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3-tier architecture
Use case : create a website linked to a database. If I'm going with the 3-tier route, I have to use a General Purpose VM for the web server, a Memory Optimized VM for the database server, what about the application server? What type should I use?


Allowed to perform penetration testing from Azure VMs?
Are there any restrictions by Microsoft on conducting penetration testing from Azure VMs and other services? I am a penetration tester, and would like to host my infrastructure in Azure, however I do not want to face limitations or have my account tagged…


Visible Capacity of VM series in each region and zone
Hello, is there an option to see the used and free capacity of every VM size or series in each region and zone to avoid allocation fails? thank you


Size not available error, the size is currently unavilable in southcentralus
I am trying to create a VM and use this size, but it keeps showing up as unavailable under my account.


How to fix the fragmentation issue. Traffic is getting dropped due to fragmentation and how can we find at which point we are facing this fragmentation to slove this
We are seeing the package lost while Sent Traffic through expressRoute Circuits and in the network capture we see fragmentation packets.


Azure VM - Adding data disk to Linux VM - Unexpected mounting points
Scenario – I'm try to add a data disk to an existing Linux VM but after reboot the mounting point are both /bitnami and the one specified in /etc/fstab. What can i do to avoid the automatic mounting on /bitnami directory? Technology – Using a prebuilt…


" Your account must be in good standing to sign up " error when trying to sign-up at free azure for students
when trying to sign-up at free azure for students I get this error message " Your account must be in good standing to sign up " , why I get this error and how I can solve it please ?


Issues with VM disk resize. SQL and Dynami disk
Hi, I tried to resize data disk (F:) attached to virtual machine. Disk contains sql data files. Unlike documentatnion after resizing instead of getting new space to allocate a have a new disk (disk1) If i try to extend disk F: i get the warning…


Can Virtual Machine Contributor create VM?
Can Virtual Machine Contributor create VM? Someone say yes, someone say no.


Troubleshoot Azure Virtual Machine
I'm currently running into a troubleshooting issue or a glitch where I am unable to start or stop my Virtual Machine. Overall, it has been working fine for the past couple months until today, and would like to be pointed in the right direction when it…


Migrate Platform Managed Keys to Customer Managed keys
Hi, We have several windows and linux azure VMs with disk encyrption being Platform managed keys. Around 100 disks How to collectively migrate those disks from Platform Managed Keys to Customer Managed Keys. We plan to store those CMK keys in…


Unable to Subscribe App
I am trying to convert a physical machine to an Azure VM using StarWinds P2V and this guide. I've tried to register an app and subscribe it as outlined here, but there's no select field to enter the application name. Also, if I try to skip the step, the…


How to monitor Ruby on Rails application hosted on Azure VM
Hello, We have a Ruby on Rails application hosted on Azure VM, we are not sure how to monitor the application? Application Insights might not help due to language constraints and container insights is for Kubernetes container based applications. VM…


Azure - How to handle public IP when moving a resource group between subscriptions
I am using the Azure Portal to move a Resource Group from one subscription to another one. During the validation phase, it complains about a public IP address in the resource group, which cannot be moved. That's alright, I do not mind if the IP…


Virtual Machine Temporary Storage always cleaned after scheduled start/stop v2
I use the Start/Stop VMs v2 to schedule the start and stop of my GPU Virtual machine on a daily basis. My concern is about the Temporary Storage disk which is cleaned after each scheduled stop and start. I use this disk to store some cache data of my…


migrate old azure function API's to new azure function without changing url
earlier we were using azure function app (lets name it func-dev-01 ) for making http function with HTTP trigger which create url as ****https://{function_name_dev}.azurewebsites.net/api/{name}?code=12345678910 , **** but for some reason now we are…
Centralized dashboards for system health and security information
Hello all, We have all our infrastructure in Azure and several third party programs which we'd like to monitor in one or two dashboards maximum. For example, we want to monitor uptime of 2 or 3 critical Azure VM's and their resources, see if AD Sync…


Check virtual machine dashboard status
After working on the virtual machine, the status check on the dashboard cannot be restored. The resource status is available. It's an ongoing problem. How do I get my virtual machine back to health in the dashboard?


How to create a small VM with microsoft partner network subscription.
Hi team, I'm new to azure. I am trying to create a VM with an MPN subscription. but I'm getting the below error. I see we can create a VM with an MPN subscription also reference to the below azure…


Help with switching a vm to another existing virtual network
I have a vm that we created in Azure, with a virtual network that only has the default subnet (10.0.0.0/24). I want to change it to a subnet that we created after we created this vm that is on another vnet. How do i move this vm to the other virtual…

