Tag: Public Cloud
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Microsoft Ignite 2017 Day 1 recap – Azure announcements
Today Microsoft Ignite 2017 in Orlando kicked off. Microsoft announced a ton of new Azure capabilities. Have a look at the following selections of the official Azure blog announcements to get started with the new things in Azure. I know the selection is big, but it is worth it to take a look at it.…
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Enabling Azure Disk Encryption on Windows Server 2016 Server Core in Azure
Beside the Windows Server 2016 Datacenter image, Microsoft also provides an image with Windows Server 2016 Datacenter – Server Core in Azure. If you are using the Server Core image and want to enable Azure Disk Encryption for the VM, you will see the following error message. New-AzureRmResourceGroupDeployment : 14:27:53 – Resource Microsoft.Compute/virtualMachines/extensions ‘azst-crp4/BitLocker’ failed…
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Integrate auto-shutdown configuration in ARM template deployments for Azure VMs
In November 2016 Microsoft introduced the auto-shutdown feature to Azure VMs which was originally available in Azure DevTest Labs. -> https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/updates/set-auto-shutdown-within-a-couple-of-clicks-for-vms-using-azure-resource-manager/ The auto-shutdown feature can be simply enabled through the Azure portal after a VM is deployed. If you are doing a lot of VM deployments, an Azure Resource Manager template is the way to…
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Speaking at Microsoft Ignite in Orlando
Microsoft Ignite in Orlando starts in a few weeks and I am happy to be one of the many speakers attending Microsoft Ignite. Even this is my second time, I attended the first one in 2015, it is my first time being a speaker at Ignite. If you are coming to Orlando, I am inviting…
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Running Azure Functions on Azure Germany with the Functions Runtime
Azure Functions is currently not available in Azure Germany. If you want to start with Functions in Azure Germany, then you have to use the Functions Runtime as a workaround. -> https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-functions/functions-runtime-overview -> https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=55239 The Functions Runtime can be installed on a Windows Server 2016 or on your Windows 10 with Creators Update client machine.…
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Running the Azure Stack Development Kit on Azure
After I posted a picture on Twitter showing the Azure Stack Development Kit running on Azure, I got several question how I have done it. First of all it was just a demonstration of our new nested virtualization capability available with the Dv3 and Ev3 VM sizes. I recommend to deploy the ASDK on-premises on…