to/develop-custom-package/overview except for…
asked 2024-03-06T09:15:36.6433333+00:00
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Anupam Kumar
0
Reputation points Microsoft Employee
commented 2024-06-27T07:31:15.49+00:00
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Andrew
31
Reputation points
0 answers
Azure Policy: check subscription role assignments
Hi everyone We have different types of users in our Azure AD. Only a certain subset of them are allowed to administer Azure resources. Those all start with "ACO" or "ACA". We now wish to create an Azure Policy that checks whether only…
asked 2023-03-16T08:43:26.8633333+00:00
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Tobias Petter
6
Reputation points
commented 2024-06-24T17:53:57.21+00:00
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John Kelland (Insight Global, Inc.)
0
Reputation points Microsoft Employee
2 answers
One of the answers was accepted by the question author.
Enabling periodic assessment automatically for the VM
After creating the VM, I should see that periodic assesment option to be enabled a when I navigate to update section. how it can be achieved?
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Azure deny policy not working correctly
Hi, Currently I am trying to create various policies. One of those is to allow the creation of a storageAccount but disallow the creation of Queues. The policy is deployed through the use of a Bicep template: resource policyBlockResourceTypes…
asked 2023-04-03T12:35:46.1933333+00:00
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Ferdi Stoeltie
20
Reputation points
commented 2024-06-20T07:26:20.6466667+00:00
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JC
0
Reputation points
1 answer
One of the answers was accepted by the question author.
How to disable SSPR for specific users?
We have 3 computers that share a Microsoft 365 account. While replacing one of the 3 computers, Microsoft asks for "More information required ... Your organization needs more information to keep your account secure" and then requests that I…
asked 2024-06-05T20:15:08.0566667+00:00
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Mychael Jones
20
Reputation points
commented 2024-06-20T06:40:08.6866667+00:00
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Mahesh Goud Juvvadi
930
Reputation points Microsoft Vendor
1 answer
One of the answers was accepted by the question author.
How to determine if my company is using the gov cloud or the global cloud?
I am working on our organizations compliance status and trying to determine which version of Azure and O365 we purchased. We should be using the Gov cloud option but I'm not sure how to tell. Thanks.
asked 2021-02-08T19:25:43.433+00:00
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Paul Waters
21
Reputation points
edited a comment 2024-06-19T14:23:59.0033333+00:00
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Star Donovan
15
Reputation points
4 answers
One of the answers was accepted by the question author.
Disable trusted launch Azure VM
Hello Everyone, I have an issue with one of my VM's on Azure. This machine was previously created with Trusted Launch enabled on it(Don't know why). Now, I can't backup it up with my default backup policy, only with enhanced one which is…
asked 2022-09-01T12:36:42.213+00:00
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Vlad Dodin
21
Reputation points
commented 2024-06-18T17:50:51.66+00:00
David Faleye
0
Reputation points
1 answer
Import powershell module in guest configuration script resource
Hi, I'm trying to create a guest configuration to monitor if the VM enabled Windows defender realtimeMonitoring. Here is my code: Configuration EnableRealtimeMonitoring { Import-DscResource -ModuleName 'PSDscResources' …
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How to fix Creating policy assignment 'Policy be Zone Resilient' in 'Subcription Name' failed. Reason: Could not find a version of policy definition: '/providers/Microsoft.Authorization/policyDefinit
Creating policy assignment 'Policy should be Zone Resilient' in 'Subcription Name' failed. Reason: Could not find a version of policy definition: '/providers/Microsoft.Authorization/policyDefinitions/xxxxx-xxx-xxx' that matches '1..'. The available…
asked 2024-06-13T08:36:30+00:00
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Vivek Karande (WIPRO LIMITED)
0
Reputation points Microsoft Vendor
commented 2024-06-18T09:52:44.3+00:00
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AnuragSingh-MSFT
21,236
Reputation points
1 answer
Azure Policy Deployifnotexist Nested Templates and Parameters
Hello, I have a policy to deploy an alert on all subs not having it (as you can not create alert with MG group scope for now)...And I was not able to have parameters bein taken into account from the Policy down to the two nested templates for the…
asked 2024-05-15T06:37:44.1466667+00:00
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Christophe Humbert
101
Reputation points
answered 2024-06-17T18:52:46.7566667+00:00
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Monalla-MSFT
12,766
Reputation points
1 answer
Azure Custom Based Policy Migration
Azure Custom Based Policies needs to be migrated to new subscription any tool available or else need to recreate all policies manually Kindly advise
asked 2024-06-14T11:11:42.5033333+00:00
Ramasamy Balasubramanian
0
Reputation points
answered 2024-06-14T11:29:16.08+00:00
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Marcin Policht
16,730
Reputation points MVP