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Shannon
Dec 18, 20243 min read
Exploratory FinOps Scripts: Azure Disk and Snapshot Information
In my presales role at AHEAD, I focus on the "art of the possible" in customer conversations. We often analyze customers' cloud storage...
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Shannon
Oct 21, 20222 min read
Force WSUS Check-In
If you've been following my blog, you know I often write about the environments I manage for demo purposes. I definitely cut corners and...
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Shannon
Sep 27, 20223 min read
Internet Explorer Automation - Pt. 2 Installing Edge
In my last post, I built out a quick script to remove Internet Explorer from Windows servers. Now that Internet Explorer has effectively...
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Shannon
Sep 25, 20223 min read
Internet Explorer Automation - Pt.1 Removing IE
With Internet Explorer finally retiring after a lengthy 27 year career, it came time for removal within the servers I maintain for demos....
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Shannon
Nov 12, 20212 min read
Change Display Name AAD Tenant
Now that I have your attention, I figured something out today that was surprisingly easy. When I set up my Azure Active Directory tenant...
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Shannon
Oct 7, 20216 min read
Automatically Roll Over Kerberos Decryption Key with AAD Seamless Single Sign-On
When it comes to Azure, Azure Active Directory is usually one of the easiest services to spin up quickly. Overall, integration into the...
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Shannon
Sep 22, 20212 min read
ConvertFrom-SecureString Explained!
Hey folks! As you find yourself doing more and more with PowerShell, you may want to automate some tasks on servers you're running...
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Shannon
Sep 14, 20212 min read
Grab All Installed Applications via PowerShell!
I usually have a number of computers I use on a regular basis. Occasionally, I decide to completely reimage my Windows machines because I...
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Shannon
Sep 5, 20212 min read
Change All Windows Servers to TLS 1.2 with PowerShell!
Hey friends! After I posted my last blog article, I figured folks may want a quick way to change TLS to 1.2 for all Windows servers...
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Shannon
Jul 8, 20212 min read
How to use Key Vault for ARM Template Deployments
Something I always felt wasn't called out well is how to use Key Vault secrets with ARM Templates. The Azure Quickstart Repository on...
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Shannon
Jul 6, 20212 min read
Use PowerShell to Build an ARM Template as a Job
A random question sort of pushed itself into view recently: can you submit an ARM Template build as a job? Did you know you can? There...
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Shannon
Jul 3, 20213 min read
Noodling with Bicep
Now that I have your attention, know I've started digging into Bicep. It only makes sense, as I'm pretty deep into ARM Templates and...
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Shannon
Mar 21, 20214 min read
Switch Log Analytics Permissions Model
So far, this series has consisted of the previous blog posts: Log Analytics Design and Access Create Inventory of Existing Log Analytics...
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Shannon
Mar 14, 20215 min read
Create Inventory of Existing Log Analytics Workspaces
Seeing cloud adoption gain traction over the years has always put a smile on my face. Customers have made some successful migrations and...
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Shannon
Jan 25, 20212 min read
Azure PowerShell - Complete Uninstall to Reinstall
I know a lot of us are using more command line based tools these days. Azure PowerShell is one of the tools I tend to use often if I need...
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Shannon
Jan 16, 20213 min read
Use Multiple Terminals - Visual Studio Code
As someone who is writing more and more code, I have been trying to embrace Visual Studio Code (VS Code) over Visual Studio (I can hear...
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