procmon leaves something in place that anti hack software detects
I have licensed software that checks for hacking sw somehow. It got upset when it saw that procmon was running ('monitoring sw running'...) and shut down. When I shutdown procmon and restarted the app it still complained, I had to reboot. Seems like…
Remote Desktop Copy and Paste - Downloads Folder - Security Issue
I'm using the remote desktop app from the app store. With Local Resources Clipboard enabled, it seems to copy files over to your downloads folder without your knowledge. I would like to keep that enabled to copy and paste text but as soon as I hit copy…
Everyone locked out of tenant due to a faulty Conditional Access Policy
We have been locked out of our tenant for almost 2 weeks now due to a faulty Conditional Access policy. During this week, there have been several conversations with a number of Microsoft support technicians, none of which seemed to have an understanding…
Unable to install 2024-04 Cumulative Update for Windows 11 Version 23H2 for x64-based Systems (KB5036893)
i am unable to install the recent update of 2024-04 Cumulative Update for Windows 11 Version 23H2 for x64-based Systems (KB5036893). it shows me error like : Install error - 0x800f081f
sqlcmd fails to connect to azure sql server because of mfa, but active directory says mfa is disabled
I have been following this guide: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-functions/functions-identity-access-azure-sql-with-managed-identity and have reached the step "Grant SQL database access to the managed identity". I have…
Get the Folder GUID using Power Shell
I am trying to get the folder GUID using its URL, i tried this power shell:- #Variables $SiteURL = "https://*****.sharepoint.com" $ServerRelativeUrl= "/Shared Documents/FolderA" Try { #Setup the context Connect-PnPOnline…
Billing Issue - Unintentionally Created VM and Data Explorer Cluster, Please cancel/void the billing
Hi Team, Last week I was playing around for tagging strategy with creating Resource group, in between exploring options, I ended up creating Azure Data Explorer and Virtual Machine to see how these tags will acts. I supposed to delete that the created…
Azure SQL Database connctivity
Hi Team, I have deployed azure SQL database service and I want to connect this database within the private network or office network, which configuration need to do from azure side. which IP need to whitelist from our office network? Thanks in advance!
Renew expired certificate
Hi, I would like to highlight that I missed to renew my Microsoft Certified: Azure Administrator Associate within the time line before expiration. My MCID : 5670516 I hope if you extend the grace period to renew the certificate online using the online…
What are the port requirements for Azure cache for redis enterprise
What are the inbound and outbound port requirements when deploying "Azure cache for Redis Enterprise" ? The one port I recall for client communication is "10000" I came across this but this looks appropriate for premium tier and…
Using ManagedIdentityCredential locally
Local development cannot use: var azureServiceTokenProvider = new ManagedIdentityCredential(clientIdOfuserAssignedManagedIdentity); and most solutions make use of Microsoft.Azure.Services.AppAuthentication which is now deprecated in favour of…
NPS Extension for Azure MFA failing to generate MFA prompt
Hi I am trying to setup a new NPS server with the NPS Extension for Azure MFA to control access to an RDS server on-prem. Authentication works fine when not using the NPS Extension. With the NPS Extension enabled, the user does not receive an MFA…
Elastic pool in Azure SQL & SQL server Managed instance
I have 2 doubts ) What is the right explanation Elastic pool in Azure SQL ? ) What is SQL server Managed instance that is often heard in Azure DB services & when one should use it. I have been trying to understand its significance but did…
Why is the public ip range download blocked?
Hey, I use a script to download the public ip ranges from azure (https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=56519). If I view that URL in my browser, it displays and I am able to download the JSON. However, if I run my script that would…
WNS : The Notification payload is invalid
I am developing an app which highly relies on the WNS push notifications. However, except raw notifications, I get the following error for Tile,Badge and Toast The Notification payload is invalidThe Notification payload is invalidI also checked out…
OUR SCHOOL NAME IS NOT SHOWING IN AZURE SCHOOL DATA BASE
We are registered Non Profit Organization Based on India. We are running school and education program for those children who can't afford school fees, who are belong to poor family , we are also higher education . We want to add our school in Azure Data…
CMD runs automatically and uses too much Memory
Sometimes out of nowhere the command propmt pops up and runs for few second and closes soon before closing it manually, and sum times the CMD will be runnning as a background process and will be using around a GB of RAM. I had similar issue with…
I completed a Microsoft challenge where they mentioned they would provide an exam voucher. How do I request that voucher?
Hi, I completed a Microsoft challenge (Microsoft Fabric). As part of that challenge Microsoft would provide an exam voucher if it is completed by April 19th, 2024. Where would I access/download that exam voucher? Thank you Ram
Preview Error Adding Extension Assembly to SSRS RDL Report in VS2022
I am using Visual Studio 2022 with the Microsoft Reporting Services Projects extension. I've created a Reporting Services project and added a simple report. In this report, I included a textbox with the expression =User!Language and successfully…
How to prevent the web page to read or write cookies in WebView2
I'm trying to write to program with webview2, the control document is here: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-edge/webview2/ The WebView2.CoreWebView2.CookieManager provides lots of methods to read/write cookies, but this is not what I want. I…