Recently Microsoft announced the new Windows Container Image to go along with the Windows Server Core and Nano Server container images. The reason we now have this new container image is that Microsoft has listened to customer feedback. With this Read more…
The more I work on Azure, the more I am having to switch between subscriptions. Now, this usually means copying and pasting the subscription ID every time. This is no good! So I decided to see if I can script Read more…
Microsoft recently released a new Insider build that included a really cool feature that I am sure all IT Pros have been waiting for. RSAT on Demand! What this means is no more downloading the latest RSAT from the Microsoft Read more…
In this blog post, I am going to go through the steps to create an Azure SQL Database using the Azure Portal. I will also go through the steps on how to connect to the database after it has been Read more…
On March 13th, 2018 Microsoft introduced the ability to backup Virtual Machines with disks bigger than 1TB. Unfortunately, they did not enable this feature by default and you have to upgrade your VM backup stack. Luckily this is easy to Read more…
I am forever forgetting to delete Azure Resource Groups after I have finished with them, so I created the little PowerShell script below to help me clean them up. It works for all of your accounts Subscriptions too. This script Read more…
Updated 09/06/2018: At the bottom of this article I have added in a step to allow the new file share to stay connected at next login. In this article, I am going to show you how to create and map Read more…
In this article, I am going to show you how to setup Microsoft Azure Service Health to send notifications to Microsoft Teams when there are issues with your Azure resources in your subscriptions. Now you could just look at the Read more…
I have recently moved to a new employer who is using Azure AD Connect. Unfortunately, the email address who was getting any failure notices was no longer in use, so I decided to set the notifications to go to a Read more…
This is going to be a short article. At work, we have a few issues with DPM and backing up some Virtual Machines so I thought it would be best to document the fix. If your backup has failed and Read more…