In this article, I am going to show you how to create and map an Azure File Share using the Azure Cloud Shell. But before you create the share here is a bit of information about what Azure Files is. What is Azure Files Azure Files is a managed file 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 Azure health status page https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/status/ and then view your personalised 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 new distribution group. In this article, I will show you Read more…
One big limitation you may encounter when dealing with Microsoft Azure is the ability to change an Azure Virtual Machines Availability Set configuration. This includes adding an existing VM to an Availability Set, move a VM from one Availability Set to another, and removing a VM from an Availability Set. Read more…
In this Article, I am going to walk through how to encrypt your Azure Virtual Machines including ones with managed disks. By following this guide you will be able to stop the High Severity Alerts from showing in Azure Security Center and be able to use Azure Backup to backup Read more…
In this article, I am going to walk through how to use the Azure Cloud Shell to download the Azure Stack tools to your cloud drive and then import the Azure Stack Policy module. After we have imported the module the guide goes on to show you how to apply Read more…
In a previous article, I talked about how to enable Nested Virtualisation in Hyper-V running on Server 2016. As we all know a lot of Azure runs Hyper-V and some of the regions are running Server 2016. Recently Microsoft announced that they are going to bring Nested Virtualisation to Azure. Read more…
In this article, I am going to walk through how to purchase and manage domains and hostnames from within Azure to be used with Azure. Purchase and manage domains for your Azure Services In the below steps, I will show you how to purchase and manage domain names from within Read more…
In this article, I am going to explain how to resize an Azure VM using PowerShell. You may need to do this for many reasons. You can perform this action via the Azure Portal, but you will be limited to one VM at a time. This is can be time-consuming. Read more…
In this article, I am going to walk through how to setup an Azure Load Balancer to allow you to connect to multiple VM’s using just one public IP address. The benefits of this, are not only the small cost saving but it also gives us better security due to Read more…