Microsoft Azure There is a new way to reference managed identity in ARM template I have been using managed identity (aka Managed Service Identity - MSI) in Azure for several years now. It's a best practice and a very convenient way to
Microsoft Azure How to refer an Azure Key Vault secret in an Azure Resource Manager deployment template We live in a world where data and security is not to be taken lightly. Having to create or maintain a system that enable you to keep secrets and/or
Community I am giving two Azure sessions at DevTeach Montreal DevCon 2016 It's with great pleasure that I will present 2 sessions at DevTeach Montreal this year (2016) DevTeach Montreal DevCon July 4-8, 2016 http://www.devteach.com/ I will speak about ARM and automation on Azure (No surprises here!) Here is the detail
Microsoft Azure Create an Azure Key Vault using an ARM template (api version 2015-06-01) and Azure PowerShell v1.0.4 We live in a world where data and security is not to be taken lightly. Having to create or maintain a system that enable you to keep secrets and/or
Microsoft Azure Best practices: How to handle sensitive data in Azure Resource Manager templates using Key Vault Have you ever wondered how you could land in the DevOps world of Config-as-Code without storing configuration secrets (e.g. passwords) as plain text in source control? In this series
Microsoft Azure How to use ARM Explorer to capture your own custom virtual machine image under Azure Resource Manager You have a v2 Azure Virtual Machine that has been generalized and are ready to capture it using ARM Explorer? All right, buckle your seat belt and follow this guide,
Microsoft Azure How to use Azure PowerShell v1.0.x to capture your own custom virtual machine image under Azure Resource Manager You have a v2 Azure Virtual Machine that has been generalized and are ready to capture it using Azure PowerShell v1.0.x? All right, buckle your seat belt and
Microsoft Azure How to use Azure PowerShell v0.9.x to capture your own custom virtual machine image under Azure Resource Manager You have a v2 Azure Virtual Machine that has been generalized and are ready to capture it using Azure PowerShell v0.9.x? All right, buckle your seat belt and
PowerShell Step by Step: How to capture your own custom virtual machine image under Azure Resource Manager The IaaS v2 resource providers (Microsoft.Compute, Microsoft.Network & Microsoft.Storage) have been around for several months now and you may have wondered how to use your own custom
Microsoft Azure Use uniqueString() function to generate unique names for resources in ARM template When playing with ARM templates in a team, you need a way to come up with unique names for your DNS dependent resources on Azure like storage accounts and public
PowerShell PowerShell 1.0.0-Preview is here... Switch-AzureMode is dead, at last! Azure PowerShell 1.0.0-preview is now available. It is in this version that the trigger is being pulled on Switch-AzureMode. Pow! Terminated! Gone!! Starting in version 1.0.0
Microsoft Azure How to create a virtual machine from a custom image using an ARM template Wish you could deploy your own virtual machines from a custom image (specialized or generalized) using an Azure Resource Manager template? He're is how to do it... Prerequisites
PowerShell How to create a virtual machine from a custom image using ARM and Azure PowerShell v0.9.x You love PowerShell, have a custom VM image (specialized or generalized) and you want to create a new virtual machine from it under Azure Resource Manager API? You're
Microsoft Azure Speaker session: Azure Resource Manager templates: improve deployment time and reusability I am very proud that my session named: Azure Resource Manager templates: improve deployment time and reusability has been selected for the COLLAB365 event in October this year (2015) Drastically
PowerShell Switch-AzureMode deprecation - Prepare yourself for the migration ahead The signal of the transition between ASM (Azure Service Management) to ARM (Azure Resource Management) APIs have been given not long ago with the recent deprecation of the Switch-AzureMode cmdlet in v0.9.2 of the Azure PowerShell cmdlets. Switch-AzureMode is now deprecated in
