Automating #Azure VM stop and start

This is an old topic, but at the same time a big ask for Azure IaaS deployments. It would be great to be able to start and stop Virtual Machines based on a weekly schedule, and let’s add the option to run a specific script before shutdown or after startup. I just published an automation […]

#Azure and #MSOMS notable updates week 33/17

Azure Azure Event Grid is not in public preview. With Azure Event Grid, you can subscribe to any event that is happening across your Azure resources and react using serverless platforms like Functions, Logic Apps, Azure Automation and anything that has a web hook interface. Azure Data Catalog support for relationships and related data assets, […]

#Azure and #MSOMS notable updates week 32/17

Azure Data Management Gateway – High Availability and Scalability Preview SQL Server Management Studio gets extensions for AzureAD with MFA authentication App Service now has its own Jenkins plugin OMS And here we go, the new search language is ready. My advice: switch as soon as you can. System Center New ATA Management Pack version […]

Executing #SCOM Tasks on a Management Server

Now, it’s been really a long time since I last posted on Management Pack development. The fact is there’s not much to add to the great information you can find on the net. But with our recent migration to SCOM 2016 I had to put hands to very old custom management packs, some of them […]

#Azure and #MSOMS notable updates week 31/17

Azure You may have noticed it. Azure AD is testing a new signin experience, The goal here is to converge Microsoft Account and Azure AD signin experience. The most notable difference, apart from graphics, is the signin is now a two steps process, on the first page you enter the account name and on the […]