Reading Time: 4 minutesIn a previous blog, which you can read here, I showed you how to create an Azure file share. So now it’s about time I did a guide on how to actually back up the Azure file share. Below I will walk through the steps you need to take to Read more
Reading Time: 4 minutesI have some Virtual Machines running in Azure that do not need to be on all the time. In fact, they are just training machines. I needed a way to stop and start the VMs out of business hours without having to do it manually. After some research I came Read more
Reading Time: 4 minutesSo what is vNet peering? Well, basically it is a way to connect two vNets over the backbone of Azure’s network rather than creating an Azure VPN Gateway between the two. Some good points about using vNet peering over a Gateway is the cost saving, bandwidth limitations and latency. vNet Read more
Reading Time: 2 minutesBelow you will find a list of what is going to be tested in the new AZ-102 Azure Administrator exam and a link to a resource that I think will help you learn and pass the exam. It is a work in progress at the moment and I will keep Read more
Reading Time: < 1 minuteMicrosoft inspire has been taking place in Las Vegas and during the keynote, Microsoft announced 3 new Azure certifications. One for Azure Developers, one for Azure Administrators, and one for Azure Architects. Microsoft has actually released the beta exams for the Azure Administrator certificate. You can read more about them Read more
Reading Time: 2 minutesRecently 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 new image, customers who are interested in moving legacy applications Read more
Reading Time: 2 minutesThe 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 a subscription selector and I did. It’s below! The script Read more
Reading Time: 3 minutesUpdated: 19/11/2018 Includes fix for error 0x80244022 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 website with every Read more
Reading Time: 4 minutesIn 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 created. What is an Azure SQL Database A Microsoft Azure Read more
Reading Time: 3 minutesOn 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 do and does not impact your current backup jobs. You Read more