Last week the Microsoft AZ104 exam went live and all those who took the test during the beta period (myself included) were issued with their results. The good news is I Passed!
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Azure WebApps (depending on tier) come with an optional native backup service. This quick PowerShell snippet looks at all the WebApps in the current subscription and reports back on whether Backup has been set up. This should be helpful for spotting where a configuration has been missed.
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When creating an Azure Firewall rule with multiple ports or IP ranges using the PowerShell New-AzureFirewallRule cmdlet, you may get an error like this:
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When using Windows-based Virtual Machines on Microsoft Azure, there’s an option to use Azure Hybrid Benefit to re-use existing Windows licenses you own on-premises for workloads now running in the public cloud.
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When spinning up a VM from a marketplace image using the Azure Portal you don’t get a choice of OS disk size, and if you specify a size in an API call it’s ignored. For example when deploying Ubuntu images a 32GB default OS disk is always created.
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A recent Slack chat reminded me that PowerShell’s Get-Command cmdlet is a good way of finding what commands to use when you encounter a new problem. However it goes beyond typing Get-Command and just getting a huge list back- my laptop just gave me 7659 commands to choose from – as this can be unusable. Here’s some …
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This PowerShell snippet compiles a daily report of backup jobs on all the Recovery Service Vaults within the current subscription. It then uses the Office 365 SMTP server to mail this report out to chosen recipients - if you’re not using O365 then just change the SMTPServer, Port, and UseSSL arguments as …
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Microsoft released an 87 page “Book of New listing the announcements  from this weeks Ignite Conference and right at the top is Azure Arc. It’s not just alphabetical order that put’s this new product here, in my opinion this is a real step forward by Microsoft towards fulfilling the early promise of their Azure Hybrid …
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A quick run through using PowerShell to deploy a new WebApp. ASP.NET code for the website has been zipped up (into myapp.zip) and this code snippet will upload it to a new WebApp, hosted in a new App Service Plan and a new Resource Group.
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Earlier this week I took and passed the Microsoft AZ-900 exam- the requirement for the Microsoft Azure Fundamentals badge. Whilst this is the entry-level cert and not a requirement for the more advanced ones in the pathways, it is still useful for experienced techies moving into the Azure space, perhaps from other …
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