Reading Time: 4 minutesIn 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
Reading Time: 4 minutesIn 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
Reading Time: 5 minutesIn 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
Reading Time: 4 minutesIn 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
Reading Time: 3 minutesIn 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
Reading Time: 4 minutesIn 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
Reading Time: 5 minutesNow that the Azure Stack Developer Kit has been released I thought it was about time I updated my TP3 install. My TP3 install was on a physical host (HPE DL360 g7). To me, this was a waste of that server. I am no developer so I had no need Read more
Reading Time: 3 minutesIn this blog post, I am going to show you how to install PowerShell for Azure Stack. This should be one of the first things you do after you install Azure Stack. Prerequisites Before we are able to install PowerShell for Azure Stack we have to register the PSGallery repository. Read more
Reading Time: 3 minutesWhat are Availability Sets? Availability Sets are a logical grouping of two or more Azure VM’s. It is advised to use an Availability Set for each application tier. For example, placing Domain Controllers in one Availability Set, SQL Servers in a second, and IIS web servers in a third. If we Read more
Reading Time: 5 minutesIn this article, I am going to show you how to create a basic Azure VM. How to Create a Windows VM in Azure Log in to your Azure Subscription by going to https://portal.azure.com Click the green + and then Search for Windows Server Click the version of windows you Read more