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Pause Idle Azure SQL Data Warehouse Instances

Azure SQL Data Warehouse (SQL DW) instances are quite expensive to keep running, so it makes sense...

Author: James R Tabor Date: 11/20/2017

Resize Azure VMs in bulk

If you need to do a bulk update of VM sizes from one type to another to take advantage of new...

Author: James R Tabor Date: 10/30/2017

Azure VMs - Active Directory members and getting time sync (ntp) right

I've recently had this question asked of me multiple times recently. "If a VM in Azure is a member...

Author: James R Tabor Date: 10/28/2017

Using OMS and Runbooks to update VMs when they're down

The aim of this post is to enable a powershell Azure Automation runbook to be fired when a VM is...

Author: James R Tabor Date: 07/25/2017

Make practical use of NSG Flow Logs for troubleshooting

So, you've found the new Azure Network Watcher features. Cool, now I can start getting some real...

Author: James R Tabor Date: 07/07/2017

Get Azure PaaS Endpoint IPs

I've had a few situations where people are trying to find out the public IP Addresses for their own...

Author: James R Tabor Date: 07/03/2017

Log results from Azure Automation Runbooks directly to OMS

An easy way to keep track of Azure Automation runbook operations is to create log entries to OMS...

Author: James R Tabor Date: 06/21/2017

Transition Azure Automation schedules from one Runbook to another

So you've spent a great deal of time setting up all the schedules for an Azure Automation Runbook...

Author: James R Tabor Date: 06/14/2017

Export Available Azure VM Sizes for all locations

I wanted to share a quick post with a script I seem to use all the time to get a spreadsheet with...

Author: James R Tabor Date: 05/16/2017

Using Azure Automation and SharePoint Online lists to schedule VM start-up and shutdown

To make the most efficient use of Public cloud you need to ensure your servers are only running when...

Author: James R Tabor Date: 05/15/2017

Extract Azure ARM resource counts and quota information

This script can be used to export all providers and resource type counts to a csv file along with...

Author: James R Tabor Date: 04/10/2017

Setting it up: SharePoint Online Lists with Azure Automation

To integrate SharePoint Online with Azure Automation (and Powershell scripts), I've used a fantastic...

Author: James R Tabor Date: 04/07/2017

Assign Multiple Azure AD users to multiple roles in multiple subscriptions using Powershell

This is an interactive Azure Powershell script that allows you to add multiple users to multiple...

Author: James R Tabor Date: 03/28/2017