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…
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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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Azure Automation Runbook – Stop/Start Azure Firewall
Azure Automation runbooks can be used for numerous scheduled tasks throughout your Azure subscription, in this blog I will show how it can be used to stop & start Azure Firewall in both a schedule and invoking using a webhook.…
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Creating alerts within specified hours with Log Analytics
From time to time, creating alerts using data in Log Analytics may have an additional requirement only to be alerted on specified time frames, usually within business hours or outside of core hours, examples of this may include:- RDP Login…
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Azure Dashboards
Centralise your queried data graphs/charts etc with Azure Dashboards - such a powerful resource within Microsoft Azure! A fully customisable user interface within a dashboard type environment, this should be configured for a "first-stop" for your team(s) to keep an…
Azure Key Vault:- 5 ways to secure
Using Azure Key Vault to store your secrets , encryption keys or even certificate data? Have a read of this blog, I will be discussing 5 ways on how to secure your Key Vault from network restriction to key rotation.…
