Deploy Azure Automation Update Management In this post we will deploy Azure Automation Update Management to managed updates on both Azure and On-premises Servers. The solution caters for Linux and Windows Servers. This above reference architecture illustrates how to design a hybrid update management solution to manage updates on both Microsoft Azure and on-premises Windows…
Leave a CommentError trying to Join Azure Windows Server to Azure AD DS You receive the following error message when you try and join an Azure Windows Server VM to Azure Active Directory Domain Services. “The device is joined to Azure AD. To join the device to an Active Directory domain, you must first go to settings…
Leave a CommentThe referenced account is currently locked out and may not be logged on to. You may receive the following error after creating your Azure AD DS instance and when you try and join your Azure server to the newly created domain you receive the error. There are a few options to test to try and…
1 CommentConditional Access policy for Guest and External Accounts In post, I will go through the steps of setting up a Conditional Access Policy which will enforce MFA for Guest and External Accounts. This will add another layer of protection if guest account credentials were compromised. To get started we need to sign into the Azure…
Leave a CommentIn this post, we will look at how we can change the backup policy for an Azure VM. The process is straight forward and simple and can be achieved using the Azure Portal. To get started: Navigate to the Azure Backup Center: Click on Backup instances and select a backup job for one of the…
Comments closedIn this post I will walk through the process of how to change your recovery vault once you have setup your azure backup. To get started: Navigate to your vm which you want to move to a new recovery vault. Then click on Backup: Then click on “Stop backup” to stop the current backup in…
1 CommentIn this post I will walk through the process of how to change your recovery vault once you have setup your azure backup. To get started: Navigate to your vm which you want to move to a new recovery vault. Then click on Backup: Then click on “Stop backup” to stop the current backup in…
Comments closedAzure Conditional Access Policy to Allow access to Office 365 from a certain Country only In this post, we will go through the setup of an Azure Conditional Access policy to Allow access to Office 365 portal and apps only from allowed location. To get started we need to navigate to the Azure Admin Portal:…
Leave a CommentCreate an Azure Storage account using PowerShell In this short post, I will show you how you can create a new Azure Storage Account using PowerShell. To get started, you will have to establish a connection to your Azure account by running the following. Before we continue, you will need to know the following information.…
1 CommentHow to encrypt an Azure Virtual Machine In this post, I will show you how you can easily encrypt an Azure Virtual, Machine. Disks are encrypted by using cryptographic keys that are secured in an Azure Key Vault. You control these cryptographic keys and can audit their use. Virtual disks on Windows VMs are encrypted…
Leave a CommentHow to list available Azure VM images using PowerShell In this short post, I will show you how you can retrieve the current available VM images from Azure using Powershell. To get started, you will have to connect to Azure using PowerShell by running the following. You will be prompted for your Username and Password…
2 CommentsHow to create a new Azure virtual machine using Azure PowerShell In this post, we will look at how to deploy a new Azure virtual machine using Azure PowerShell. In this post we will also look at creating a new VM using the Azure CLI. To get started we ned to start by installing the…
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