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Using Azure CLI to open Kubernetes dashboard
Often times you want to open the Azure Kubernetes(K8S) dashboard, after you created the Kubernetes...
Date: 09/08/2018
Adding SQL IaaS extension into a disconnected Azure Stack
Azure Stack can operate in a connected fashion (meaning with an internet connection with Azure AD as...
Date: 09/04/2018
Oh! No! The Azure EA portal converted my MSDN/VSTS subscription into EA subcription
I ran into a customer situation where when the customer went to the Azure Enterprise Agreement (EA)...
Date: 06/08/2018
Disk partition in Azure VMs - using ARM Templates to specify disk configurations
It is considered a best practice to define your Azure Resources using ARM Templates. We all know...
Date: 05/17/2018
Strategies to realizing Cost Savings in Azure
This is a long post. Please scroll down Table of Contents Introduction. 2 Choosing the appropriate...
Date: 02/22/2018
Logical Volume Manager(LVM) with RedHat RHEL VMs in Azure and custom partitioning
Most on-premise deployments of Linux (eg RHEL VMs) are done with custom partitioning. Hitherto this...
Date: 11/23/2017
Continuous Integration and Continuous Delivery (CI/CD)
The following is a collection of recent capabilities announced by Microsoft in the area of CI/CD....
Date: 11/20/2017
Different ways of slicing and dicing OMS Log Data in Azure - VM Creation
Azure is in deed and in fact like an ocean with various entities within it pumping out enormous...
Date: 11/14/2017
ARM Template - combining Application Gateway and enabling diagnostic logging into OMS
Introduction Often times you are looking to go beyond the basic ARM template and as a...
Date: 05/09/2017
List of applications that Azure Stack registers in the AAD Tenant
When deploying Azure Stack in a connected POC environment, Azure Stack registers a set of...
Date: 03/25/2017
Experiencing Azure Stack in Public Azure – by using Azure Stack policy module to an Azure Subscription or a Resource Group
Introduction: It is possible to have an experience akin to Azure Stack right in public Azure. As you...
Date: 03/24/2017
TFS over the years and upgrade cycle
It is heartening to note that MS DevDiv takes care of TFS customers so well. Today (1/23/2017) Brian...
Date: 01/23/2017
Creating an ARM service deployment endpoint in VSTS
I was creating ARM based service deployment end points often and I thought I might as well document...
Date: 04/24/2016
Azure CLI - xPlat from Ubuntu
The following are the steps to Install Azure CLI on Ubuntu. Previously I blogged on how to do this...
Date: 04/17/2016
Azure Monitoring of Linux systems - Installing OMS Agent on Linux
Azure can not only monitor what you expect (Windows OS) but also a wide variety of non-MS such as...
Date: 04/14/2016
RDP to a Linux VM in Azure
I needed to RDP into a Linux VM in the Cloud. Briefly these are the steps. (I needed these myself)....
Date: 04/14/2016
Truly embracing Open Source Software development by Microsoft
Truly MS has become the ultimate definition for an OSS company. There is no stronger evidence for...
Date: 04/03/2016
Azure Internet Of Things (IOT) Suite
Introduction Microsoft announced the Azure IOT Suite recently at AzureCon. This is a brief...
Date: 10/05/2015
Increasing CORE quota limits in Azure
Updated to reflect the new workflow - 11/23/2017 Please click on the individual pics below to load...
Date: 09/20/2015
Isolating Enterprise Projects in Project Server similar to separated Team Projects in TFS
Introduction TFS is primarily targeted at Product Development efforts whereas we have Project...
Date: 09/05/2015
Azure from a Linux (MAC) Environment–Install Linux, Install Azure CLI and work with Azure (SUSE)
A few colleagues of mine and customers I work with are complete Linux folks. They wanted a Step by...
Date: 08/20/2015
Using ARM Client to explore Azure Resources
Introduction There is a tool called ARMClient using which you can examine your Azure Resources. This...
Date: 06/18/2015
Azure ARM templates–Tips on using Outputs
Introduction Continuing the series on ARM templates, here we are going to explore another...
Date: 06/16/2015
Using Azure ARM Template’s OUTPUT section
Extract using the output section, the properties of various resource you deployed using...
Date: 06/14/2015
Deleting “TEAM” created in Team Projects in TFS
How does one delete a “Team” that was created in a Team Project. Maybe you were just playing...
Date: 06/04/2015
Git into VSO and using Build vNext to pipeline into Azure deployment slots.
Building from VSO and deploying to Azure Create your solutions in VS Note that I just created a...
Date: 06/01/2015
VI love for the *nix coders and programmers - VsVim mode in Visual Studio - VsVim
In this radio broadcast Scott Hanselman talks to VsVim creator Jared Parsons. I use VsVim all the...
Date: 05/17/2015
The Headless Cloud Nano Server
Introduction It was nice to see Microsoft come out with the Server 2016 Preview CTP and the headless...
Date: 05/14/2015
Some consideration on TFS SETUP (or TFS ADMIN) account
In earlier versions of the product the TFSSETUP (TFSSADMIN) account was explicitly...
Date: 05/14/2015
Cloud deployment on a developers finger tips
New features and Cloud Capabilities at a Developers’ Finger tips Introduction: The Azure Tooling...
Date: 11/30/2014
How to get access to the Azure Multi Factor Authentication (MFA) SDK download.
Well you might be an indie developer or even otherwise and want to enable MFA for your mobile...
Date: 11/17/2014
Microsoft .NET is now Open Source and Cross Platform (Linux and Macs)
Please read the title again. And Again. It is true. As of today Microsoft .NET platform and...
Date: 11/12/2014
TFSWITDDLADMIN – consequences of removing this user from the collection databases - TF400703 error
Introduction [This is not an official MS Support statement, but a caveat (cautionary advise) to...
Date: 07/04/2014
Cross platform apps with Visual Studio 2013
Woot! Yeah. That’s right. MS is changing rapidly and phenomenally and some of these manifest in some...
Date: 05/15/2014
NuGet Package Restore Error–NuGet package(s) are missing.
Recently I had a bizarre error and this might help someone else who stumbled on this error....
Date: 05/14/2014
Removing a TFS Work Item permanently
This came up with a customer of mine and since it gets asked so often, I thought of posting a blog...
Date: 05/02/2014
Cloning a GIT based Team Project Created in AZURE - Visual Studio Online (VSO)
When you start using your Azure MSDN Subscription, (this is slightly different experience from VSO...
Date: 04/12/2014
Integrated End-To-End DevOps LifeCycle from the Azure Portal
This changes a lot of things regarding how apps are developed and deployed. This is just mind...
Date: 04/04/2014
Developer– Virtual Machine Capabilities unleashed in BUILD 2014 specifically for DEVS
Developers can create, destroy and debug VMs to their hearts content in Azure Cloud. Well the key is...
Date: 04/04/2014
BUILD 2014 –TIDAL WAVE of platform and technology announcements
Too excited to write anything – really. The pictures do convey some of it. But its only the TIP of...
Date: 04/03/2014
InstallShield and Team Build on TFS
Introduction Original post on 3/4/2014. [Update 4/18/2014: This blog was published on 3/4/2014. As...
Date: 03/04/2014
Developer – Go Cloud forth and conquer
Developers accessing Windows Azure from Visual Studio This is a short session on pumping an...
Date: 02/25/2014
HOW TO: Grant Project Manager’s privileges in TFS but without outright granting Project Administrator privileges
In a recent customer situation, there was the need to give a few members of the team “Project...
Date: 02/07/2014
Default Set of Reports that come Out of the Box (OOB) with TFS 2013.
In TFS 2013 Microsoft provides three templates. (1) Scrum (2) Agile and (3) CMMI Kanban is not...
Date: 02/07/2014
Errors during TFS 2013 install–and how I worked past them
When you deploy TFS in any environment, you are likely to come across numerous errors which kind of...
Date: 11/05/2013
Run various Linux distributions with applications on Azure Cloud
Well - often people think Microsoft is just that, only all about their own software. Well this is...
Date: 10/19/2013
TF31002: Unable to connect to this Team Foundation Server - When switching from one TFS Server to another using same Visual Studio session
When you are using the Visual Studio client to connect to say TFS 2012 server and then to say TFS...
Date: 09/30/2013
How to build previous versions of SRC code using TFS Build and Build Agent?
Most of the time you want to build the latest and that is fine. That is the default and works well....
Date: 09/30/2013
How to connect from Visual Studio 2012 on Win 8 host to TFS running on a VM using Loopback adapter
I often teach and do demos of VS and TFS and I always like to do it from the Client machine,...
Date: 05/14/2013