This page contains Windows bias

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This page is part of the Azure documentation. It contains code examples and configuration instructions for working with Azure services.

Bias Analysis

Bias Types:
⚠️ windows_first
⚠️ powershell_heavy
⚠️ missing_linux_example
⚠️ windows_tools
Summary:
The documentation exhibits a strong Windows bias in the testing and validation sections. All VM creation examples use Windows images, and all instructions for configuring and testing DNS resolution are written exclusively for Windows (PowerShell commands, Windows firewall, and output). There are no Linux VM creation examples, nor are there any Linux shell or firewall commands provided. The documentation assumes the user is operating in a Windows environment for all post-deployment steps.
Recommendations:
  • Provide parallel Linux examples for VM creation (e.g., using --image UbuntuLTS) and show both Windows and Linux VM creation commands.
  • Include instructions for configuring the firewall to allow ICMP on Linux VMs (e.g., using ufw or firewalld).
  • Show how to test DNS resolution from a Linux shell (e.g., using ping, dig, or nslookup in bash).
  • Present both Windows and Linux command outputs for DNS resolution tests.
  • Explicitly mention that the steps apply to both Windows and Linux, and clarify any OS-specific differences.
  • Consider alternating the order of Windows and Linux examples, or presenting them side-by-side to avoid 'windows_first' bias.
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Scan History

Date Scan ID Status Bias Status
2025-08-17 00:01 #83 in_progress ✅ Clean
2025-07-13 21:37 #48 completed ❌ Biased
2025-07-09 13:09 #3 cancelled ✅ Clean
2025-07-08 04:23 #2 cancelled ❌ Biased

Flagged Code Snippets

az vm create \ -n myVM01 \ --admin-username AzureAdmin \ -g MyAzureResourceGroup \ -l eastus \ --subnet backendSubnet \ --vnet-name myAzureVnet \ --nsg NSG01 \ --nsg-rule RDP \ --image win2016datacenter
az vm create \ -n myVM02 \ --admin-username AzureAdmin \ -g MyAzureResourceGroup \ -l eastus \ --subnet backendSubnet \ --vnet-name myAzureVnet \ --nsg NSG01 \ --nsg-rule RDP \ --image win2016datacenter
New-NetFirewallRule –DisplayName "Allow ICMPv4-In" –Protocol ICMPv4
PS C:\> ping myvm01.private.contoso.com Pinging myvm01.private.contoso.com [10.2.0.4] with 32 bytes of data: Reply from 10.2.0.4: bytes=32 time<1ms TTL=128 Reply from 10.2.0.4: bytes=32 time=1ms TTL=128 Reply from 10.2.0.4: bytes=32 time<1ms TTL=128 Reply from 10.2.0.4: bytes=32 time<1ms TTL=128 Ping statistics for 10.2.0.4: Packets: Sent = 4, Received = 4, Lost = 0 (0% loss), Approximate round trip times in milli-seconds: Minimum = 0ms, Maximum = 1ms, Average = 0ms PS C:\>
PS C:\> ping db.private.contoso.com Pinging db.private.contoso.com [10.2.0.4] with 32 bytes of data: Reply from 10.2.0.4: bytes=32 time<1ms TTL=128 Reply from 10.2.0.4: bytes=32 time<1ms TTL=128 Reply from 10.2.0.4: bytes=32 time<1ms TTL=128 Reply from 10.2.0.4: bytes=32 time<1ms TTL=128 Ping statistics for 10.2.0.4: Packets: Sent = 4, Received = 4, Lost = 0 (0% loss), Approximate round trip times in milli-seconds: Minimum = 0ms, Maximum = 0ms, Average = 0ms PS C:\>
New-NetFirewallRule –DisplayName "Allow ICMPv4-In" –Protocol ICMPv4
az vm create \ -n myVM01 \ --admin-username AzureAdmin \ -g MyAzureResourceGroup \ -l eastus \ --subnet backendSubnet \ --vnet-name myAzureVnet \ --nsg NSG01 \ --nsg-rule RDP \ --image win2016datacenter
az vm create \ -n myVM02 \ --admin-username AzureAdmin \ -g MyAzureResourceGroup \ -l eastus \ --subnet backendSubnet \ --vnet-name myAzureVnet \ --nsg NSG01 \ --nsg-rule RDP \ --image win2016datacenter
PS C:\> ping myvm01.private.contoso.com Pinging myvm01.private.contoso.com [10.2.0.4] with 32 bytes of data: Reply from 10.2.0.4: bytes=32 time<1ms TTL=128 Reply from 10.2.0.4: bytes=32 time=1ms TTL=128 Reply from 10.2.0.4: bytes=32 time<1ms TTL=128 Reply from 10.2.0.4: bytes=32 time<1ms TTL=128 Ping statistics for 10.2.0.4: Packets: Sent = 4, Received = 4, Lost = 0 (0% loss), Approximate round trip times in milli-seconds: Minimum = 0ms, Maximum = 1ms, Average = 0ms PS C:\>
PS C:\> ping db.private.contoso.com Pinging db.private.contoso.com [10.2.0.4] with 32 bytes of data: Reply from 10.2.0.4: bytes=32 time<1ms TTL=128 Reply from 10.2.0.4: bytes=32 time<1ms TTL=128 Reply from 10.2.0.4: bytes=32 time<1ms TTL=128 Reply from 10.2.0.4: bytes=32 time<1ms TTL=128 Ping statistics for 10.2.0.4: Packets: Sent = 4, Received = 4, Lost = 0 (0% loss), Approximate round trip times in milli-seconds: Minimum = 0ms, Maximum = 0ms, Average = 0ms PS C:\>