The "Reader" role doesn't work with Azure File Services
Hi.If I assign a user the "Reader" role on a Storage Account that in turn contains an Azure File Service the user can't even see the File Service.Is this by design? If so, is there another way to give...
View ArticleIs it possible to check if Add-AzureAccount login session has expired or not
Hello,I am working on a powershell script for Managing the Azure portal. Is it possible to check if the Add-AzureAccount -credentials session has expired or not.I was using Get-AzureVM to check if the...
View ArticleWhy moving to Microsoft Azure at this time is a huge mistake...
Hi all,I write this to help my fellow IT "people".Microsoft azure as it stands is about to undergo major underlying migration. that is from classic to resource manager. I administer an Azure...
View ArticleCannot open first resource group from list pinned to dashboard
I have all of my resources nicely organized into resource groups. I pinned the list of resource groups to my dashboard in the new portal so that I can open the portal, click on a resource group, and...
View ArticleWindows Activation Dialog just popped up!
Several months ago I created an Azure VM (Windows OS only) using my MSDN subscription. Today a "Windows Activation" dialog box appeared asking me for the DataCenter product key which I do not...
View ArticlePassword Reset Service register page
Hi,We recently enable Password Reset Service in Azure AD.The default setting in Azure AD is "Require USERS TO REGISTER WHEN SIGNING IN TO THE ACCESS PANEL" is set to "YES". But if user do not have...
View ArticleIs it possible to load Azure Module cmdlets via PSSession?
Hello,I was working with Office365 and Sharepoint scripts and came across New-PSSession to load the Office and Exchange Cmdlets from a remote computer into the existing local session. I was thinking is...
View ArticleMy VM stopped working for about 15 minutes then restarted.....?
I have been running an MSDN SQL VM (from a Windows image with SQL installed) on the West Cost of US for several months but today, unexpectedly around 12:20pm PST, it stopped running. I could not RDP to...
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Why did my App Service stop showing monitoring information?
While logging in to check some other issues I noticed that the monitoring for my web apps has stopped reporting. It hasnt been running since around 10am PDT on 10/12/2015. The web apps are online and...
View ArticleAzure Endpoint monitoring not working
I have a Web Api that exposes a ping method to call. I have set up endpoint monitoring to hit that method of the api.I have also created a new rule on the uptime metric available for the configured end...
View ArticleUser cannot log in to my Azure Domain
I created a user, made that user Global Admin (I also tried Service Admin). I then go to one of my VMs (on premise) and try to log into the azure portal with the new user. I get a message that says No...
View Article"Spinning up multiple SQL Servers with failover....
I have an MSDN Windows Server (made from an MSDN image) into which I installed Sql Server. If there any way to have the "fabric" automatically spin up another copy of a sql server if the original one...
View ArticleCross-regional HADR for Azure SQL DB
Currently what are the options for "extending\replicating" an Azure SQL DB (which offers 99.9% SLA) in a given region (or is it a data center?) to its paired region?For example, if a West Coast Azure...
View ArticleAzure VM uptime\downtime graph and cause?
The other day a VM rebooted due to Windows updates, I believe, but I can't find any trace on the Portal of the start-end time or why the VM rebooted. Does the Portal provide this info?TIA,edm2
View ArticleAzure VM "auto scaling"
I was just reading about "auto scaling" in http://blogs.msdn.com/b/kaevans/archive/2015/02/20/autoscaling-azure-virtual-machines.aspxIf I understood it I can create, say, 3 VMs from an Azure-provided...
View Articlechart monitoring "Error loading tile" on portal
From vu phan @vuphan5 via Twitter I using windows azure of Microsoft. I have an virtual machine running on it. I use portal to monitoring server but today when I login to portal I can get chart...
View ArticleRelationship between "VM with SQL installed" auto-scalng and DR?
Suppose I setup 3 VMs (each from an Azure-provided OS image), manually install Sql Server in each, but do not cluster them. My impression is that in this case "autoscale" is not a substitute for SQL...
View ArticleIssues in getting valid AD token
I've been trying to follow the approach used in "Get Started with the Management Libraries for .NET".However, the code copied verbatim, obviously filling in the appropriate inputs, doesn't work. It...
View ArticleError 1603: failed to install Microsoft Azure Recovery Services Agent
Hi All,I have a 2012R2 VM running in Azure I'm trying to install the MARS Agent but it errors on the Wizard.The same file runs perfectly on a second Azure VM running the same version of windows. Any...
View ArticleCalculate Subnet Usable Address
Hi,Someone ask me to calculate the correct number of usable address given a specific subnet for Azure. Here is what I know thus far:"Azure reserves some IP addresses within each subnet. The first and...
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