Theo Browning

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Add a custom or non-standard PowerShell module to Azure Functions

When you need to do a bit more than an Azure Logic App will let you or when there is a bit of custom...

Date: 02/25/2018

Edit/Update an Azure Alert Rule: Part 1 = Using Azure PowerShell Cmdlets.

Azure allows us to create Metric Alert Rules for a resource to trigger when something we want to...

Date: 02/21/2018

Check all Azure Resources in a Azure Resource Group for the presence of a configured Alert Rule with PowerShell.

I have had a slew of Resource Group questions coming in lately and just as many of those being about...

Date: 02/20/2018

Add an application to Azure Active Directory so your application can gain access to resources through APIs.

In this post we are going to add an application to Azure Active Directory and our purpose here is...

Date: 02/19/2018

Create your own VS Code PowerShell snippet in 3 steps!

Not that the documentation on VS Code for making snippets isn't simple enough but some people love...

Date: 11/03/2017

One small step to enhance PowerShell security using Constrained Endpoints.

There are lots of debates on the innerwebs today about PowerShell being a malware tool or it...

Date: 05/12/2017

OneDrive SDK, OAuth, Client Authentication, in Consumer space with C# in a UWP application.

I set out on this example technically to get OneNote access which in turn requires OneDrive access...

Date: 06/14/2016

Netduino Servo Control in NETMF 4.2 / 4.3.x

So you been looking for some code that actually works with the Netduino 4.3.x & up to control a...

Date: 02/16/2016

Azure Blob now has append!!!

So just a couple of weeks ago we introduced the new "Append Blob" into the mix in the...

Date: 08/26/2015

Properties and backing fields over public member variables.

As we start our journeys to understanding the basics of programming and development, one of the...

Date: 06/22/2015

C# keywords ref and out, differences and use.

A friend/co-worker and I were discussing ways to return/affect multiple variables and/or objects...

Date: 04/05/2015

There is currently a lease on the blob and no lease ID...

A co-worker was having an issue trying to reuse a VHD that he previously used for another VM and was...

Date: 04/04/2015

Archive Mailboxes, retention management and items to consider.

A conversation with one of my clients today spawned thoughts once again of the age old battle...

Date: 05/28/2014

Unable to Install SP3 for Exchange 2007 with Error code 1635.

  A colleague of mine was working on a interesting case the other day installing SP3 for...

Date: 12/16/2010

Emerging Malware Issue: Visal.B “Here You Have”, Prevent and Remove

  Yesterday we had the “Here You Are” worm land in our laps and many of my customers are seeing...

Date: 09/10/2010

Windows Server 2008 and R2 Cluster Log Appears to Be Missing Gaps of Data

I want to start off by saying that the issue I am about to talk about has been blogged on before....

Date: 07/31/2010

The public folder couldn’t be found because there is no exchange 2010 public folder server.

Congratulations you have Exchange 2010 installed and it seems to be functioning fine. You setup a...

Date: 01/16/2010

Cannot access public folders from Outlook 2003/2007 after moving users mailboxes to Exchange 2010.

So you have installed Exchange 2010 into your existing environment, replicated your public folders...

Date: 01/16/2010

Using Data Protection Manager 2007 SP1 to Complete an Exchange 2007 SP1 Database Recovery

  This blog post will walk you through the process of restoring Exchange Server 2007 SP1...

Date: 01/09/2010

Move-Mailbox fails cross forest with "-2147467259" The specified mailbox database "database specified" does not exist.

In this scenario we were working with the same command the day prior and mailbox moves were...

Date: 08/15/2009

Exchange 2007 SP1 CCR install fails with 0x8007139F on Windows Server 2003 Cluster

There are a few scenarios where a CCR install will fail with a 0x8007139F error on Windows Server...

Date: 08/05/2009

Log file shipping in SCR "deep dive"

Ok, so let's get started with the gears and cogs of how it works. With Exchange 2007 we implement a...

Date: 05/23/2009

SCR breaks when you add a entry to the hosts file

So you have enabled SCR for your storage group and everything has been working fine for quite some...

Date: 04/10/2009