Tag: Microsoft Azure
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Azure IaaS ARM Template – Installing BGInfo VM Extension
When you want to install the BGInfo VM extension during the Azure VM deployment through an ARM template, then you have to add the following lines to your template. { “apiVersion”: “2015-06-15”, “type”: “Microsoft.Compute/virtualMachines/extensions”, “name”: “[concat(variables(‘vmName’),’/’, parameters(‘vmBGInfo’))]”, “location”: “[parameters(‘location’)]”, “dependsOn”: [ “[concat(‘Microsoft.Compute/virtualMachines/’, variables(‘vmName’))]” ], “properties”: { “publisher”: “Microsoft.Compute”, “type”: “BGInfo”, “typeHandlerVersion”: “2.1”, “settings”: {}, “protectedSettings”:…
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Using Operations Management Suite to detect RDP access attempts
The malicious IP detection functionality of OMS can not only detect the outgoing communication from your Azure VM to a malicious target. -> http://blogs.technet.com/b/momteam/archive/2015/09/10/find-out-if-your-servers-are-talking-to-a-malicious-ip-address-with-operations-management-suite.aspx It can also detect incoming connection attempts to your Azure VMs. For example you would like to know who tries to access your Azure VM via RDP. Then you should give…
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Hardware requirements for Azure Stack Technical Preview (POC) released
What an early Christmas present! Yesterday Microsoft has released the hardware requirements for the upcoming Microsoft Azure Stack Technical Preview. What other informations get we beside the hardware requirements? That the Azure Stack Technical Preview will be a single box installation. Our goal is to enable you to experience the Azure Stack Technical Preview in…
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Microsoft Azure Backup Server – Azure Subscription with spending limit
When you are using Microsoft Azure Backup Server and you have an Azure subscription with a spending limit, you may run into the following issue. Assume you spend all your Azure credit and the spending limit kicks in. If this happens your Microsoft Azure Backup Server stops working and you get the following error message…
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SCVMM – Storage Overcommitment PowerShell Script – Version 4.0
Today I am releasing version 3.4 and 4.0 of my Storage Overcommitment PowerShell script and first of all I want to talk about the changes I have made. -> https://gallery.technet.microsoft.com/Discover-Cluster-Shared-859f133c Version 3.4 adds support for selecting multiple Hyper-V clusters and will be the GUI version from now on. That said you will use version 3.4…
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Azure Site Recovery InMage Scout with VMware Series – Linux Protection
In the first blog post of this series I have given you an overview of the InMage Scout architecture. In this blog post I will show you how to set up the protection for a Linux VM. After you have successfully installed your Linux Master Target start the vContinuum console. Navigate to Administrative Tasks and…