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Determining a Machine Catalog's master image, snapshot and VMware vSphere...
One of the most common administration questions I get asked for Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops is how to determine the master image currently being used for a Machine Catalog. Those familiar with the...
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Configuring and accessing Microsoft Azure Files
One of the common questions I am asked by colleagues and clients is how and why they would use Azure Files. The answer to the “how” and “why” are in abundance and I usually provide examples based on...
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Accessing Exchange Server 2019 /OWA and /ECP throws the errors: "Status code:...
ProblemYou’ve noticed that after patching Exchange Server 2019 servers (for this example, the patch for HAFNIUM was applied), access to /OWA and /ECP now displays the following errors:OWA:-(Something...
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Using Azure Files SMB access with Windows on-premise Active Directory NTFS...
Years ago when I first started working with Azure, I was very excited about the release of Azure Files because it would allow migrating traditional Windows file servers to the cloud without having an...
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Configuring Azure Service Endpoints and Private Endpoints
One of the common questions I am asked about accessing Azure services is the concept of service endpoints and/or private endpoints in Azure. To put it simply, Azure is a public cloud service, which...
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Attempting to Activate Windows Server 2019 fails with: "Windows can't...
ProblemYou attempt to activate a Windows Server 2019 Standard server with a MAK key but notice that it fails with:Windows can't activate right now. Try activating again later. If that doesn't work,...
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Deploying Carbon Black Cloud via GPO with a transform (MST) file specifying...
I was recently asked about deploying Carbon Black Cloud Sensor via Group Policy as a published MSI file and recall how much difficulty I had with incorporating the settings for the Company Code and...
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Deploying Carbon Black Cloud via GPO with a with a transform (MST) file fails...
ProblemYou’ve completed setting up Carbon Black Cloud to be deployed via GPO as described in one of my previous posts: Deploying Carbon Black Cloud via GPO with a transform (MST) file specifying the...
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Configuring Azure Privileged Identity Management (PIM)
One of the features I’ve liked a lot when I was able to work with clients who had Azure AD Premium 2 or Enterprise Mobility + Security (EMS) E5 licenses is the Privileged Identity Management (PIM)....
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Logging onto a Citrix ADC / NetScaler hosted on Azure with nsroot fails with...
ProblemYou’ve noticed that Citrix ADC / NetScaler hosted on Azure is no longer reachable and attempting to use the Serial console feature in Azure administration portal fails with the following error...
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Understanding the differences between Azure AD Roles and Azure RBAC Roles...
I find that getting to understand the differences between Azure AD Roles and Azure RBAC Roles with respect to the following levels are often overlooked or misunderstood:TenantRootManagement...
View ArticlePowerShell script to remove users in an Active Directory group from all...
I was recently asked by a colleague about whether it was possible to use PowerShell to remove a group of users in an Active Directory group from all Microsoft Teams’ Teams in an organization. A bit of...
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Moving an Azure virtual machine and the Recovery Services Vault with its...
For those who have undertaken the task or project to move resources from one Azure subscription to another will know that the operation within the Azure Portal is a matter of a few clicks but the...
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Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops Machine Catalog displaying "Power State" as...
ProblemYou have a Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops environment hosted with Citrix Cloud Connectors connecting to Citrix cloud and noticed that the management portal displays virtual machines in a...
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Moving Azure App Service resources from one subscription to another subscription
As a follow up to my previous post:Moving an Azure virtual machine and the Recovery Services Vault with its backups from one subscription to another...
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Azure Server-side Encryption (SSE) and Azure Disk Encryption (ADE) - Part 1 of 2
Security has become one of the most important requirements with clients as no company wants to be the next front page news for a data breach. I’ve been fortunate to have worked with clients who passed...
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Azure Server-side Encryption (SSE) and Azure Disk Encryption (ADE) - Part 2 of 2
As a follow up to my previous post:Azure Server-side Encryption (SSE) and Azure Disk Encryption (ADE) - Part 1 of 2 http://terenceluk.blogspot.com/2021/05/azure-server-side-encryption-sse-and.htmlWhere...
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What is Azure Key Vault?
Azure Key Vault is arguably one of the most important services that Microsoft Azure provides to enable organizations to centrally and securely store encryption keys, secrets, and certificates. There...
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Attempting to use EXO V2 Connect-ExchangeOnline using certificate...
ProblemYou’re attempting to configure an on-premise server to use certificate authentication with Connect-ExchangeOnline to run unattended scripts (automation) scenarios using AzureAD applications and...
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Script to export audit logs for the current month from Office 365 using...
I was recently asked by a colleague who was looking for a way to automate the export of events from Exchange Online, SharePoint Online, OneDrive for Business, Azure Active Directory, Microsoft Teams,...
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