Azure Resource Manager
Just a quick article to save you the time it took me to realize what exactly was the problem in my template because the error message was not of much help here ;) I exported an Azure template from an existing resource group in the portal. The resulting template had a
PowerShell
A nasty breaking change has slipped into version 1.1.0 of AzureRM.Storage which coincide with the release v1.4.0 of AzureRM module. If you use the return object of the Get-AzureRmStorageAccountKey command you are impacted. This is because the object that was coming out of Get-AzureRmStorageAccountKey was
Microsoft Azure
Not long ago, one of my colleagues asked me how he could automate the purge of an Azure CDN endpoint. I browsed around a bit with him and the only documentation we've found talked about calling the Azure CDN REST API, meaning acquiring a bearer token and all.
PowerShell
Sometimes you make stupid mistakes that cost you a lot of time and today was a day like this. The context We wanted to use a fixed version of the Microsoft.Powershell.DSC VM extension for our Windows virtual machines in our ARM template. We were using version 2.8
PowerShell
Not long ago, one of my colleagues asked me how we could automate an action that was not quite available in the Azure PowerShell cmdlets. Sure we can use Azure REST API, meaning acquiring a bearer token and all, but if I have the choice, I prefer to stay away
Microsoft Azure
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 certificates safe is a challenge in itself. In this particular article we'll see how to refer and inject
Microsoft Azure
Under Azure Resource Manager, resource groups are very helpful to logically hold together a set of resources. For many reasons, at some point, you'll want to get rid of these resources but how can you achieve this and what are the pros and cons of each? You have
Azure Resource Manager
I am glad to present a session on March 3rd 2016 for MITPro (Montreal IT Professional Community) at the Delta Hotel in Montreal. Here is the detail of my session that start at 5h30PM: Deployment with Azure Resource Management templates and GIT Maximize current resources while improving your datacenter flexibility
Community
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 of my sessions: Advanced Azure deployments
Microsoft Azure
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 certificates safe is a challenge in itself. In this particular article we'll see how to create an Azure
Microsoft Azure
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, at the end you should have your captured VHD in your storage account. Step by Step: How to capture your
Microsoft Azure
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 follow this guide, at the end you should have your captured VHD in your storage account. This post assume you