I’ve written a couple of blog posts in the past about scheduling Azure VMs to turn off at a certain time of day. I use this functionality to ensure I don’t use all of my MSDN credit while carrying out…
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I’ve worked with System Center Operation Manager (SCOM) in the past to manage on premise infrastructure. Microsoft Operations Management Suite (OMS) is a relatively new offering that is focused on monitoring hybrid cloud environments. I like to think of it of a cloud version of SCOM,…
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When I visit conferences such as Microsoft Ignite I often choose sessions because of the speakers. However I also ensure I attend a number of sessions covering new and updated technology, the things I see as game changers. The technologies…
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This is an error I’ve seen quite a few times. Every time I see the error it takes me a while to remember what the issue is, hopefully this post will help me remember one of the causes. I had…
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We use Azure Site Recovery for both protecting customer VMs and as a migration tool when moving VMs to Microsoft Azure. There have been a number of hoops to jump through to ensure a VM can replicate. On of which…
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Microsoft announced the launch of Azure VM backup earlier this week: http://azure.microsoft.com/blog/2015/03/26/azure-backup-announcing-support-for-backup-of-azure-iaas-vms/ It is a feature that many of us have been waiting for so decided to give it a try on a small deployment I am currently working on. The steps…
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If you are running Virtual Machines on Microsoft Azure and want to save some cash (or make your MSDN allowance last longer) it is possible to use Azure Automation to schedule the shutdown (and start-up) of Virtual Machines. This is great if…
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I’ve been threatening to start a blog for a while. Now is the time. The rate at which Microsoft are continuing to release new products and services is continuing to increase. I used to spend the majority of my days…
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