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How do I alert on every event found in a custom log?

I have a log file on a server that contains batch job progress and need to alert on every failure. I have setup a custom log to collect the entries and can run queries to find the failures easily enough but when it comes to alerting I'm struggling to…

Azure Monitor
Azure Monitor
An Azure service that is used to collect, analyze, and act on telemetry data from Azure and on-premises environments.
2,921 questions
asked 2020-07-15T09:56:36.417+00:00
Nick@ST 1 Reputation point
answered 2020-07-15T12:25:59.257+00:00
Stanislav Zhelyazkov 21,766 Reputation points MVP
1 answer

Monitoring of SQL Server hosted in virtual machines

Is it possible to create Azure alerts to monitor SQL servers on virtual machines for metrics like deadlocks ?

SQL Server on Azure Virtual Machines
asked 2020-07-14T14:34:34.153+00:00
Tochukwu Ezeokoli 1 Reputation point
commented 2020-07-15T12:15:59.04+00:00
Tochukwu Ezeokoli 1 Reputation point
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What is the best way to query data from Azure Data Lake ?

I am ingesting all variety of data in Azure Data Lake Gen 2(Azure Blob Storage with Hierarchical namespace enabled)? What is the best way to index data and to query data from Data Lake. Data Ingested can be in form of CSV, Json, XML files.

Azure Data Lake Storage
Azure Data Lake Storage
An Azure service that provides an enterprise-wide hyper-scale repository for big data analytic workloads and is integrated with Azure Blob Storage.
1,394 questions
asked 2020-07-15T11:30:01.487+00:00
Abhishek Gupta 26 Reputation points
commented 2020-07-15T12:07:40.967+00:00
Abhishek Gupta 26 Reputation points
1 answer

Automate SAML application in Azure AD via PowerShell or Graph API

I have not started any script yet but wanted to check first If this can be achieved to configure Azure AD Non gallery enterprise app using PowerShell that let me enter metadata such as entity id, reply URL, sign-on URL and attributes information.

Microsoft Entra ID
Microsoft Entra ID
A Microsoft Entra identity service that provides identity management and access control capabilities. Replaces Azure Active Directory.
20,081 questions
asked 2020-07-10T10:32:53.633+00:00
Rahul Kaim 21 Reputation points
commented 2020-07-15T11:53:27.227+00:00
AmanpreetSingh-MSFT 56,441 Reputation points
2 answers One of the answers was accepted by the question author.

How to clear AutoComplete in Outlook (Office 365) via GPO and Powershell ?

Hello, I have to clear AutoComplete before and after migration to Exchange Online. I would prefer to create a GPO in order to enable/ disable it. I need a powershell too (working with Exchange 2013). Thanks in advance for your help.

Windows
Windows
A family of Microsoft operating systems that run across personal computers, tablets, laptops, phones, internet of things devices, self-contained mixed reality headsets, large collaboration screens, and other devices.
4,920 questions
Outlook Management
Outlook Management
Outlook: A family of Microsoft email and calendar products.Management: The act or process of organizing, handling, directing or controlling something.
4,984 questions
Exchange Server Management
Exchange Server Management
Exchange Server: A family of Microsoft client/server messaging and collaboration software.Management: The act or process of organizing, handling, directing or controlling something.
7,426 questions
asked 2020-07-14T18:25:19.02+00:00
Diego 21 Reputation points
commented 2020-07-15T11:40:21.627+00:00
Manu Philip 17,021 Reputation points MVP
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How to Recover My old microsoft certificate of which i forgot emailid and password ?

Need to move my microsoft certificate MB-716 on this account , i forgot that email id and password only registration number i have . please help i required that certificate .

Microsoft Q&A
Microsoft Q&A
Use this tag to share suggestions, feature requests, and bugs with the Microsoft Q&A team. The Microsoft Q&A team will evaluate your feedback on a regular basis and provide updates along the way.
627 questions
asked 2020-07-15T10:44:30.643+00:00
Prachi Kamble 1 Reputation point
answered 2020-07-15T10:54:51.417+00:00
Leon Laude 85,691 Reputation points
2 answers One of the answers was accepted by the question author.

MySQL database restoration too slow

Hello I created a Debian 8 virtual machine on azure to test MySQL database performance. I installed Mysql 5.5 on it (yes I know it is an old version) and i'm trying to restore a many dumps that have been done from my on-premise database server. …

Azure Virtual Machines
Azure Virtual Machines
An Azure service that is used to provision Windows and Linux virtual machines.
7,367 questions
asked 2020-07-08T06:41:51.99+00:00
Florian Favre 26 Reputation points
accepted 2020-07-15T10:35:48.657+00:00
Florian Favre 26 Reputation points
3 answers

VM Will Not Boot - Please insert the external storage media and press OK

I have an Azure VM (Standard E2s v3 2 vcpus, 16 GiB memory) that I am able to start but is not accessible via remote desktop. I have enabled boot diagnostics and can see a dialog box with the message "Please insert the external storage media and…

Azure Virtual Machines
Azure Virtual Machines
An Azure service that is used to provision Windows and Linux virtual machines.
7,367 questions
asked 2020-07-07T21:56:15.007+00:00
Cam Pitches 1 Reputation point
commented 2020-07-15T09:57:37.133+00:00
Sahil Mehta 1 Reputation point
1 answer One of the answers was accepted by the question author.

Move ADCS 2008 R2 to 2012 R2 and problem certificate template to issue

Hello, I move ADCS 2008 R2 to 2012 R2 and when I click on Certificate templates --- New ---- Certificate template to Issue, I see only the template with version 1. No problem with the cmd command certutil.exe -setcatemplates +templatename Thread…

Windows Server 2012
Windows Server 2012
A Microsoft server operating system that supports enterprise-level management, data storage, applications, and communications.
1,556 questions
asked 2020-07-15T08:46:39.703+00:00
Candy Luo 12,681 Reputation points Microsoft Vendor
accepted 2020-07-15T09:47:35.043+00:00
Candy Luo 12,681 Reputation points Microsoft Vendor
1 answer One of the answers was accepted by the question author.

how to enable Iterative mode in windows2012 dns server

as i am knowing windows dns server run the recursion by default ,and how can i change recursion to iterative in windows 2012 dns server? Thread source link:…

Windows Server 2012
Windows Server 2012
A Microsoft server operating system that supports enterprise-level management, data storage, applications, and communications.
1,556 questions
asked 2020-07-15T08:49:01.233+00:00
Candy Luo 12,681 Reputation points Microsoft Vendor
accepted 2020-07-15T09:47:27.383+00:00
Candy Luo 12,681 Reputation points Microsoft Vendor
1 answer One of the answers was accepted by the question author.

fail to set shared folder

I right click a folder, select 'Share with', 'Specific people', then add some domain users and click 'Share'. It works fine without error. However, then I type \server to check, but cannot see the shared folder. I go to Server Manager, File and…

Windows Server 2012
Windows Server 2012
A Microsoft server operating system that supports enterprise-level management, data storage, applications, and communications.
1,556 questions
asked 2020-07-15T08:48:17.467+00:00
Candy Luo 12,681 Reputation points Microsoft Vendor
accepted 2020-07-15T09:47:09.587+00:00
Candy Luo 12,681 Reputation points Microsoft Vendor
1 answer One of the answers was accepted by the question author.

Local Users group and the machine account

Can someone please explain why that I see the machine account if I list the Users group on some systems while it doesn't exist on others (same OS)? Thread source link:…

Windows Server 2012
Windows Server 2012
A Microsoft server operating system that supports enterprise-level management, data storage, applications, and communications.
1,556 questions
asked 2020-07-15T08:47:23.73+00:00
Candy Luo 12,681 Reputation points Microsoft Vendor
accepted 2020-07-15T09:47:04.123+00:00
Candy Luo 12,681 Reputation points Microsoft Vendor
1 answer One of the answers was accepted by the question author.

nfsadmin syntax

Can anyone tell me the correct syntax for the nfsadmin command? "nfsadmin server [computername] config casesensitivelookups = yes" doesn't seem to be working for me. What am I doing wrong? I keep getting an invalid option arguement error.…

Windows Server 2012
Windows Server 2012
A Microsoft server operating system that supports enterprise-level management, data storage, applications, and communications.
1,556 questions
asked 2020-07-15T08:45:36.183+00:00
Candy Luo 12,681 Reputation points Microsoft Vendor
accepted 2020-07-15T09:46:58.227+00:00
Candy Luo 12,681 Reputation points Microsoft Vendor
1 answer One of the answers was accepted by the question author.

Re-install CAL in new server

We have RDS (CAL) 2012 installed in our server 2012R2, now we want to format our server and install new windows version(2016) therefore i have the following questions: 1- How can i re-install the CAL again in the new windows while i forget/lost the…

Windows Server 2012
Windows Server 2012
A Microsoft server operating system that supports enterprise-level management, data storage, applications, and communications.
1,556 questions
asked 2020-07-15T09:01:20.993+00:00
Candy Luo 12,681 Reputation points Microsoft Vendor
accepted 2020-07-15T09:46:53.97+00:00
Candy Luo 12,681 Reputation points Microsoft Vendor
1 answer One of the answers was accepted by the question author.

LDAP Referrals for cross forest CA enrolment

I am setting up Cross Forest certificate enrolment for 2 forests that have 2 way trusts and an existing mature Enterprise CA in both. I am using this documentation: …

Windows Server 2012
Windows Server 2012
A Microsoft server operating system that supports enterprise-level management, data storage, applications, and communications.
1,556 questions
asked 2020-07-15T09:11:21.827+00:00
Candy Luo 12,681 Reputation points Microsoft Vendor
accepted 2020-07-15T09:46:47.63+00:00
Candy Luo 12,681 Reputation points Microsoft Vendor
1 answer One of the answers was accepted by the question author.

Question about Server type and definition

Hello, I'm confused about what type of server the Microsoft Windows server is. Windows servers can be application servers, database servers (Active Directory with LDAP), web servers (IIS), and so on, depending on what i install in addition to roles and…

Windows Server 2012
Windows Server 2012
A Microsoft server operating system that supports enterprise-level management, data storage, applications, and communications.
1,556 questions
asked 2020-07-15T09:14:31.82+00:00
Candy Luo 12,681 Reputation points Microsoft Vendor
accepted 2020-07-15T09:46:40.427+00:00
Candy Luo 12,681 Reputation points Microsoft Vendor
1 answer One of the answers was accepted by the question author.

Windows Server 2016 Wake on LAN (WOL) feature

Hi, Does Windows Server 2016 supports Wake on LAN(WOL) feature? If Yes, does WOL supported for S3, S4 and S5 power states ? Thread source link:…

Windows Network
Windows Network
Windows: A family of Microsoft operating systems that run across personal computers, tablets, laptops, phones, internet of things devices, self-contained mixed reality headsets, large collaboration screens, and other devices.Network: A group of devices that communicate either wirelessly or via a physical connection.
680 questions
asked 2020-07-15T06:37:56.7+00:00
Gloria Gu 3,896 Reputation points
accepted 2020-07-15T09:46:06.007+00:00
Gloria Gu 3,896 Reputation points
1 answer One of the answers was accepted by the question author.

RDGW NLB cluster responding with DUP ICMP Echo

Hello. We have 2 RDGW servers (2012R2) configured in a NLB cluster. Both servers have 2 NICs, 1 LAN, 1 WAN - NLB is configured on the WAN interface. NLB configured in anycast mode. We have found out that if the cluster IP or the individual WAN IPs…

Windows Network
Windows Network
Windows: A family of Microsoft operating systems that run across personal computers, tablets, laptops, phones, internet of things devices, self-contained mixed reality headsets, large collaboration screens, and other devices.Network: A group of devices that communicate either wirelessly or via a physical connection.
680 questions
asked 2020-07-15T06:37:06.3+00:00
Gloria Gu 3,896 Reputation points
accepted 2020-07-15T09:45:44.603+00:00
Gloria Gu 3,896 Reputation points
1 answer One of the answers was accepted by the question author.

Different driver versions for physical and virtual interfaces

Hi all, I have a question, I have configured 2 physical interfaces in a Teaming using Windows, but check the driver version for all of them, previously to Teaming configuration, first I had the oldest version for physical interfaces, so, I did an update…

Windows Network
Windows Network
Windows: A family of Microsoft operating systems that run across personal computers, tablets, laptops, phones, internet of things devices, self-contained mixed reality headsets, large collaboration screens, and other devices.Network: A group of devices that communicate either wirelessly or via a physical connection.
680 questions
asked 2020-07-15T06:36:08.167+00:00
Gloria Gu 3,896 Reputation points
accepted 2020-07-15T09:45:21.887+00:00
Gloria Gu 3,896 Reputation points
1 answer One of the answers was accepted by the question author.

Network Configuration on Windows Server 2016

Hey, I have a server which has 2 physical NICs and with a team at the O/S level. I would like to create multiple vNICs on this teamed interface to segregate the traffic. How can this be achieved? It is NOT a Hyper-V host. Thread source link:…

Windows Network
Windows Network
Windows: A family of Microsoft operating systems that run across personal computers, tablets, laptops, phones, internet of things devices, self-contained mixed reality headsets, large collaboration screens, and other devices.Network: A group of devices that communicate either wirelessly or via a physical connection.
680 questions
asked 2020-07-15T06:33:08.723+00:00
Gloria Gu 3,896 Reputation points
accepted 2020-07-15T09:44:38.307+00:00
Gloria Gu 3,896 Reputation points