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Automating the creation of a new user in Duo with Azure Automation Account...
I was recently asked if I had written any scripts for provisioning Duo accounts with the Admin API and realized that I had but never wrote a blog post so I decided to write this post to demonstrate the...
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Updated: Create an automated report for Office 365 / Microsoft 365 license...
One of my colleagues who used my previous blog post:Create an automated report for Office 365 / Microsoft 365 license usage with friendly names using Azure a Function App and Logic Apps...
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Script to continuously run New-ComplianceSearchAction to purge emails...
I recently had to assist with troubleshooting an issue where running the cmdlet New-ComplianceSearchAction against a Content Search result in Microsoft Purview (https://compliance.microsoft.com/) would...
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Using Microsoft Forms and Logic App to create an automated submissions and...
Being an architect usually means that I do not usually take part in ongoing operational activities when an environment has gone live and therefore the days where I handle requests for new Azure AD...
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Automating the creation of Azure Calculator estimates with Selenium and Python
One of the tedious tasks I have to perform in my role is to create estimates on the Azure Calculator and I dread the evenings when I start the process of sizing multiple environments that contain 100...
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Configuring reminders for "Send approval email" action in Logic Apps
A few of my contacts reached out to me with questions after my previous post: Using Microsoft Forms and Logic App to create an automated submissions and approval process for Azure AD User Creation...
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Automating the creation of Azure Calculator estimates with Selenium and...
As a follow-up to my previous post in April:Automating the creation of Azure Calculator estimates with Selenium and...
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Attempting to add a private endpoint to API Management service displays the...
ProblemYou attempt to configure a private endpoint for an API Management service but unable to select any Target sub-resource in the Resource configuration:The value must not be empty.No supported...
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PowerShell script for updating the domain of Azure AD accounts
One of the projects I’ve been involved in took over a year for a decision to be made on the custom domain that will be used for user accounts and the services that will be offered. This meant that all...
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Attempting to join a Windows desktop to a Active Directory Domain Services...
One of the projects I’ve been working on was a small Azure Virtual Desktop deployment for resources outside of Canada to securely access a VDI in Azure’s Canada Central region. To provide a “block all...
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PowerShell Script that will use the OneTimeSecret service to generate and...
One of the frequent questions I have been asked after my post:Using Microsoft Forms and Logic App to create an automated submissions and approval process for Azure AD User Creation...
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Designing Azure Storage Account Regional Failover with Private Endpoints
I’ve had the opportunity to work on several projects over the past year to design disaster recovery to recover from one Azure region to another. One of the most common topics that comes up is how to...
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Azure Virtual Desktop Teams Media Optimization fails to display local client...
I’ve configured quite a few Teams Media Optimization with Azure Virtual Desktop as per the following Microsoft documentation in the past:Use Microsoft Teams on Azure Virtual Desktop...
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Microsoft Teams audio calling fails with the error: “We ran into a problem –...
One of the issues I recently encountered during a Azure Virtual Desktop deployment with Teams Media Optimization was where outbound calls from the virtual desktop would display the spinning wheel while...
View ArticleUseful Kusto Query / KQL queries for Azure Firewall Troubleshooting
I do not often have the opportunity to do as many hands on deployment of Azure services on projects due to my role as an architect so when I do, I tend to spend a lot of time working with the service...
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Creating a Logic App that retrieves AAD sign-in events from Log Analytics and...
Two of the common questions I’ve been asked since publishing the following post over a year ago:Monitoring, Alerting, Reporting Azure AD logins and login failures with Log Analytics and Logic...
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Converting Azure Firewall logs in JSON format created from Archive to a...
One of the clients I recently worked with had a requirement that all traffic traversing through the Azure Firewall need to be stored for at least 6 months due to auditing requirements. Accomplishing...
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Sysprep fails due to Notepad++ when preparing virtual machine for image...
One of the common issues I’ve continuously come across while preparing Windows 10 and Windows 2016 above operating systems for virtual desktops or remote desktop services is when sysprep fails due to...
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Creating Azure Route Tables, UDRs, and IPGroups with PowerShell and Excel...
I recently worked with a colleague to complete a deployment and one of the laborious activities we had to complete were:Create Route Tables with UDRs (user defined routes) IP Groups There are a...
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Attempting to create a folder on an Azure Data Lake Storage Account with...
ProblemA colleague of mine recently asked me to help troubleshoot an issue with an Azure StorageAccount that has HierarchicalNamespace enabled, which is essentially an AzureDataLake, where any attempts...
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