First and foremost, you should ideally be looking to keep your servers in their support lifecycle with Microsoft, purchasing Windows Server 2012 Extended Security Updates (ESUs) should really be a last resort as newer operating systems have more modern security and functionality that you ought to be using. If you do end up in a […]
It’s no secret that Azure can be costly if you don’t keep an eye on your usage and put measures in place to reduce your spend. I’ve put this post together with some common ways to reduce your Azure costs as much as possible. Azure Advisor The first and most obvious place to look is
Windows Hotpatch is a new Azure feature allowing supported Windows servers to receive updates that do not require a reboot to install completely, removing the need for monthly reboots and increasing your server uptime greatly. Requirements To utilise Windows Hotpatch, at the moment, you must be running Windows Server 2022 Datacenter Azure Edition Core. The
In Azure you have the ability to host a static website that requires no server side rendering. This could be used for a basic website like a small company site using HTML, CSS, JavaScript or basic image files. All we need is a Storage Account of type General Purpose v2 or Block Blob. Configuration I’ve
I’d wanted to take an Azure based exam for a while but eventually got the inspiration I needed when Microsoft released the November 2021 Microsoft Ignite Cloud Skills Challenge. The challenge was to get through most of the Azure Administrator (AZ-104) content on Microsoft Learn (a few modules weren’t required) within a month. On 28/01/22
Below are the steps that I use to update an AVD image in Azure. You’d typically update an image when you need to add an additional application, make a configuration change, run Windows updates or update an application on all of your session hosts. NOTE: This was captured from a live update so some data
Microsoft have recently released the ability to enable SFTP on Azure Storage Accounts to securely connect for file transfer and management. Before now you’d have to setup your own SFTP server, typically on an Azure VM to achieve this functionality. At the time of writing this post this feature is in preview and only available
When migrating from Classic (ASM) to ARM in Azure you will end up with a Keyvault that contains some credentials (certificates etc) for the VMs that you moved. This is normal when migrating and does not cause any issues, however when needing to migrate to a different subscription ie. CSP, you will find that you
Occasionally an Azure VPN connection will disconnect and not automatically reconnect again. This could be if the remote device (router or firewall on-premise) loses Internet connectivity or power. To reset the site-to-site VPN connection follow the below steps. 1. Log in to the portal for the customer affected (https://portal.azure.com) 2. Go to the “Virtual network