This was a fun one. I’ve been using Let’s Encrypt for free certificates on a lot of the websites we have hosted in Azure, and the Let’s Encrypt extension is awesome at managing all of that. As part of some transient fault tolerance I also use a couple app settings to cache everything on local […]
Read More →Just encrypt the virtual machine Azure
Ran into an issue trying to encrypt the disks of a new VM in Azure. After running the cmdlet to encrypt the disks the vm would reboot and then Azure would stop it. Never figured out why, I ended up rebuilding it with new disks and creating a new script from a different Azure doc. […]
Read More →Change event log properties with powershell
I have some specifics requirements for the Windows event logs on Azure VMs. This comes form the need to offload IO, save the event logs somewhere, and archive them instead of overwriting. Yes, I have a SIEM but I have reasons. Anyway, for anyone else that needs to change the following properties: Log Path Archive […]
Read More →Failed to invite guest user to Azure AD/Subscription even as an admin/owner role
Had an interesting issue that was relatively simple to resolve, albeit obscure. I was trying to invite some users outside our directory as contributors to a subscription. My user is a global admin and admin of the subscription I was trying to invite the users to. But when I tried to invite I got a […]
Read More →Stumbling through the new Azure Cloud Shell to add reverse DNS to a public IP
I’d stumbled onto the new shell one day in Azure before the big MS Build announcement but stupidly thought it was just for Linux based stuff or something. It doesn’t even have powershell. Then the MS build announcement came and I learned it’s not just for linux hackers (anyone using nix obviously hacks 😛 ). […]
Read More →Before deleting the email account containing your personal mail, contacts, and calendar data, you must create a new location for your data
Stupid error.?If you cannot remove the email address in Outlook 2016 with the error below, remove the profile instead. Right click on start menu Open Control Panel Find/Open Mail Click on Profiles Remove the profile Click ok and close Open Mail again Add a new profile
Read More →How to beat data caps
Data caps suck, especially if you work from home. That’s why I dedicated some time to finding a way to get fast internet, without the caps.?I recently moved from Seattle to Boise. I left Seattle just as Xfinity was beginning to monitor data caps. There was a limit of 1TB on my 250Mbs down 30Mbs […]
Read More →Get all the custom domains of an Azure web app
Another one of those “this would be easier with PowerShell” moments. Maybe I’m becoming a real sys admin 🙂 I have an Azure app with a lot of custom domain names added to it and I needed to get those hostnames in a list. Using the web portal I could try and copy and paste […]
Read More →Block hhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh@mailinator.com phishing attempt in Office 365
A phishing attempt is spreading very quickly online. It is an email that looks very legit sharing a google doc. It usually comes from a trusted source since it is spreading via Gmail’s contact list. I even got hit with one at work.?I wasn’t expecting any shared google docs so it raised my eyebrows and […]
Read More →Wells Fargo passwords are not case sensitive – fix it with MFA/2FA
Wells Fargo passwords are not case sensitive but they do offer multi-factor (2 factor) authentication. After enabling, when you login you will get a text message with a code that you need to enter in as well as your password. This is a simple and effective measure to mitigate, and should be something you use […]
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