Retirement Announcement - Migrate your cloud services to the new Cloud Services (extended support) deployment model before 31 August 2024
On 31 August 2024, we'll retire the Cloud Services (classic) deployment model. Before that date, you'll need to migrate your services that were deployed using this model to Cloud Services (extended support) in Azure Resource Manager, which provides new…
Received an e-mail from Microsoft Azure saying that we cancelled our subscription
Received an e-mail from Microsoft Azure saying that we cancelled our subscription and they have disabled our services. I need to do what to do about this, because we don't want our data to be deleted
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Parallel copy of files on multiple servers
I want to copy all the files in a folder called test from ServerA to multiple Servers. I am using command like below, however it is not copying the files: Executing the below script from ServerA $serverlist = New-PSSession -ComputerName ( Get-Content…
how to transform a virtual machine for container instances
We´re a journey to the cloud i would like to know how to migrate from vmware virtual machine to container instances
Issues while writing into bad_records path in Databricks
Hello All, I would like to get your inputs with a scenario that I see while writing into the bad_records file. I am reading a ‘Ԓ’ delimited CSV file based on a schema that I have already defined. I have enabled error handling while reading the file to…
How to read text from custom object labeled image
in vision studio we can do the image object labeling, classification, OCR etc... is there any service which does the combination of Object Labeling and OCR? i mean, find specific areas using custom object labeling and then read the text only from labeled…
Can Azure Active Directory or Entra ID be used to move an existing AD domain to the cloud?
I am interested in moving an existing Active Directory forest into the cloud - gradually over time and without disjoining Windows desktops and notebooks... The scenario involves a single existing on-premise Windows Server 2012 that is a DC that currently…
Unexpected truncation error when inserting from UTF8 to non-UTF8 collation
I believe I am hitting a bug with moving data from a UTF8 to a non-UTF8 collations in SQL Server 2022 CU13 (running under Linux but assuming for now this issue is not related). The issue is that MSSQL appears to be determining the width of a string for…
Issues with update 22H2
I had an issue with my laptop's HDD showing 100% usage. I thought it might be a virus, so I decided to format my computer. Now everything is fine with a clean Windows installation and some of the programs already installed, the disk usage doesn't go…
Looking in message tracking logs does not show message which is received
Goodday, We have a hybrid environment. The mail flow is as described: 1/ Incoming message passes the first antispam server 2/ then it is sent to the on-prem Exchange Server 3/ on-prem we see that the message has been sent via the…
Query on SQL Server HA and DR
Hi All, we have configured sql server always on failover cluster (two nodes) and both DB nodes are hosted on same DC. Application is using Listener IP to connect DB. HA: Avoid service impact during planned or unplanned events DR: Business continuity As…
SQL Server Backup and Restore
Hi All, Currently we are taking two backups for the same DB - one from sql agent (custom script without copy_only option) and another one from third party backup tool (without copy_only). The backup strategy is same for both. .. Full backup: every day…
Azure Synapse fails to load Lake Databases (500 error)
When loading a Synapse workspace, it sits at "loading resources" for awhile and eventually errors with a 500 for lake databases. The error is not particularly helpful. Any ideas on how I could potentially determine if it's a single data lake…
Add-SPO error on custom theme
Hi, I'm trying to add a custom color theme to a corporate SharePoint Online environment. Following a couple of YouTube videos led me to the code below. However, when I run using PowerShell IDE or SharePoint Online Management Shell I get the following…
HTTPs Listener
Hi All, We have an HTTPs server application written in C# with .Net Framework 4.7. The application uses HTTPs Listener class to listen to incoming HTTPs requests. In order to make HTTPs server work, we bind the certificate 'Thumbprint' in a batch file…
Get Global Primary details from All the replicas in Distributed AlwaysOn
In Distributed AlwaysOn, I could not find any DMVs in SQL Server which could provide the details about Global Primary from replicas in Forwarder side (both Primary Forwarder and its local replicas). Is there a way to at-least pull the Global Primary…
Unable to reschedule Microsoft Fabric exam
While I'm trying to attempt Microsoft Fabric exam the Pearson vue didn't allow me for test due to some connectivity issue. Proctor told he will initiate the reschedule option. But I didn't get the option in my account for reschedule. Please help me out…
How can I change (and lock?) the default Authentication Method for users to Authenticator app?
Hey all We currently have the Authenticator App and the SMS messages methods available for Authentication Methods. I'm hoping that I could make the default method the Authenticator App and ideally lock it to be the Authenticator app but perhaps leave the…
Cannot abandon Azure B2C Organization after deleting the service
Hello, Some tome ago, I created an Azure B2C instance. I added my Azure user as administrator. I think I made a mistake, and somehow deleted the Azure B2C instance but the tenant keep existing and my user is still linked to that tenant's…