Cloud Computing with Microsoft Azure
About Michael Subtle differences but still worth mentioning. In this previous post I wanted to ease the number of clicks you have to take before getting to the RDP download, also how to get all RDP files to RDCM 2.7 How do i RDP for ARM VM with PowerShell 1.0? Launch RDP for VM in a cloud … Read more
In my previous post you got intro to getting started with Power Shell 1.0 and Azure Resource Manager (ARM) Also take a look at this post by @s_lapointe In this post I hope to inspire you to continue with it. Authenticate with Multiple Tenants! The Solution is: Login-AzureRmAccount -SubscriptionId “subscription you want to manage” Before … Read more
The evolution never stops! I have been doing some Azure Resource Manager related work with building templates and setting up governance with processes and management for a service organization, the challenge in this is seldom the technical solutions J (even though there are room for improvement on the technical side also) So Azure PowerShell 1.0 … Read more
I have had an issue with using old syntax for the Azure VM size when I fiddle with Azure Resource Manger. The issue is that in the old AzureServiceManagement we use small, medium, large etc for some VMs. These are the first naming standards available when Azure IaaS became Generally Available. When deploying VMs in … Read more
I have been building some ARM (Json) Templates recently and deploying them both with Visual studio and with PowerShell, will try them in the Ibiza portal also. There are some great content to get you started out there, just pick one of the guides and finish it. Here are some links I really recommend to … Read more
I had deployed several servers with the Security Extension direct from the portal. But when I needed to exclude something I got this error. I found a solution here and it worked. 1: Open a CMD as admin. 2: Navigate to “program files/microsoft security client”, and then run “configsecuritypolicy cleanuppolicy.xml” (if you use TAB you … Read more
This book is useful to get insight and a summation of what Azure is about, what you can use it for and why Azure is the most complete cloud. The book is not detailed about “how to” but most FAQs you have this book should be able to answer, for example. *Limitations *Security *Pricing *Support … Read more
Once you have deployed Azure VM: s and they are running some workloads you might need to RDP to them, instead of using any of the portals and have several click steps before getting the RDP file here are some useful scripts I have been using. If you just need single RDP file the Get-AzureRemoteDesktopFile … Read more
The short version Open Azure PowerShell Select the subscription you want to document Run this one-liner Get-AzureVM | ForEach-Object { $vm = $_.name ; Write-Output “$vm VM Properties” ; Write-Output “—————” ; Format-List -InputObject $_ -Property * ; Write-Output “$vm VM Endpoints” ; Write-Output “—————” ; Get-AzureEndpoint -VM $_ ; Write-Output “$vm Virtual … Read more
This post is a Power Tip J Quick guide Download synctools and extract the synctools.exe file to a OneDrive folder Run synctools.exe from a command line When updates are to be expected just run the tool again and it will updated all tools to latest version “Guide below has the extra step of downloading the … Read more