How to create App Insights Availability Tests with bicep
This article provides bicep-lang templates for Application Insight WebTest resources. More specifically for URL Ping Tests and the new standard Tests…
How to manage PostgreSQL database permissions using Azure AD groups
This article shows how we can control read-only and read-write access to a PostgreSQL database by using Azure AD groups.…
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…