How to get the creation timestamp of an Azure resource
In this article I describe how to make use of the Azure REST API to retrieve the creation timestamp of any Azure resource. Unfortunately this info is not available via Portal or CLI.…
How to move an Azure VM to another virtual network
So there you are. You created a new VM late at night and didn't pay close attention when hitting enter on that New-AzVM command. Unfortunately it got placed in the wrong virtual network/subnet. "Okay, let's just create another NIC" - you think. But things are not that easy.…
Always Encrypted: Deterministic vs. Randomized
When it comes to securing a SQL server there are severeal things we need to think of. One of this things is the protection of our data in transit and/or at rest by using encryption…
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…
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 opossed to using Azure CLI. That's why I thought its 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…