How to use Terraform to create Azure management resource locks, and a look at the required roles and permissions.

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This week I presented a Festive Tech Calendar 2021 session about Azure Resource Manager Locks. This post includes a link to the session recording and some accompanying resources. Session Azure Resource Manager Locks are a valuable tool in protecting those Resources Santa brought you from accidental deletion. In this …

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Locks can be used to prevent accidental deletion of Azure Resources. But what happens when you remove a lock to perform maintenance and forget to reapply it? Azure Automation and PowerShell can be used to make sure locks are reapplied. For an introduction to Azure Locks, check out my previous post on Azure Resource …

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Have you ever thought you had accidentally deleted a VM, or removed a production resource when you thought you were working in the test environment? Azure Locks are for you! What are Azure Locks? There are two types of Azure Resource Locks: ReadOnly and DoNotDelete and their names are fairly self explanatory. A VM with …

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