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Recently, I decided to retake the HPE2-K45 exam. Why? I’m about to start on a significant HPE SimpliVity project for a client. It felt like the right time to refresh my knowledge and ensure I’m fully aligned with the latest developments and best practices. For those considering a similar journey or simply curious about the […]
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Winget is a command-line tool that allows you to install, uninstall, and update programs. It is part of Windows 11 and 10, but it is also available for Windows 7 and 8.1. It is important to keep your programs up-to-date to improve the security and reliability of your computer. Updates can patch security vulnerabilities, fix […]
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Sometimes when you’re using the ping command, it will return the IPv6 address of the host. Use the -4 option to force using IPv4 : […]
All Raspberry PI devices use MAC address staring with B8:27:EB (Raspberry PI 4B uses dc:a6:32 although) so you can use the following commands to identity your Raspberry PI’s on your local network: For Windows computers : Or when you are using MacOS or Linux : Example (found 2 Raspberry PI’s on Windows PC) : […]
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Recently I installed several Ruckus Access Points at a customer’s site. This customer has several large rooms and was in urgent need of a stable and available internet supply in all rooms. At this customer’s site, I installed several Ruckus models managed by Ruckus Unleashed. This is a free (Cloud) service from Ruckus and works […]
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For a customer project, I was looking for backup software with support for XenServer. Unfortunately, during my search, I discovered that not many vendors support hypervisors other than VMware and Microsoft. Nevertheless, I found a good solution and will discuss it briefly in this blog. Vinchin Backup & Recovery is a software backup solution that […]
A picture says more than a thousand words, it is often said. That’s why I usually try to draw things during presentations and meetings. Nowadays, many laptops with a touch screen (think of the Microsoft surfaces) allow you to draw perfectly. However, my laptops sit in a docking station with the screen closed, and I […]
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In this simple blog post, I’m going to explain how easy it is to expand/resize your CentOS Linux VM disk. By default, an Azure Linux VM comes with a 30 GB boot disk. In this step, we’re going to expand this disk to 64 GB. Step 1 Shut down your Azure VM (or skip this […]
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Hi! In this blog post, I want to share some tips I’ve learned in the last months working from home. Do you have some great tips, please use the comment section to share them! Technology Technology is what makes working from home possible in the first place. It’s time to invest and get your technology […]
I recently published another Azure update Blog post on ShareGate. Link here. In this post I talked about : Unified Connection Monitor in Network Watcher Azure Resource Manager template for Azure file share support Azure Monitor support for Windows Virtual Desktop […]
I recently started blogging for ShareGate : Every 2 weeks there will be an update with (my selection of) the latest Azure updates. In my first post I talked about : Azure Shared Image Gallery Azure Monitor for VM Guest Health Azure Firewall Premium Link In this blog posts I’ll explain the latest updates & […]
A couple of days ago I noticed someone was using the default datacenter region (West US) to deploy resources to instead of their local (West Europe) datacenter. I’ve asked that person for his reason. His response was that he didn’t thought that it made a significant difference…. To demonstrate the differences between the (Azure) datacenter […]
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When you have access to multiple Azure subscriptions from (former) customers for example, you may want to remove them when you don’t need access any more. In this blogpost I describe how to get rid of them without contacting their administrators. It is possible to self-leave an Azure AD tenant. Here’s the steps: Log into […]
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In this post, I’m going to explain how to publish an App service using the Application Gateway. An Azure Application Gateway is a web traffic load balancer that enables you to manage traffic to your web applications. Core Components of the Azure Application Gateway [do_widget id=hootkit-notice-4] This “How to” shows you how to use the […]
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Due to Covid 19 we were unable to take & schedule (Microsoft) exams at your local test centre. Last week I called a local test center if it’s possible again to schedule exams again. They responded that it was possible again, keeping the 1.5 meter distance and other rules in mind. Next week I’m going […]
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Recently I needed an easy function to add additional servers roles on several IaaS virtual machines on a customer platform. This is how I accomplished this. For this example I’m going to install the IIS server role, it works for other roles ofcourse. I’ve created an simple powershell script with the following content :
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In my previous blog post I described how to deploy an VM using DevOps, fast and simple. But ofcourse you don’t want to store secrets in parameters files! Open your parameter file and search for adminPassword. It should look something like:
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"adminPassword": { "value": "This1sReallyReallyNotMyP@ssw0rd!" }, |
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"adminPassword": { "reference": { "keyVault": { "id": "/subscriptions/<subscrcode>/resourceGroups/<rgkv>/providers/Microsoft.KeyVault/vaults/kvName" }, "secretName": "YourAdministratorPasswordAndthenameofyoursecret" } }, |
subscrcode = the code of […]
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Recently someone asked me how to deploy an Azure service using Azure DevOps. In this Blog Post a simple howto how to deploy a virtual machine on Azure using DevOps. Step 1 Create an ARM template For this first step create an IaaS VM with all the settings you need. Notice in the final step […]
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Due to the Corona virus Microsoft Build is tranformed into a 2 day virtual event which you can join for free! Here’s a little more of what you can expect at Build this year: Two days of continuous learning in your time zone: Attend sessions, talks and demos carefully chosen to help developers be productive wherever you […]
Are you still manually assigning licenses to users and are users complaining they didn’t have a license or maybe the wrong license? Use the following steps to assign the right licenses (Office 365, Intune, etc) to your users : Sign in to your Office 365 enviroment and go to admin/Azure Active Directory (or go directly […]
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