Blogging all things Microsoft Azure
Using Azure Migrate to migrate Virtual Machines from a Hyper-V host to Azure, you may want to start a Hyper-V Virtual Machine (VM) after they have been migrated for various reasons including:- VM not accessible in Azure Azure Migration issue and want to restore back to an earlier version of the VM again on Hyper-V…
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 environment. What can be tracked? Currently, the following change-types can be tracked within the Change…
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 feature can confirm if your VM is having issues stopping you from connecting successfully. Enabling…
A quick PowerShell Function to retrieve blog post data from my blog site – added to Github as may be useful for others! Run this function easily by: Get-Blogs -BlogSiteName “thomasthornton.cloud” Output: If you require further Output data from the used api, you can run $WPBlogRetrieve = Invoke-RestMethod -uri “https://public-api.wordpress.com/rest/v1/sites/$BlogSiteName/posts/?number=100” $WPBlogRetrieve.posts Further info on WordPress.com…
Running an Azure RM Template and it errors with: A simple PowerShell command will get you the verbose error log, to assist you with troubleshooting your Azure RM Template, -CorrelationId will be the tracking id mentioned above: With this I was able to find the test storage account name I was attempting to use was…