PowerShell Using the Azure custom script extension Windows As your team begins to provision and configure more Windows Azure virtual machines (VMs), at some point, you'll get tired of reinventing the wheel. You need automation! In this article, come with me
Microsoft Azure Build the Ghost Blogging Platform in a Microsoft Azure Web App The Ghost blogging platform is a open-source, fast and simpler way to get started blogging than something like Wordpress. If you have a Microsoft Azure subscription and a little bit of time, you can get Ghost running on Azure in no time!
Microsoft Azure How to Host a Static Website in Azure Backed by CloudFlare Hosting a static website in Microsoft Azure is a way to build simple web pages. Coupled with the ability to use your own domain name (custom domain), choosing to use a static website
Azure Virtual Machines How to Remove an Azure Virtual Machine and Cleanup with PowerShell One of the most common uses of the Microsoft Azure cloud for administrators is virtual machines (VMs). It’s easy to create Azure VMs, but it’s not quite as intuitive to remove
Microsoft Azure Easy Azure VM Snapshots with PowerShell Microsoft Azure doesn't have support for traditional virtual machine checkpoints/snapshots. However, using PowerShell, we can build our own.I'm just getting started learning Microsoft's Azure cloud service and was disappointed to find
Microsoft Azure Getting Started with Microsoft Azure's Cloud Shell When you need to get access to a command line console like PowerShell or Bash, where do you go? Chances are, if you're on Windows, you fire up powershell.exe or nowadays even
PowerShell Leveraging PowerShell Automation in The Cloud As part of this cloud transition, it's important to realize that even though you can't see a system it still needs to be managed. Let's talk about PowerShell automation.These days, just about
Microsoft Azure How to Copy Files From an Azure App Service With PowerShell Creating your own tools through PowerShell makes transferring content locally exponentially simpler. Here’s how to do it yourself.Once an Azure app service has been created and all content uploaded, we sometimes
Microsoft Azure Copy-AzureItem: An Easy Way to Copy Files to Azure with PowerShell Learn how to copy files to Azure with this easy-to-use PowerShell function.I’ve been doing a lot of Azure IaaS work via ARM lately in PowerShell. As a result, I’ve unfortunately
PowerShell Core Assigning Permissions to Azure Management APIs with PowerShell Recently I’ve had the opportunity to do some Azure work at my job. In particular, I’ve been trying to learn and automate various actions around Azure API Management Service gateways and
PowerShell Core Automating PowerShell Universal Dashboard Installation in Azure If you know how to write PowerShell and need to build a graphical dashboard representing just about any data, check out PowerShell Universal Dashboard (UD). UD is an intuitive way to build great-looking
Windows PowerShell Building Azure DevTest Labs with PowerShell As of today's writing, the Microsoft Azure PowerShell package of modules version 2.3.2 still has yet to have any real commands to work with Azure DevTest Labs. Pity. However, it's still
Windows PowerShell Connect-AzAccount: Your Gateway To Azure with PowerShell Login-AzAccount, Add-AzAccount or Connect-AzAccount, there appears to be a lot of different ways to authenticate to an Azure subscription if you're using PowerShell!When in Doubt, use Connect-AzAccountWhen I first started working with
Azure Media Getting Started with Azure Video Indexer and PowerShell After building my Pluralsight course Microsoft Azure Cognitive Services: Custom Text to Speech, I've been playing around more with Azure's various APIs. I recently found myself using the Azure Video Indexer and decided
