Navigating the Azure Skies for Seamless Enterprise VM Migration Introduction In the intricate landscape of enterprise IT, migrating virtual machines (VMs) to Azure is a strategic move that demands careful planning and execution. Azure, with its robust features, offers a reliable platform for hosting enterprise workloads. This step-by-step guide is tailored for IT professionals tasked […]
Azure Virtual Machines (VMs) are a popular service offered by Microsoft Azure that allow users to create, deploy, and manage virtual machines on Azure. In this article, we will discuss how to create an Azure VM using REST API with PowerShell, along with code examples. Prerequisites: Before we get started, make sure you have the
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The most frequent issue developers have to contend with when it comes to securing communication between different services and devices is the management and securement of credentials, keys, certificates, and secrets within their cloud-native applications. However, storing these credentials, secrets, and keys directly within the application code can expose the app to security threats. Removing
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The new Kodi version 20 Nexus has just dropped. I’ve began early stages of transitioning from the super solid Version 19.5 Matrix edition. Major feature updates on Version 20 include upgrades to Subtitling, libretro savestate support, Windows HDR support, and more! I’ve decided to do a fresh upgrade of my kodi install from V19.5 and
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An automation account can be a powerful way to get your environment up and going quickly! Automating repetitive tasks is key to paying back dividends of time in your environment so consider an automation account to schedule out tasks on a time basis or even through a webhook. As a word of caution, make sure
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This weekend I hopped aboard the beta test group train for ChatGPT and put it through its paces for Azure scripting. I am an advocate for automation, in most cases automation can be a plausible solution for mundane repeatable tasks that that most people find boring, to free us up to move on to more
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Azure subscriptions are the foundation of the Azure platform, providing a way for organizations to consume and manage the resources they need to run their workloads. A subscription is a container for Azure resources, such as virtual machines, storage accounts, and virtual networks. It serves as the billing and management boundary for Azure resources, allowing
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The pandemic has caused a new adjustment in the way of working for everyone. Working from home has become the new social normal in the way that we work and conduct business. Instead of a 30 min – 2 hr trip to the office, I have the luxury of rolling out of bed and sludging
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A Storage account is one of the easiest things about azure bicep to deploy into an azure environment. First we’ll need to declare a resource and give it a name. You can call the resource name whatever you like, for this example I’ll use ‘toyfactory’ In the first line of a resource you will see
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Kodi is primarily written and geared towards python users. This obviously makes it very difficult for people that prefer powershell to reference material and attempt to translate it into something understandable in powershell. The code below will demonstrate how you can get a full list of movies in kodi through the use of powershell. First
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