Software How to create professional Azure Architecture Images | CloudSkew a free online diagram editor this week I had the chance to exchange with colleagues about possible Azure architectures. My main focus was to develop a cost effective infrastructure to support legacy applications (applications that do not support modern authentication (WS-Fed, SAML, and OAuth)). But I would like to
Docker What is Docker and why you should use it? "In 2013, Docker introduced what would become the industry standard for containers. Containers are a standardized unit of software that allows developers to isolate their app from its environment, solving the “it works on my machine” headache. For millions of developers today, Docker is
Linux How to set up "Ubuntu-20.04.1-Desktop-AMD64" in a Virtualbox This article has not been completed yet. However, it may already contain helpful information and therefore it has been published at this stage. Prerequisites: Removing / Disabling the Hyper-V - Role Virtualbox 6.1 + Oracle VM Virtual Box Extension Pack 6.1 installed Removing the
BASH - Tutorial Part 1 - First Steps In a previous blog entry I explained how to get a Linux system running on Windows (Windows 10). This is obviously mandatory, because otherwise it is difficult to get a Linux environment quickly up and running in which you can gain first experiences with
Setting up WSL2 (Windows Subsytem for Linux) on Windows 10 Due to my continuing education activities (study Master Cloud Computing Engineering) I have again to deal with Linux/Unix. Especially I want to refresh my " Bash skills ". However, in order to be able to start with that, it is necessary to create a training
Office 365 PST Export - Office 365 This article has not been completed yet. However, it may already contain helpful Information and therefore it has been published at this stage. Internet Explorer References:How to Export Office
AZ-104 Preparations - Lab 1: "Deploy and Manage Virtual Machines" - Task 3 This article has not been completed yet. However, it may already contain helpful information and therefore it has been published at this stage. Task 3:Deploy an Azure VM running Windows using an Azure Resource Manager template From the Azure Portal, navigate to "Deploy
Azure Azure CLI Default Configuration When working with the Azure CLI, the results of the applied queries are displayed in JSON format. This is not very readable... The Azure CLI offers also other formats: I prefer the table view here. You can also set it (table view) as a
Azure Azure CLI Interactive Mode The Azure CLI has a feature that I think that many people aren't aware of. This feature is called “interactive mode”. (If you have not yet installed the Azure CLI, please follow this blog entry: Link) But this mode is very helpful because it
Azure How to connect to Azure via AZ - CLI (Windows / Linux) | How to install AZ - CLI ❕This article has not been completed yet. However, it may already contain helpful Information and therefore it has been published at this stage Requirements: Azure CLI Azure CLI - Installation
Exchange Online How to avoid Spam (Part 3) - Implementing a country based email filter In the second part of this series I showed you how to block specific IPs (Exchange & Exchange online). See link below: Link An additional way to reduce the amount of spam is to limit the countries (and languages) you want to get emails
Azure Microsoft Azure Blob Storage Lifecycle - How to set up an automatic blob deletion (after 30 days) From the Azure Portal, search for "Storage accounts".Select an account of your choice.Search for "Lifecycle Management" and click on it.Add a RuleFor my usecase, I will create a rule to delete blobs older than 30 days.Helpful sources that I have
Azure AZ-104 Preparations - Lab 1: "Deploy and Manage Virtual Machines" - Task 2 Task 2:Deploy an Azure VM running Windows Server 2019 Datacenter into an existing availability set by using Azure PowerShell From the Azure Portal, start a PowerShell session in the Cloud Shell pane.Note: If this is the first time you are launching the
Useful Azure Resources I follow some inspiring people who regularly produce very useful and informative content. In this context I would like to create an endless bloggpost here, where I hope to provide useful links. Following are my suggestions: How to Setup Azure AD Hybrid IdentityLink: https:
Azure AZ-104 Preparations - Lab 1: "Deploy and Manage Virtual Machines" - Task 1 Lab files: • azuredeploy.json • azuredeploy.parameters.json • install_iis_vmss.zip Download: Lab1.zip Objectives:After completing this lab, you will be able to: Deploy Azure VMs via Azure portal Azure PowerShell Azure Resource Manager (ARM) templates Configure networking settings of Azure VMs Deploy
Software ScreenToGif (a smart way to document things) For professional reasons, I often find myself in the situation of being asked to write instructions for other people to work on an IT-relevant topic. Thereby it makes a big difference for which audience the manual is intended. If these are people who are
Azure Microsoft's Action Pack Subscription - a way to reduce IT costs for small businesses and still move into the digital future Companies (especially small businesses) often shy back from stepping into the cloud (Office 365 / Azure). The main reason for this is usually the argument that the costs are too high compared to a locally running infrastructure. In addition, the costs differ in terms of
Software How to switch from Legacy to UEFI boot mode (MBR2GPT conversion) In the context of my work as a system administrator from time to time I have to deal with desktop / client issues in addition to infrastructure and server problems. So I recently had to cope with 2 problems that had the same cause. Case
Exchange Online How to get Office 365 to accept mails from your homepage (contact form) Recently, a customer had his homepage redesigned without my knowledge, in the belief that this does not require consultation and interaction with me. Unfortunately they didn't think about the dependency to their mail system, whose migration to Office 365 or Exchange Online was done
Powershell Managing File System Access Control Lists (Powershell) Today I had to copy the permissions from one folder to another folder. Instead of doing this manually, I tried to do it with Powershell. And I succeeded... Here are my experiences with it.... Obtaining the ACL for files and folders:get-acl <folder&
Software How to create a self-signed Certificate interactively (GUI) During my activities as a system administrator, it happens from time to time that I have to provide a certificate for a variety of purposes. Since a self-created and self-signed certificate is often sufficient, I would like to introduce my favorite way to create
Microsoft SQL How to list top tables (disk usage) - SQL SQL - Way: -- Use sys.tables, sys.indexes, sys.partitions, sys.allocation_units and sys.schemas to display the line number, and also the size of tables select sch.name as SchemaName, tab.name as TableName, par.rows as RowCounts, sum(alc.total_
Powershell Simplest way to gather Input information (Powershell) For each of my scripts I try to make them as easy as possible so that I have as little effort as necessary to solve an already solved problem again when I use it one more time. To make this possible, I often use
Powershell Create a Wifi QR-Code (PowerShell) Installation of the necessary module: Install-Module QRCodeGenerator Complete all needed steps to create a QR Code: # Allow unlimited execution of scripts Set-ExecutionPolicy Unrestrict # Import the module you just installed Import-Module QRCodeGenerator # Assign WIFI Variables $wifissid = <SSID> $pwd = <password> $path = "
Docker Getting Started with Docker (Linux) For this project I really start from scratch and describe each step as clearly as I can. After all, this blog series should also become my project documentation... If it helps someone else as well, then this is a nice side effect. Provisioning a
