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Azure Backup Reports

Azure Backup Reports A new feature is in public preview, the Azure Backup Reports. Now we can have the Azure Backup Reports at the OMS Workspace, Event Hub and Power Bi. You can use Power BI to view report dashboard, download reports and create custom reports The configuration has two steps, one to configure the Azure Backup Reports connection with each service and the other is to get the data at each service. First go to a Recovery Services vault and select Backup Reports. Next press the Config

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Azure Backup Email Notification

I was looking for a free solution to have an email notifications for Azure backup. After reading other blogs and technet site I end up to use PowerShell Send-MailMessage attached to the Azure Backup Logs. In short, when the Azure Backup log is created, the script lists the last 2 days events, creates an html file and mails the report with the html as attachment to you.   First find the Azure backup Event Log, it under “Applications and Services Logs, CloudBackup, Operational” and select to att

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Azure Backup | Enable backup alert notifications

Azure Backup | Enable backup alert notifications Azure Backup generates alerts for all backup events, such as unsuccessful backups. A new option is to create backup alert notifications so Azure Backup will alert you firing an email when an alert is generated. To enable the backup alert notifications, navigate to the “Backup Alerts” section of the “recovery Services vault” and click the “Configure notifications” There switch the Email notification to On to enable the alerts. Enter one or more re

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Azure App Service, get data from on-premises databases securely

Azure App Service, get data from on-premises databases securely There are many scenarios where we want to have the Web Application on the Cloud but on the other hand, due to various limitations, the database stays on-premises. Azure has a service, called Azure Hybrid Connections, that allows the Web App to connect to on-premises databases, using internal IP address or the database server host name, without a complex VPN setup. The Connection diagram I have tested the connection with Microsoft S

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Azure App Service, get data from on-premises databases securely

Azure App Service, get data from on-premises databases securely There are many scenarios where we want to have the Web Application on the Cloud but on the other hand, due to various limitations, the database stays on-premises. Azure has a service, called Azure Hybrid Connections, that allows the Web App to connect to on-premises databases, using internal IP address or the database server host name, without a complex VPN setup. The Connection diagram I have tested the connection with Microsoft S

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Azure AD | Secure Web Application Publishing

Azure AD | Secure Web Application Publishing Application Publishing Azure Active Directory Application Proxy is a very easy and secure way for web application publishing using the extremely secure Azure AD authentication mechanism. There are a tone of features, like SSO and 2 Factor Authentication. But lets see the basic here. You have a web application that you are using internal to your network, not even https, or you have developed a web application and you want an easy and safe way to publis

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Auto-Shutdown Hyper-V free with UPS

<h1>Auto-Shutdown Hyper-V free with USB UPS</h1> <p>Recently i installed a Hyper-V 2012 R2 server (the free version) but my UPS doesn’t support Windows Core. No problem, we have PowerShell!! after some search on various sites – blogs – etc i end up creating the following script. It checks the battery status every 3 minutes, using WMI and when the battery drops below 50% is sends the shutdown signal. As long as you set the VMs to save on shutdown you are OK!</p> <p>I

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Auto Start/Stop an Azure VM (ARM)

Auto Start/Stop an Azure VM (ARM) For Azure VMs that are not needed to be running 24/7, we can use Azure Automation to schedule automatic Stop (Deallocate) and Start. First ensure to reserve resources if needed, such as the Private and the Public IP. Now lets see how we will Auto Start/Stop an Azure VM (ARM). First create an Automation Account, go to the Azure Portal, expand more services and search for automation. Then click the “Automation Accounts” At the Automation Accounts press “Add” At

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Athens Azure Bootcamp Presentation

Thank you all for participating at my session today at Athens Azure Bootcamp, about how to Protect your data with a modern backup, archive and disaster recovery solution.     Bad things happen, even to good people. Protect yourself and avoid costly business interruptions by implementing a modern backup, archive and disaster recovery strategy. See how you can securely extend your on-premises backup storage and data archive solutions to the cloud to reduce cost and complexity, while achieving

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ASC | Remediate security recommendations in 1 click

<h1>Azure Security Center</h1> <h2>Remediate security recommendations in 1 click</h2> <p>Azure Security Center provides unified security management and advanced threat protection across hybrid cloud workloads. Using advanced analytics, it helps you detect potentially malicious activity across your hybrid cloud workloads, and recommends potential remediation steps, which you can then evaluate, and take the necessary action.</p> <p id="DLQOMZB"><img cla

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Application security groups

Application Security Groups to simplify your Azure VMs network security Application Security Groups helps to manage the security of the Azure Virtual Machines by grouping them according the applications that runs on them. It is a feature that allows the application-centric use of Network Security Groups. An example is always the best way to better understand a feature. So let’s say that in a Subnet we have some Web Servers and some Database Servers. The access rules of the Subnet’s Network Secu

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Alter the Office 365 DirSync Schedule

The DirSync by default runs every three hours. And you will realized that there is no GUI way to change that. To change the sync interval we need to change a configuration file. 1. Go to the below directory on your DirSync Server: C:\Program Files\WindowsAzureActiveDirectorySync (there are two similar directories, one with spaces between the words and one without. We want the one without spaces) Here we will find the main executable of the DirSync Scheduler, the “Microsoft.Online.DirSync.Schedul

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Add multiple managed disks to Azure RM VM

Add multiple managed disks to Azure RM VM In this post I have created a PowerShell script to help add multiple managed disks to an Azure RM Virtual Machine. The script to add multiple managed disks will prompt you to login to an Azure RM account, then it will query the subscriptions and ask you to select the desired. After that it will query the available VMs and promt to select the target VM from the VM list. At this point I am checking the OS disk and define the storage type of the data disk.

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Add AlwaysOn AG to SQL Failover Cluster Instance (Page 3)

SQL Failover Cluster with AlwaysOn Availability Groups   Πάμε τώρα για το τελευταίο κομμάτι του lab, να προσθέσουμε AlwaysOn Availability Group στο υπάρχον SQL WSFC. Windows Server 2012 R2 Failover Cluster with FreeNAS 9.3 (Page 1, Page 2) Microsoft SQL 2012 on Failover Cluster (Page 1, Page 2, Page 3) Add AlwaysOn AG to SQL Failover Cluster Instance (Page 1, Page 2, Page 3) Add AlwaysOn AG to SQL Failover Cluster Instance (Page 3)   Στην καρτέλα validation αγνοούμε το warning για τ

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Add AlwaysOn AG to SQL Failover Cluster Instance (Page 2)

SQL Failover Cluster with AlwaysOn Availability Groups   Πάμε τώρα για το τελευταίο κομμάτι του lab, να προσθέσουμε AlwaysOn Availability Group στο υπάρχον SQL WSFC. Windows Server 2012 R2 Failover Cluster with FreeNAS 9.3 (Page 1, Page 2) Microsoft SQL 2012 on Failover Cluster (Page 1, Page 2, Page 3) Add AlwaysOn AG to SQL Failover Cluster Instance (Page 1, Page 2, Page 3) Add AlwaysOn AG to SQL Failover Cluster Instance (Page 2)   Επίσης σε αυτό το σημείο να αναφέρω ότι επειδή χρ

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Add AlwaysOn AG to SQL Failover Cluster Instance

SQL Failover Cluster with AlwaysOn Availability Groups Πάμε τώρα για το τελευταίο κομμάτι του lab, να προσθέσουμε AlwaysOn Availability Group στο υπάρχον SQL WSFC. Windows Server 2012 R2 Failover Cluster with FreeNAS 9.3 (Page 1, Page 2) Microsoft SQL 2012 on Failover Cluster (Page 1, Page 2, Page 3) Add AlwaysOn AG to SQL Failover Cluster Instance (Page 1, Page 2, Page 3) Add AlwaysOn AG to SQL Failover Cluster Instance (Page 1) Για αρχή πρέπει να ενεργοποιήσουμε το “AlwaysOn High Avail

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Add AlwaysOn AG to SQL Failover Cluster Instance

SQL Failover Cluster with AlwaysOn Availability Groups Πάμε τώρα για το τελευταίο κομμάτι του lab, να προσθέσουμε AlwaysOn Availability Group στο υπάρχον SQL WSFC. Windows Server 2012 R2 Failover Cluster with FreeNAS 9.3 Microsoft SQL 2012 on Failover Cluster Add AlwaysOn AG to SQL Failover Cluster Instance Add AlwaysOn AG to SQL Failover Cluster Instance […] The post Add AlwaysOn AG to SQL Failover Cluster Instance appeared first on Proxima's IT Corner. Source

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