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Pause Idle Azure SQL Data Warehouse Instances
Azure SQL Data Warehouse (SQL DW) instances are quite expensive to keep running, so it makes sense...
Date: 11/20/2017
Resize Azure VMs in bulk
If you need to do a bulk update of VM sizes from one type to another to take advantage of new...
Date: 10/30/2017
Azure VMs - Active Directory members and getting time sync (ntp) right
I've recently had this question asked of me multiple times recently. "If a VM in Azure is a member...
Date: 10/28/2017
Using OMS and Runbooks to update VMs when they're down
The aim of this post is to enable a powershell Azure Automation runbook to be fired when a VM is...
Date: 07/25/2017
Make practical use of NSG Flow Logs for troubleshooting
So, you've found the new Azure Network Watcher features. Cool, now I can start getting some real...
Date: 07/07/2017
Get Azure PaaS Endpoint IPs
I've had a few situations where people are trying to find out the public IP Addresses for their own...
Date: 07/03/2017
Log results from Azure Automation Runbooks directly to OMS
An easy way to keep track of Azure Automation runbook operations is to create log entries to OMS...
Date: 06/21/2017
Transition Azure Automation schedules from one Runbook to another
So you've spent a great deal of time setting up all the schedules for an Azure Automation Runbook...
Date: 06/14/2017
Export Available Azure VM Sizes for all locations
I wanted to share a quick post with a script I seem to use all the time to get a spreadsheet with...
Date: 05/16/2017
Using Azure Automation and SharePoint Online lists to schedule VM start-up and shutdown
To make the most efficient use of Public cloud you need to ensure your servers are only running when...
Date: 05/15/2017
Extract Azure ARM resource counts and quota information
This script can be used to export all providers and resource type counts to a csv file along with...
Date: 04/10/2017
Setting it up: SharePoint Online Lists with Azure Automation
To integrate SharePoint Online with Azure Automation (and Powershell scripts), I've used a fantastic...
Date: 04/07/2017
Assign Multiple Azure AD users to multiple roles in multiple subscriptions using Powershell
This is an interactive Azure Powershell script that allows you to add multiple users to multiple...
Date: 03/28/2017