Recommended Settings for Community Training Azure Resources
Community Training is an online learning environment powered by Azure. Community Training platform is installed and deployed on your Azure subscription. Please check my previous post on Community Training: Community Training Installation, Community Training troubleshoot Guide, Content management in Community Training. Customers can optimize their use of Azure resources by following a few security settings that Community Training suggests.
Recommended settings for Community Training Azure Resources after Community Training Installation:
Azure Storage
Public access for blob should be disabled.
- Go to the storage account of your Community Training instance by searching for it in the search box present in home page.
2. In the storage account page, under settings click on configuration.
3. In configuration, ensure that blob public access is disabled.
Azure Key-vault
Soft delete and purge protection
- Go to the key-vault of your MCT instance.
- In the left menu, under settings click on properties.
- Ensure that soft delete and purge protection is enabled.
Azure SQL
1. Enable Microsoft defender for cloud
a. Navigate to the SQL server page by searching for the SQL server name in the search bar present on home page.
b. In the left menu, under security click on Microsoft defender for cloud.
c. Ensure that the enablement status shows as enabled.
2. Have admin for SQL server AD
a. Navigate to the SQL server page.
b. In the left menu, under settings click on Azure active directory.
c. Ensure that there is an Azure active directory admin.
App service
1. Go to the app service and in the left menu, under settings.
2. Click on configuration.
a. Ensure that FTP is set to FTPS only.
b. Scroll down and set HTTPS only to 'ON'.
c. TLS version should be 1.2.
The Microsoft Community Training platform supports personalized learning for a large-scale mobile-based community. It is affordable, easy to manage and provides robust security and privacy protection. The user experiences on the platform are optimized for mobile-first and mobile-only users and are kept simple and visual to ease adoption. Users can access courses anytime, anywhere from their choice of devices.
To learn more about the Microsoft NTA products that may be of help to you, please contact the Concierge Team and also register. Book a meeting with the NTA Specialists Team to get started.
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