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1. What Is an Affiliate Link?
An affiliate link is a tracked URL that identifies AzureNetSec.com as the referring site. When you click an affiliate link and subsequently make a purchase or sign up for a service, we may receive a commission from the vendor. This commission is paid by the vendor — it does not add any cost to you.
2. Which Links May Be Affiliate Links
AzureNetSec.com may contain affiliate links to the following categories of products and services:
- Training platforms — Pluralsight, A Cloud Guru, CBT Nuggets, Whizlabs, and similar Azure certification training providers
- Security tools — VPN solutions, ZTNA platforms, and security software vendors reviewed on this site
- Books and study materials — Azure certification study guides and related technical books
- Cloud security vendors — firewall vendors and third-party security solutions discussed in comparison articles
Not every link on this site is an affiliate link. Links to Microsoft documentation, GitHub repositories, and most vendor technical resources are plain links with no affiliate relationship.
3. How Affiliate Relationships Affect Our Content
They don't — and here's how we ensure that:
- We recommend what we believe is genuinely useful. If a product has significant weaknesses for Azure deployments, we say so — even if we have an affiliate relationship with that vendor.
- We never accept payment to feature or promote specific products. Vendors cannot pay to appear in our rankings or receive favourable coverage.
- Our article rankings and recommendations are based on technical evaluation — the scoring criteria, methodology, and conclusions are determined independently of any commercial relationships.
- We will always tell you when a product isn't worth it, even if that means losing a potential commission.
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In accordance with the United States Federal Trade Commission (FTC) guidelines on endorsements and testimonials (16 CFR Part 255), we disclose any material connection between AzureNetSec.com and any product or service we recommend or review. This page serves as our general disclosure, and individual articles containing affiliate links may also include inline disclosures.
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6. Questions About Specific Links
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7. Changes to This Disclosure
As we add new affiliate partnerships or remove existing ones, this disclosure will be updated to reflect those changes. The "Last updated" date at the top of this page reflects when the most recent changes were made.