Post notifications to Microsoft Teams using PowerShell
Microsoft Teams, announced earlier today, is a new platform for chat based communication. I was very happy to see the Connectors available including many popular CI/CD related tools. The Connector...
View ArticleMonitoring your home IP security cameras with OMS Log Analytics
Summary: Monitor devices, like home IP security cameras, with OMS Log Analytics without installing an agent! Hi folks, In this blog post I would like to share with you how you can monitor devices with...
View ArticleTaking backup of encrypted Azure VMs with ADE (Azure Disk Encryption) using...
We see customers migrating or deploying workloads on Azure have started encrypting their virtual machines using ADE (Azure Disk Encryption) and looking for a backup solution that supports protecting...
View ArticleARM concepts in Azure Stack for the WAP Administrator – Troubleshooting IaaS...
Hello Readers! This blog is part 8 (and the last) of the series “ARM concepts in Azure Stack for the WAP Administrator.” In this post we’ll discuss and share troubleshooting techniques and resources...
View ArticleAzure Stack API’s – Working directly with the Resource Manager API Layer...
Introduction To work with the Azure’s Resource Manager, you have a number of options. For example, you have these SDK’s to simplify development: Azure .NET SDK’s...
View ArticleARM concepts in Azure Stack for the WAP Administrator – In-guest...
Hello Readers! This is part 7 of the blog post series “ARM concepts in Azure Stack for the WAP Administrator.” In this post we’ll focus on the VM configuration itself, leveraging Azure Resource Manager...
View ArticleBackup & Site Recovery (OMS)
We have recently announced the GA for our Backup & Site Recovery (OMS) in Azure Resource Manager, and I would like to use this opportunity to level set on what we are bringing, as well as give you...
View ArticlePart 3: How to configure WDS, Unattend.xml file, Windows PE Image, and Nano...
Over a series of blog posts we will describe a solution for how to deploy Nano Server at scale using Microsoft tools. The blog posts are: Part – 1: Nano Server Domain Join (Deployment-at-a-scale an...
View ArticlePart 2: How to build a Windows PE and Nano Server image to deploy Nano Server...
Over a series of blog posts we will describe a solution for how to deploy Nano Server at scale using Microsoft tools. The blog post series are: Part – 1: Nano Server Domain Join – Introduction Part –...
View ArticlePart 1: Nano Server Domain Join (Deployment-at-a-scale an introduction)
Over a series of blog posts we will describe a solution for how to deploy Nano Server at scale using Microsoft tools. The blog posts are: Part – 1: Nano Server Domain Join (Deployment-at-a-scale an...
View ArticleARM concepts in Azure Stack for the WAP Administrator – Multi-tier applications
Hello Readers! This blog is part 6 of the series “ARM concepts in Azure Stack for the WAP Administrator.” In this post we’ll discuss how the deployment of multi-tier applications concepts you are...
View ArticleMicrosoft Azure Stack Advanced Scenarios for TP1: Beyond the Basics
In the last post we deployed JSON templates and also VM Extensions to Windows and Linux VMs running on Microsoft Azure Stack Technical Preview 1. Next let’s look at the installation and configuration...
View ArticleMicrosoft Azure Stack Advanced Scenarios: Fundamentals
If you are testing the capabilities of Azure Stack Technical Preview, you will probably have been deploying virtual machines from the portal. The IaaS capabilities in Azure Stack are great, but what...
View ArticleAzure Automation & Hybrid Cloud Management: Automating deployment of a VM in...
During our Cloud Roadshow events where I presented on Azure Automation there were a number of questions around whether Azure Automation was intended only for Azure. Fortunately, I had a demo lined up...
View ArticleChannel 9 Series on Operations Management Suite
Hello Readers, Jim Britt here after a very long time away from blogging . I wanted to take this opportunity to post some news about a multi part series on Microsoft Operations Management Suite (OMS)...
View ArticleUsing the OMS Search API with native PowerShell cmdlets
In a hybrid cloud world where manageability of your resources is key, it’s important to have automation support to leverage APIs that can help you in your to day management. One of those APIs is the...
View ArticleARM concepts in Azure Stack for the WAP Administrator – Packaging and...
Hello Readers! This blog is part 5 of the series “ARM concepts in Azure Stack for the WAP Administrator.” In this post we’ll discuss how templates are packaged and published in Azure Stack Technical...
View ArticleAnnouncing the Windows Intune Technical Workshop Roadshow
Hi Again, I am Jeff Buller from the WSSC CAT Team. Today I wanted to make you aware of an upcoming Windows Intune Technical Workshop Roadshow that our team is conducting across the US during May and...
View ArticleVDI Starter Kit v1.0 is now available for download
Hi Again, Victor and I wanted to thank everyone who downloaded the VDI SK v1.0 Preview and appreciate your feedback. We also wanted to let you know that the final release of VDI SK v1.0 is now...
View ArticleMobile Application Delivery with System Center Configuration Manager 2012 R2...
Hi again, it’s Jeff Buller. This is the final post in my series on Mobile Application Delivery. Part 5 will discuss how to deliver Android applications to users, utilizing Configuration Manager 2012 R2...
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