Install Azure Virtual Machine Agent
The Azure Virtual Machine Agent is required for the machine interaction to the Azure Fabric Controller. The VM Agent has a primary role in enabling and executing [...]
Cannot Stop or Start Azure VM
Your Azure Virtual Machine hung while rebooting or stopping/deallocating. You cannot start or stop the Azure Virtual Machine from the normal portal GUI overview as it [...]
Connect PowerShell to Azure, Office 365, and Teams
Here is a quick reference on how to connect to Azure, Azure AD, Office 365, and Teams with PowerShell. All the modules and steps can become cumbersome [...]
Aquila: Cloud Based SCOM (System Center Operations Manager)
ZDNet is reporting that Microsoft is currently working on "Aquila", a cloud based version of Microsoft's System Center Operations Manager (SCOM). There is no indication at [...]
Setup Email Alerts for O365, Dynamics 365, Sharepoint Online and more.
Here are the steps to setup email alerts for service health incidents and advisories from Microsoft. The Microsoft services available include Defender ATP, Microsoft Forms, Microsoft [...]
Azure Cost Consumption with Power BI
NOTE: Microsoft recently removed the Microsoft Azure Consumption Insights plug-in referred to in this article. It has been replaced with the Azure Cost Managment Connector. Azure [...]
Cannot Remove Domain from Office 365
During a recent migration I encountered an issue deleting a domain from O365 and Azure. In the Microsoft 365 admin center, it displayed some items to [...]
Get Reimbursed for Outages on your Microsoft Online Services
Service Level Agreements for Microsoft Online Services Microsoft provides a service level agreement (SLA) as part of the Microsoft volume licensing agrrement: Download the detailed SLA [...]
Microsoft Flow – Get a push notification when you receive an email from your boss!
Never miss another important email from your boss again with Microsoft Flow! Many people receive a few hundred emails making it hard to keep up and [...]
Azure Files Size, Speed, and Throughput Limits Upgraded!
Azure Files is a fully managed file share in the cloud supporting Windows, Linux, and MacOS. Azure Files uses the industry standard Server Message Block protocol [...]
