Azure Virtual Desktop Auto Shutdown and Power On
Hello All, We're currently managing a pool of 30-40 VMs, and to optimize our licensing costs with Microsoft, we're planning to shut down idle VDI VMs that haven't been used in over 8 hours. To automate this process, could you assist us with a PowerShell…
Calculating ESR for Company Reservations
How can I calculate the effective savings rate for each individual reservation in my company? I've generated an SQL script to connect reservations with the resources they could cover, both currently covered in the billing database and those that could…
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How to allow external user to see a subscription
Hi, We have 2 differents Office 365 domain ( account ). In the 1st one we have created resources into a subscription. We would like to give read or read/write access to some users from the 2nd domain. We tried that by add those users IAM role into the…
How to use MSI authentication in IaaSDiagnostics extension
IaaSDiagnostics extension uses storage keys. Documentation here: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/extensions/diagnostics-template#add-the-azure-diagnostics-extension-to-the-vm-resource-definition "protectedSettings": {…
USB device identification/Serial String of Device Instance ID changes on Windows 10 Virtual machine ( Azure/AWS) lead a Device Enumeration problem on Windows
Problem Statement: We have a USB-based device that is plugged in on a Windows 10 machine. below is the Device Instance ID of the plugged-in USB device under Device Manager. USB\VID_XXXX&PID_XXXX`SSSSSSSSS-SSSSSSSSS` Where SSSSSSSSS-SSSSSSSSS is…
Azure VM can't send emails to smarthost port 587 IIS Virtual SMTP Website
I use SMTP server service of Windows 2016 to send emails I have created a machine certificate Certificate is found by IIS 6.0 Manager -> Virtual SMTP server I have changed the port to 587 according to …
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Routing internet traffic over AOVPN
I have a specific requirement in that I have an always on VPN setup that allows me to connect to Azure resources, as expected. However, I also need to access a specific public IP address to access an online service, as the tunnel uses split tunneling…
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W2K22 Azure VM with hotpatch - When is the actual update being installed? How to schedule reboots?
Hello, From what I understand, the W2K22 Azure VM Hotpatch images will follow this schedule: My question is about the "Planned/Unplanned Baselines" schedules and planning a high available service (File Server) reboots: If the…
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VM Selection - Which VM Should I Use to Create Media Ads
Hi, I am going to create videos and adds based by using own phyton logic. I will call multiple open apis,Gen Apis etc based on response othis api will create videos from own phyton logic .I should manage 250 concurrent videos creations (250 concurrent…
No b2ats_v2 and b2pts_v2 quota for Azure Student
Hi, Recently I saw free b2ats_v2 and b2pts_v2 in free service page. However, there is zero quota in my student subscription for both b2ats_v2 and b2pts_v2. I also cannot ask support to increase quota because my subscription is not eligible to do…
Erro 403 ao tentar acessar uma pagina com a VM da Azure
Tenho uma Maquina Virtual windows 10 pro criada pelo azure e quando tento entrar nesse site https://sso.acesso.gov.br/login?client_id=comprasnet.gov.br&authorization_id=180ce90cc4f dá erro 403
How is the VM clock synchronized upon resume from pause operations?
In rare circumstances, no more than once every 18 months for general purpose VM sizes, Azure uses a mechanism that will pause the VM for about 30 seconds. After any pause operation the VM clock is automatically synchronized upon resume.…
Failed to parse 'Storage_Account.json', please check whether it is a valid JSON format
Hi, When i am trying to create a storage account using a AMR Templets, I am getting an error that " Failed to parse 'Storage_Account.json', please check whether it is a valid JSON format ".Please help me get a solution for this. Thank you
Azure WVD Black blinking screen
We have a customer who sometimes has the problem when he logs in to the WVD environment that the screen turns black and starts to flicker.(Web based and the Microsoft RDP Client app) This does not go away and the only solution is to restart the entire…
How do I configure an IP address for a specific country (Taiwan) for my VM?
I have an application that runs on an Azure VM that requires an IP address from Taiwan since a webpage the application is visiting only accepts Taiwan IPs. I tried creating a new IP and VPN gateway but they only allow me to specify the Region (in my case…
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'Wacatac' malware was detected (Agentless preview)
Hi Team on one of the linux machine Microsoft Defender for Cloud in Security alerts shows malware how to remediate it.
Change Product Key of Windows Server 2022 using Ansible and/or PowerShell script
Hi there, I am trying to automate the process of provisioning a Windows Server based Virtual Machine using Azure and Ansible. My company has some Windows Server product keys available through the Microsoft Partner Program. My goal is to use one of these…
Need to export VM details along with data disk details
Hi Team, I need to export the Azure VM list along with the details of data disks attached with their sizes. Is it possible to get via GUI or need to use resource graph explorer. Thanks.
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OS Reload linux VM
Hello. Does anyone know if it's possible to OS reaload an Azure VM ? In my tests, using the redeploy (which just moves the vm from one host to another) and reaply didn't work. I created a test file and at the end of both processes it was still…
Automation task in Azure doesn't start nor stop a machine
At Azure portal at a one specific Azure VM with Windows I've configured two Automated task. One for starting at 8 am and another at 6 pm to stop. These tasks are not working. I receive only email with error report. Your automation task failed to…