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Azure large file shares now available: How and where to use them

Oct 21, 2019 | Azure | 0 |

New Azure large file shares are now available for file shares up to 100 TiB.

Server AntiVirus Exclusions in Configuration Manager

Oct 19, 2019 | Hyper-V, SCCM, System Center, Windows Server | 0 |

One of the reasons why I really like System Center Endpoint Protection is its ease of management....

6 Things I’ve Learned about Azure Storage

Oct 3, 2019 | Azure | 0 |

Here is a list of 6 things to know about Azure storage services from the Rickatron.

PowerShell your way to upgrading storage accounts

Sep 24, 2019 | Azure | 0 |

In this blog post, Rickatron shows a simple PowerShell script that will upgrade storage accounts to V2.

The case of Low Disk Space caused by Goto Meeting – #MVPHour

Sep 17, 2019 | Scripts, Windows 10 | 0 |

Hey Checkyourlogs Fans, Usually, I would post about more technical topics, but this one is...

The Case of Partitioned Networks after Networking Changes in #AzureStackHCI

Sep 16, 2019 | HyperConverged, S2D | 0 |

Hey Checkyourlogs Fans, First off if you haven’t had a chance make sure you come and join us...

The Case of the Other (Unplanned) Shutdown in #AzureStackHCI

Sep 16, 2019 | HyperConverged, S2D, Windows Server | 1 |

Hey Checkyourlogs Fans, Today, I was working with a customer, and I hit a known bug in Windows...

Critical Patch Tuesday for 2-Node #AzureStackHCI Customers

Sep 16, 2019 | HyperConverged, S2D, Uncategorized | 2 |

Hey Checkyourlogs Fans, It is that time of the month again for patching our Production Clusters....

Creating Azure Advisor Alerts? Let’s Do It!

Sep 13, 2019 | Azure | 0 |

In this post, Rickatron turns on an additional Azure Advisor service – alerts. See how they are set up.

The Case of Expanding a Full – Azure Stack HCI Nested Resilient Volume – #AzureStackHCI #S2D

Sep 12, 2019 | S2D | 0 |

Hey Checkyourlogs Fans, Today, I had a call from a customer that had a full volume on one of their...

Azure Security Center Threat Protection: Visibility for Storage Account Access

Sep 6, 2019 | Azure | 0 |

Azure Security Center provides additional visibility into many Azure services. In this post, Rickatron takes a look at how to handle Alerts.

How to: Set network access for storage accounts in Azure

Sep 4, 2019 | Azure | 0 |

Setting network access (Internet and Azure VNET) for storage accounts is a good idea. In this post, the Rickatron outlines the how-to.

Microsoft Renews Calls for Password-less Authentication

Aug 26, 2019 | Azure, Uncategorized, Windows 10, Windows Server | 0 |

Microsoft recently released a whitepaper on password-less authentication, and it presents a good...

Use Azure Storage Metrics to get Answers

Aug 24, 2019 | Azure | 1 |

Metrics are a great way to have quantification for Azure storage accounts. Rick Vanover tours this capability.

The Case of Failing Veeam Replicas – The RPC Function Call failed Function Name [InvokeTestConnection]

Aug 23, 2019 | Veeam | 1 |

A quick post for you here tonight. I have been having some issues with some of my Replica jobs failing over the past few weeks with the following error message.

Failed to process task Error: The RPC server is unavailable.
RPC Function call failed. Function Name [InvokerTestConnection]

Enable Azure Security Center for Storage Accounts

Aug 19, 2019 | Azure | 0 |

If you saw the post last week about the Azure Blueprints and some others, you will know I’ve been...

Thinking About Upgrading Azure Storage Account Configuration Options? Read This.

Aug 19, 2019 | Azure | 0 |

Azure releases new services all the time. Sometimes, individual services have new versions and upgrades. Let’s have Rick walk through an upgrade from v1 to v2 of general purpose storage account.

Tips to correctly delete Azure resource groups

Aug 16, 2019 | Azure | 0 |

Be sure when you are deleting a resource group – you are doing the right thing. It’s better to be sure than have unused resource groups in the Azure console.

Why, How and Where to use Azure Tags

Aug 15, 2019 | Azure, Scripts | 0 |

Azure tags can be a construct to organize your resources.

Using Azure Blueprints: Implementation best practices to put security first

Aug 14, 2019 | Azure | 0 |

Azure Blueprints can help you implement Azure solutions confidently.

Creating an Azure Budget: A must for test-dev!

Aug 14, 2019 | Azure | 0 |

One of the brightest people I know likes to say that “the cloud is not a charity” and that is true. While I will add that many businesses go to the cloud because it is the right platform for their technology needs, the economics have to part of the process of managing this IT footprint

Restoring your Azure Virtual Machine to an Alternate Location – #MVPHour #AzureBackup

Aug 1, 2019 | Azure | 0 |

Hey Checkyourlogs Fans, Today, we are going to see how easy it is to clone my LAB Virtual Machine...

Azure Mobile App – Should you use it?

Jul 31, 2019 | Azure | 0 |

In a previous post when I highlighted the Azure Advisor, a message that came up on login. The message for Azure Advisor was actually only one of the things that caught my eye on login. The other was an invitation (?) or note to try the Azure mobile app.

What is Azure Blob Soft Delete and Should I use it?

Jul 30, 2019 | Azure | 0 |

In my last post about using the Azure Advisor for a review of services and their configuration used in Azure, I immediately went to address the high impact (or red) recommendations. Naturally, I then was to look at the medium recommendations and one of them caught my eye for one of my storage accounts: “Enable Soft Delete to protect blob data.” This had me thinking, what is soft delete? How and where should it be used. Here is the medium impact recommendation:

Is Azure Advisor Advice Worthwhile? Let’s see…

Jul 29, 2019 | Azure | 0 |

Today when logging in, I had a message about trying Azure Advisor recommendations. Normally, I dismiss login messages, but one thing caught my eye: free. Azure Advisor is a free set of recommendations the provide personalized, best practice information.