Within this blog, I will show you how to Prevent unexpected high Azure spending by setting Budgets and Cost Alerts within your Azure Subscription. Within this setup, you will be looking at how to setup budgets for specific scopes within…
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Azure Virtual Machine Security:- 6 Security suggestions to get you started
Quite often I do get asked about Azure Virtual Machine security and what I recommend you to configure/look at in relation to securing your Virtual Machine configuration. In this blog, I am going to include 6 Virtual Machine security security…
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cloud-init does not appear to be running error after installing WALinuxAgent fix
After a recent migration of a Linux VM (Ubuntu 16.04) from a data centre to Azure using Azure Migrate, it didn't include the installation of WALinuxAgent Why is this needed? This agent is how the Virtual Machine communicates with Azure,…
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Azure Hub-Spoke Network Configuration with Azure Firewall DNAT using PowerShell
I am going to show you how to create a Hub-Spoke network configuration with Azure Firewall using PowerShell. What is a Hub-Spoke network? Think of the Hub-Spoke as two different networks, network1 is hub, network2 is spoke. Network1 acts as…
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Azure Virtual Machine Boot Diagnostics
This little feature has assisted me many times! Azure Virtual Machine boot diagnostics gives you a log view and screenshot of your Virtual Machine (VM) from the hypervisor level. VM not accessible? This feature may just help you! Checking this…
Network Security Group Ruleset to CSV
You may have a requirement from time-to-time to provide a copy of the current Network Security Group(s) rulset within your Azure subscription, in this blog I will show you how this can be be done via PowerShell Lets have a…
Azure Data Transfer Solution Suggestions for Storage Accounts
Want to transfer data to Azure Storage Accounts and unsure what method to use? Lets have a look at Azure Data Transfer suggestions to assist you in choosing the solution recommended for you A pretty cool feature within Storage Accounts,…
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Azure Virtual Machine & Associated Storage Cost Saving Tips
My blog entry for the Azure Advent Calendar, you may be asking what this is? Azure Advent Calendar is running through the month of December, consisting of 75 Videos and blog posts all relating to Microsoft Azure, ran my Gregor…
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Tweeting a random blog post from Rss feed using PowerShell Azure Function
Previously I blogged "Using PowerShell to automatically Tweet a random Blog Post from Table Storage" which resulted in a couple of Azure PowerShell Functions, this is a complex setup and possibly not required if all you are looking to do…
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Creating Azure Service Health Alerts in PowerShell
Azure Service Health provides you with an interactive dashboard that primarily tracks the health of your Azure Services in the regions that you have deployed to. There are three types of health events that are tracked: Health Advisories:- Changes in…
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