PFE Field Notes

Automations, tips and tricks from the field

Using Azure Automation, OMS and Storage Tables to capture Configuration Data of Azure VMs Part Two

Well it’s been a long time since part one of this blog and much has changed with OMS Log Analytics....

Date: 01/12/2018

Find Azure VMs that are "Shut Down" but not "Deallocated"

As you likely know, if you shut down an azure VM from the operating system, Azure does not...

Date: 10/13/2017

No Extensions! Getting Basic Azure VM Metric Data

If you need to grab some basic performance metrics on an Azure Virtual Machine that doesn't have...

Date: 09/28/2017

Customizing, Exporting and Importing Azure VM Diagnostic Settings

Azure VM Diagnostics on Windows VMs can track more than just the basic performance counters. Through...

Date: 09/06/2017

Using Azure Automation, OMS and Storage Tables to capture Configuration Data of Azure VMs Part One.

Many customers have legacy configuration management database (CMDB) systems that they'd like to...

Date: 08/23/2017

Pass-the-Hash Lab

If you haven't seen how a PtH attack works first hand, I highly recommend this lab. It walks through...

Date: 07/18/2017

Using Azure Automation with Multiple Subscriptions

Azure Automation is very useful for almost every Azure administrator, but it can be challenging to...

Date: 05/26/2017

RDP not working over Azure S2S VPN with Palo Alto

I ran into an interesting issue with a customer this week. We were deploying a route based VPN from...

Date: 05/26/2017

Greenfield Test Environments in Azure

Most IT pros will use and re-use environments for testing anything and everything as well as...

Date: 05/17/2017