Azure
One of the great uses of Azure is to host VMs which can address a number of business requirements. While we can install Exchange 2013 on an Azure VM, this is generally not the most cost effect way to have mailboxes running in a cloud. Office 365 is the recommended option to leverage cloud mailboxes since it has pricing and feature advantages. Some customers may still wish to do deploy Azure Exch… Read the rest “Slow Exchange Server Boot In Azure VM”
When attempting to run the Windows Azure Active Directory Module on a Windows 7 or 2008 R2 machine, things did not go swimmingly. In fact they did not work at all. The error message of “This assembly is built by a runtime newer than the currently loaded runtime and cannot be loaded” was reported.
The below was tested on a Windows 7 and a separate Windows Server 2… Read the rest “Azure AD Module – This assembly is built by a runtime newer than the currently loaded runtime and cannot be loaded”
In February 2016 a new build of the Azure AD Connect tool was released. This is build 1.1.105.0. Multiple features and enhancements were added, and some significant changes were made to Azure AD Connect.
The release history of Azure AD Sync and Azure AD Connect is available on azure.microsoft.com. DirSync is grounded in the years 2013/2014, we will leave that aside. The latest build of Azure AD… Read the rest “Azure AD Connect Express Install Upgrade – Build 1.1.105.0”
The directory synchronization program managers have been hard at work adding more and more documentation to the Azure repository. The content is currently being published to azure.microsoft.com. For example Introducing Azure AD Connect takes us through the identity management steps when connecting to Azure AD.
Please note that this post is based on the upgrade to 1.0.9131.0 which was released in De… Read the rest “Azure AD Connect Express Install Upgrade – Build 1.0.9131.0”
It is possible to configure a “static” IP on your Azure IAAS VMs. This is something that we looked at in a previous post. One thing worth pointing out is that there is a little wrinkle with the current implementation, and you may run into unexpected results.
Static IP assignment in Azure VMs is not the same as configuring a typical static IP for a server in your on-pre… Read the rest “AzureVM Static IP Does Not Persist”
Azure now offers the capability to configure static IPs onto IAAS VMs. Static IP assignment in Azure VMs is not the same as configuring a typical static IP for a server in your on-premises network. When you statically assign an IP address to the Azure VM, it is not entered into the VMs machine’s TCP/IP configuration property sheet. Rather a reservation is created, so that DHCP ha… Read the rest “How To Set Static IP On Azure VM”
Yes Virginia there is! *
For those wondering what the download page is for the Azure Active Directory PowerShell module, using your favourite search engine is one choice.
Another is to memorise the below handy shortcut URL:
Which is take you directly to the manage Azure AD using PowerShell documentation/download.
Cheers,
Rhoderick
* – For non-US folks, the “Yes Virginia” response co… Read the rest “Quick Tip: Is There A Shortcut URL To Download Azure AD PowerShell?”
When connecting to Azure Active directory with the MSOnline PowerShell module, it will check the currently installed version. This allows the service to let you know that a newer version may be available. If the locally installed module is out-dated, you will get a message like the below:
… Read the rest “Azure Active Directory Module–Newer Version Available Notifications”WARNING: There is a newer version of the Microsoft Online Services Module. Your current version will still w
Curious as to what IPs are used by your Azure VMs? This may seem a simple question, but it was not until last year that Azure allowed you to set static IPs on VMs. Prior to this it was a first come first served basis. The net result was that you powered VMs on in a set order to preserve the IP assignment scheme that you wanted.
The first usable IP address on the Azure VM subnet is the .4 address… Read the rest “How To Get Azure VM IP Addresses Using PowerShell”
Over time a typical Azure subscription will create, delete and manage multiple virtual machines. When removing an Azure VM there is the option to retain the disk.
In a large environment with lots of disks and VMs, how can we easily see what disks are not currently in use?
The portal can show the disks that are attached and not attached.
This is good for a few disks, though if … Read the rest “Which Azure Disk Is Not Attached”