Last week I took the AZ-400 exam and I passed succesfully. This exam counts for the Microsoft Certified Azure DevOps Engineer Expert certification track. I found this exam quite challeging because it leans heavily on your dev experience. I’m not a very experienced developer so some topics were challeging. NeverthelessRead More →
If you currently use PowerCLI to automate basic tasks with pre-defined scripts, you’ll already know how powerful automation can be. However, taking the next step and customizing scripts to carry out tasks specifically designed for your needs opens a whole new world of opportunities. This new eBook from Altaro takesRead More →
Azure Automation State Configuration is an Azure service that allows you to write, manage and compile PowerShell Desired State Configuration and assign them to target nodes. Just like in an on oremise environment you can easily manage (virtual) machines running on Azure and also On Premise. Using DSC it’s possibleRead More →
After an extended period of testing in the Release Preview ring, Microsoft has finally started rolling out the May 2019 Update to Windows 10 users, albeit in a “measured and throttled” way. You might be able to get it now by going through Settings > Update & Security > Windows Update or, failing that, via the Media Creation tool.Read More →
In this blogpost I’m going to explain how you can still be able to send SMTP from your IaaS server running on Azure. As you might already know since Nov 15th of 2017 it’s no longer always possible to send SMTP on port 25 (I dig into that later). InRead More →
There’s a common misconception that Microsoft fully backs up Office 365 Mailbox. Microsoft is responsible for providing the O365 service, but do you know it’s your (!) responsibility to protect your (customer’s!) O365 data? Microsoft has limited possibilities to help you with unexpected data loss or damage. Therefore it’s veryRead More →
Use the following steps to check for any Office 365 auto-forward rules to external email addresses. In this blogpost I’m using Powershell to check for any existing auto-forward rules to external email addresses. Step 1 Logon to Office 365 using Powershell Step 2 Export the mailbox(es) that have either redirectRead More →
Use the following steps to upgrade your ESXi version to the latest version without download patches first! We are going to use Putty to talk against the command line 🙂 First step, put your ESXi server into maintenance mode : Now we are going to check the profile version weRead More →
Use this script to update all your Azure Powershell Modules to their latest versions.Read More →
Recently I ran into the following problem when editing Powershell scripts using Visual Studio Code ; First I tried to remove the specific extension. Go to the extenstion tab and check for installed extensions using @installed : Click the action/config wheel to uninstall the specific extension and reload and reinstallRead More →