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Jorge Bernhardt Jorge Bernhardt

Microsoft

2020

Azure Web Apps Deployments
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Azure CLI Azure Cloud Shell Connect-AzAccount Get-AzSubscription
In this post, I want to show you how to create the infrastructure to host a web application. To do this, you will need to at least create two resources: a web application and an App Service plan.
Network Security Groups (NSGs)
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Azure CLI Azure PowerShell Connect-AzAccount Get-AzNetworkInterface
Hi everyone. In this post, I want to show you how to create a network security group (NSG) and security rules using Azure PowerShell and how to associate these security groups with the different available Azure resources.
How to manage DNS records in the Azure Private Zone
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Add-AzPrivateDnsRecordConfig Azure CLI Azure Cloud Shell Azure PowerShell
In a previous post, I showed you how to create a private DNS zone in Azure using PowerShell and Azure CLI. Today I will show you how to manage the DNS records of that area using PowerShell and Azure CLI.
How to reserve an Azure Public IP Range
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Azure CLI Azure Cloud Shell Azure PowerShell Connect-AzAccount
Hi, today I want to talk to you about the Azure public IP prefix. This functionality allows us to have a range of continuous public IPs and thereby simplify the administration of our public endpoints in Azure.
How to create an Azure Private DNS Zone
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Azure CLI Azure PowerShell Connect-AzAccount Get-AzPrivateDnsVirtualNetworkLink
I recently published an article on how to connect VNets using VNet peering; today, I want to show you how to create Azure private DNS zones. These DNS zones can be shared between virtual networks and simplify cross-network and service-discovery scenarios, such as VNet peering.
How to check the size of the Active Directory Database
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Active Directory Active Directory Database Microsoft Microsoft Windows
The size of the active directory database on a domain controller is the size of the NTDS.dit file. This size may vary between domain controllers in the same domain, due to non-replicated changes, differences with non-replicated data, and white-space from purge objects.
Azure Spot VMs Explained
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Add-AzVMNetworkInterface Azure PowerShell Connect-AzAccount Get-AzSubscription
Hello, I want to talk to you about Azure Spot virtual machines. Although this functionality is currently in a public preview, I find it an exciting alternative to save money in dev/test environments but not in production environments.
Connect Azure VNets using VNet Peering
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Add-AzVirtualNetworkPeering Azure PowerShell Connect-AzAccount Get-AzSubscription
Hello everyone, and happy new year. In the year’s first post, I want to show you how to interconnect Azure Virtual Networks using VNet Peering. Once peered, the VNets appear as one network, and all VMs in the peered VNets can communicate with each other directly.

2019

Azure Storage: Managing containers and blobs
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Azure PowerShell Connect-AzAccount Get-AzStorageAccountKey Get-AzStorageBlob
Hello everyone, in this post, I want to show you the Azure PowerShell commands that I have been collecting to manage containers and blobs in the Azure Storage service. Prerequisites
How to change the attribute ms-DS-MachineAccountQuota
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Active Directory ADSIEDIT Get-ADObject Microsoft
By default, In the Microsoft Active Directory, members of the authenticated user group can join up to 10 computer accounts in the domain. This value is defined in the attribute ms-DS-MachineAccountQuota on the domain-DNS object for a domain.
How to create an Azure Availability Set
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Azure CLI Azure Cloud Shell Azure PowerShell Connect-AzAccount
An Azure availability set is a group with two or more virtual machines in the same data center, their implementation ensures that at least one of the virtual machines hosted in the availability set will be available during a host update event or a failure in the host’s physical hardware.
How to map a Network Drive to an Azure File Share
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Azure PowerShell cmdkey Connect-AzAccount ConvertTo-SecureString
In a previous post, I explained how to create an Azure file share. Today, I want to show you how to connect and mount an Azure file share with Azure PowerShell.
Passed Microsoft Exam MS-900: Microsoft 365 Fundamentals
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Certification Certifications Microsoft Microsoft 365
This week I took - and passed - the Microsoft exam MS-900: Microsoft 365 Fundamentals. This is my last certification badge for this year, but I have already planned the exams that I will take next year.
Passed Microsoft Exam 70-537 Configuring and Operating a Hybrid Cloud with Microsoft Azure Stack
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Azure Stack Certification Certifications Microsoft
Yesterday, I passed the Microsoft 70-537 exam: Configuring and operating a hybrid cloud with Microsoft Azure Stack. This exam will be retired soon, but I had a particular interest in validating my knowledge on this topic.
How to Create an Azure File Share
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AZ Azure CLI Azure Cloud Shell Azure PowerShell
Azure File Service offers managed file shares in the cloud accessible via the standard Server Message Block (SMB) protocol. This allows you to create one or more files shared in the cloud and use the share as a normal Windows file server.
How to Collect Information from Domain Controllers
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Active Directory dcdiag.exe Get-ADDomain Get-ADDomainController
Recently I have needed to collect information from domain controllers to generate a pre-migration report. To perform this task, I used different tools available on Windows Server. Today, in this post, I will show you how to collect information from domain controllers using a PowerShell script and command-line tools such as DCDIAG and NLTEST.
How to generate an Azure VM RDP file
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Connect-AzAccount Get-AzRemoteDesktopFile Get-AzSubscription Get-AzVM
Hi everyone, today I want to show you how to generate an Azure VM RDP file, either for a single virtual machine or for all the VMs in a resource group.
Windows 10: Turn Off Microsoft Consumer Experiences
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GPO Microsoft Microsoft Windows Registry
Windows 10 automatically installs some games, third-party apps and application links from the Windows Store for the signed-in user. In this post, I want to show how to prevent them from being installed, enabling the Group Policy setting: Turn Off Microsoft Consumer Experiences, using the group policy editor or the registry editor.
Azure Disks Performance Tests: Ultra Disks compared
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DiskSpd Microsoft Microsoft Azure Storage
In a previous post, I showed you how to implement the new Azure Ultra Disks. Today, I want to show you how fast they really are by running performance tests and comparing them with the other disks available in Azure.
How to relocate Hyper-V VM files to another location
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Microsoft Microsoft Windows Move-VMStorage Storage
Either because your storage device begins to run out of space, or you simply need to reorganize the files of your virtual machines it is often necessary to move the storage of our virtual machines to a new location.