MSP

Patching Azure Virtual Machines from AWS Systems Manager using Hybrid Activation

Patching Azure VMs from AWS Systems Manager using Hybrid Activation Each cloud platform provides its own native tools, which can lead to fragmented processes and increased administrative overhead. To address this challenge, AWS Systems Manager (SSM) offers a powerful solution through its Hybrid Activation feature. This capability allows...

by Ausaf Ahmad
Tag: Patching
01-Apr-2026

DevOps

EC2 Image Builder in Action: From AMI Creation to Cross-Account Sharing

Introduction EC2 Image Builder is an AWS service that automates creating, updating, and deploying your Amazon Machine Images (AMIs). EC2 Image Builder creates a pipeline for Linux or Windows Server images for use with Amazon EC2. The pipeline manages all stages, including image creation, maintenance, validation, sharing, and...

by Kushagra Bansal
Tag: Patching
05-Sep-2025

DevOps

Packer Alternative: Migrating to AWS EC2 Image Builder for Automated AMI Pipelines

Introduction HashiCorp Packer is one of the most popular open-source machine image builders. It helps engineers define infrastructure as code, installing software and layering security updates into AWS Machine Images, or AMIs. Packer is focused on image building. It has no capabilities around testing, scheduling, AWS notifications, or...

by Kushagra Bansal
Tag: Patching
02-Sep-2025

MSP

Cross-Cloud Integration: Managing Azure Servers with AWS SSM

Introduction AWS System Manager (SSM) is a secure, end-to-end process to be used for managing servers on AWS, on-premises, and on any other cloud platform. We can manage our servers from one central point using the SSM. Prerequisites: You must have an AWS account with the Required IAM permissions: SSM (Systems Manager), EC2,...

by Pravesh Kumar
Tag: Patching
01-Sep-2025