The protocols of the web, with HTTPS being HTTP secured by TLS.
Also called Hypertext Transfer Protocol, Secure.
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Terms in this definition
- HTTPS
Secure HTTP, wrapped in TLS. VCF products serve their web UIs and REST APIs this way on 443.
- HTTP
Hypertext Transfer Protocol, which sends data in clear text; VCF interfaces and APIs instead use HTTPS.
- TLS
Transport Layer Security, the encryption protocol for traffic like HTTPS and Bastion sessions over port 443. On a storage account, minimumTlsVersion fixes the oldest accepted version without opening any network access.
Related terms
- abfss://
Secure URI scheme used to reach ADLS Gen2 data, always through the dfs endpoint (account.dfs.core.windows.net); blob endpoint addresses are not used with it.
- Active Directory-integrated zone
A zone whose DNS data lives in Active Directory on DCs and replicates along with it, which enables secure dynamic updates and multimaster writes.
- Azure landing zone
The architecture Microsoft recommends for running a multi-subscription Azure environment that is governed, secure and able to scale. It consists of a single platform landing zone plus workload landing zones operating inside the guardrails it provides.
- BIOS
Generation 2 Hyper-V machines use UEFI with Secure Boot; Generation 1 machines rely on this older firmware.
- Capacity reservation groups
Containers for on-demand capacity reservations that secure VM capacity in a chosen region or zone; you pay for the reservation whether VMs use it or not.
- Cloud Adoption Framework
Microsoft's body of guidance on adopting Azure. It runs through seven stages (Strategy, Plan, Ready, Adopt, Govern, Secure, Manage), and the landing zone is what Ready delivers.
- Default user permissions
Entra settings governing ordinary users, such as whether they may register applications or open the Microsoft Entra admin portal. Blocking the portal only hides the UI and does not secure anything.
- Device Health Attestation
Reports, measured only while Windows starts up, on things like code integrity, Secure Boot and BitLocker, so that compliance policies can check a device's health.