Install Nightly Build of Azure CLI 2.0 on Windows
The Azure PowerShell cmdlets are really first class if you’re wanting to manage Azure with PowerShell. However, they don’t always support the very latest Azure components and features. For example, at...
View ArticleStop, Start or Restart all Web Apps in Azure using PowerShell
Here is a short (and sometimes handy) single line of PowerShell code that can be used to restart all the Azure Web Apps in a subscription: Note: Use this with care if you’re working with production...
View ArticleConfigure Azure SQL Server Automatic Tuning with PowerShell
One thing I’ve found with configuring Azure services using automation (e.g. Azure PowerShell Modules, Azure Resource Manager template) is that the automation features are a little bit behind the...
View ArticleManaging Users & Permissions in Cosmos DB with PowerShell
If you’re just getting started with Cosmos DB, you might not have come across users and permissions in a Cosmos DB database. However, there are certain use cases where managing users and permissions...
View ArticleUse Pester to Test Azure Resource Manager Templates for Best Practices
Recently I came across the amazing Secure DevOps Kit for Azure (AzSK). This contains a really useful AzSK PowerShell Module that contains cmdlets for performing different types of security scanning on...
View ArticleEnable CORS Support in Cosmos DB using PowerShell
Support for Cross-Origin Resource Sharing (CORS) was recently added to Cosmos DB. If you want to enable CORS on an existing Cosmos DB account or create a new Cosmos DB account with CORS enabled it is...
View ArticleAzure Resource Manager Templates Hands-on Lab and #GlobalAzure 2019
Recently I helped organize and present at the 2019 Global Azure Bootcamp in Auckland. The Global Azure Bootcamp is an huge event run by Azure communities throughout the world all on the same day every...
View ArticleEnable AKS Azure Active Directory integration with a Managed Identity from an...
When you’re deploying an Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS) cluster in Azure, it is common that you’ll want to integrate it into Azure Active Directory (AAD) to use it as an authentication provider. The...
View ArticleAKS Announcements Roll-up from Microsoft Ignite 2020
There were a whole lot of announcements around Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS) at Ignite 2020. I thought I’d quickly sum them all up and provide links: Brendan Burn’s post on AKS Updates A great...
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