Lets have a look at the Azure Virtual Change Tracking extension/solution that allows you to view guest-related OS changes within your Virtual Machine from Azure. This data can be used to alert-on if required various changes within your Virtual Machine…
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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Copy Azure Virtual Machine Snapshots to another region and create Managed disks using PowerShell
In my previous blog, I detailed how to create Virtual Machine (VM) snapshots of all disks and restore in Azure using PowerShell, this is a follow-on blog detailing how you can copy the Virtual Machine disk snapshots to another region,…
Azure Managed Disk snapshot and restore using PowerShell
Using Virtual Machines in Azure from time-to-time you may want to have a copy of the current point-in-time of your Virtual Machine, rather than taking a full backup of this using Recovery Services, can you create a snapshot of the…
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Securing your Virtual Network with Azure Firewall and Network Security Groups
In this blog, I am going to be summarising how you can secure your Virtual network (vNET) with a combination of Azure Firewall and Network Security Group (NSG) Considerations for this will be that the environment will be a hub-spoke…
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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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Reset Virtual Machine Local Admin Password in Azure Portal
Troubleshooting a Virtual Machine access connection and thinking the local administrator password is incorrect or SSH key? This can be reset within the Virtual Machine section on the Azure Portal Note:- This option creates a VM extension "VMAccess" to reset…
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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…
Monitor connection to a Virtual Machine using Connection Monitor
Network Watcher Connection Monitor is a pretty cool service in Azure, ever need to monitor a Virtual machine but third-party extensions cannot be configured? Connection Monitor allows you to monitor Virtual Machines ports to ensure they're still listening and reachable.…
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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…
