How to deploy (additional) server roles on your IaaS Azure VM
Recently I needed an easy function to add additional servers roles on several IaaS virtual machines on a customer platform. This is how I accomplished this. For this example I’m going to install the IIS server role, it works for other roles ofcourse. I’ve created an simple powershell script withRead More →
Using Azure Keyvault secrets with ARM templates
In my previous blog post I described how to deploy an VM using DevOps, fast and simple. But ofcourse you don’t want to store secrets in parameters files! Open your parameter file and search for adminPassword. It should look something like: “adminPassword”: { “value”: “This1sReallyReallyNotMyP@ssw0rd!” }, Now replace it withRead More →
Deploying resources to Azure using Azure DevOps
Recently someone asked me how to deploy an Azure service using Azure DevOps. In this Blog Post a simple howto how to deploy a virtual machine on Azure using DevOps. Step 1 Create an ARM template For this first step create an IaaS VM with all the settings you need.Read More →
Microsoft Build 2020 Learn…Connect…Code
Due to the Corona virus Microsoft Build is tranformed into a 2 day virtual event which you can join for free! Here’s a little more of what you can expect at Build this year: Two days of continuous learning in your time zone: Attend sessions, talks and demos carefully chosen to helpRead More →
How to assign Microsoft Cloud licenses the right way
Are you still manually assigning licenses to users and are users complaining they didn’t have a license or maybe the wrong license? Use the following steps to assign the right licenses (Office 365, Intune, etc) to your users : Sign in to your Office 365 enviroment and go to admin/AzureRead More →
How to move downloaded torrent files to another computer or Seedbox
I decided to move my downloaded torrent files to another computer with more space available. I wanted to still seed these files to maintain my ratio (private trackers :-)). After some trial and error (and crosscheck with a friend) I found out it was very easy. Just upload the filesRead More →
How to use Azure Policy to automatically backup your IaaS VMs
In this blogpost you see how easy it is to automatically configure Azure Backup to protect your Azure IaaS workload. For this blogpost I’m using the Azure portal, configuring using CLI and templates is ofcourse also possible. Open your azure portal and go to the Policy pane : Go toRead More →
Help! I want to rename my Azure Resource Groups
Earlier this week someone asked my if it’s possible to rename Azure Resource Group for Governance purposes. Unfortunately you can’t rename resource groups, but… don’t wurry there are ways to achieve the same goal. Option 1 Create and move.. The first option is that you create a resource group withRead More →
Help! Someone disabled my virtual network adapter @ my Azure VM
Today someone asked my how to re-enable an Azure VM network adapter. Using an on-premise hypervisor like VMware you can use the console session to access and re-enable the virtual network adapter. In this blogpost I describe how to deal with this situation when it’s inside an Azure VM. HelpRead More →
How to find the Azure Site Recovery Passphrase
When you have to manually install the Azure Site Recovery agent you must provide the Passphrase. In this blogpost I describe how you can find the Passphrase. Sign in to your configuration server, and then open a command prompt window as an administrator. To change the directory to the binRead More →