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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...
Shannon
Dec 18, 20243 min read
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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...
Shannon
Oct 21, 20222 min read
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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...
Shannon
Sep 27, 20223 min read
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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....
Shannon
Sep 25, 20223 min read
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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...
Shannon
Nov 12, 20212 min read
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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...
Shannon
Oct 7, 20216 min read
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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...
Shannon
Sep 22, 20212 min read
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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...
Shannon
Sep 14, 20212 min read
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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...
Shannon
Sep 5, 20212 min read
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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...
Shannon
Jul 8, 20212 min read
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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...
Shannon
Jul 6, 20212 min read
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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...
Shannon
Jul 3, 20213 min read
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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...
Shannon
Mar 21, 20214 min read
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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...
Shannon
Mar 14, 20215 min read
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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...
Shannon
Jan 25, 20212 min read
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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...
Shannon
Jan 16, 20213 min read
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