Service Endpoints vs. Private Links
When I started to dive into the Azure world I found the difference between Service Endpoints and Private Links confusing. In this post I'd like to clear things up a bit and give a quick overview…
How to fix "Wizard ended permaturely" when installing Azure PowerShell via MSI
Well this sounds like a straight forward task. Download the MSI package, run the installed and done. But there is one tiny obstacle that you may encounter…
How to return a custom HTTP status code using WebAPI 2
When developing a RESTful API we sometimes need to return an HTTP status code that is not included in Microsoft's HttpStatusCode enumeration. For example this is the case for HTTP 423 (Locked) and others. This post will give you an example on how to return such a custom HTTP status…
Manage virtual networks with PowerShell
This is just a quick run-through on how to use Azure PowerShell for Azure VNet management…
How to create an alert rule using PowerShell and Azure CLI
I found it rather difficult to create an alert rule using PowerShell as opposed to using Azure CLI. That's why I thought it is worth a post. I assume there exists a resource group called rg-training and a VM named VM1. In general, an alert rule consists of the following components…
How to assign licenses to groups instead of users
While playing around with the Azure Licenses blade inside Azure Active Directory I was wondering why on earth I am not able to assing licenses to groups. Every time I clicked on Licensed groups and then on + Assign I only saw a list of users, without being able to…
How to configure defaults for the Azure CLI
While using the Azure CLI I found it very frustrating to repeat information like the resource group name and other things over and over again. But luckily Microsoft took care of this…
How to properly pass a SAS token argument to the Azure CLI
While playing around with the Azure CLI and Powershell Core 7.0 I encountered a strange situation, when trying to pass a SAS token to a parameter. This was the offending command az storage blob show --container-name <container name> --name training.txt --account-name <account name> --sas-token…