Here is a list of the articles I have written/posted.
- Azure Site Recovery – Ask Me Anything – Session Summary
- Mono vs Multi – Which Repo Structure Is Right For You?
- My Terraform Resources List (for those that insist on being “cloud agnostic”)
- Azure Security Center (ASC), Just-In-Time (JIT) VM Access, and ARM Resource Lock Bug
- Custom Images vs Azure Marketplace Images, Which to Choose? – Part 4: Summary
- Custom Images vs Azure Marketplace Images, Which to Choose? – Part 3: Marketplace Images
- Custom Images vs Azure Marketplace Images, Which to Choose? – Part 2: Custom Images
- Custom Images vs Azure Marketplace Images, Which to Choose? – Part 1: Introduction
- Using Azure Policy to Audit Resource Group Resource Locks
- Azure Monitor – Ask Me Anything – Session Summary
- Demystifying Azure Migrations – Part 16: Summary
- Demystifying Azure Migrations – Part 15 (Third-Party Tools)
- Demystifying Azure Migrations – Part 14 (Manage and Optimize)
- Demystifying Azure Migrations – Part 13 (Migrate): Azure Migration Center
- Demystifying Azure Migrations – Part 12 (Migrate): Azure Migrate
- Demystifying Azure Migrations – Part 11 (Migrate): Azure Database Migration Planner
- Demystifying Azure Migrations – Part 10 (Migrate): Azure Websites Migration Assistant
- Demystifying Azure Migrations – Part 9 (Assess): Azure Site Recovery (ASR) Deployment Planner Tool
- Demystifying Azure Migrations – Part 8 (Assess): Microsoft Azure Virtual Machine Readiness Assessment
- Demystifying Azure Migrations – Part 7 (Assess): Azure Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) Calculator
- Demystifying Azure Migrations – Part 6 (Assess): Microsoft Azure Cost Estimator Tool
- The Azure Governance Toolbox – Part 6: Conclusion
- Demystifying Azure Migrations – Part 5 (Discover): Custom Scripts
- The Azure Governance Toolbox – Part 5: Cost Controls
- The Azure Governance Toolbox – Part 4: Auditing
- The Azure Governance Toolbox – Part 3: Resource Security
- Demystifying Azure Migrations – Part 4 (Discover): OVF/OVA
- The Azure Governance Toolbox – Part 2: Resource Organization
- The Azure Governance Toolbox – Part 1: Introduction
- Demystifying Azure Migrations – Part 3 (Discover): Service Map
- Demystifying Azure Migrations – Part 2 (Discover): Microsoft Assessment and Planning (MAP) Toolkit
- Using Application Security Groups (ASGs) with VNet Peering and Their Limitations
- Move Over Terraform, You’re Not The Only Code In Town!
- Demystifying Azure Migrations – Part 1: Introduction
- Terraform Is NOT the Cloud Agnostic Platform You Think It Is!
- Azure Backup Deep Dive Whitepaper
- Azure Backup – Ask Me Anything – Session Summary
- Azure Site Recovery (ASR) Azure-to-Azure (A2A) Goes GA!
- New Azure Advisor Recommendations Available!
- Cloning Azure VMs into Production via Azure Backup
- Azure Monitoring Tools Explained – Part 14: Summary
- An IT Pro Rant – Azure Storage GRS is NOT VM Disaster Recovery
- Azure Monitoring Tools Explained – Part 13: System Center Operations Manager (SCOM)
- Azure Monitoring Tools Explained – Part 12: Service Health
- Using Let’s Encrypt With Azure Web Apps – Protect Your Blog
- Azure Monitoring Tools Explained – Part 11: Operations Management Suite (OMS)
- Rock Your LinkedIn Profile In 7 Easy Steps
- The LAPS OMS Solution
- Azure Monitoring Tools Explained – Part 10: Network Watcher
- Azure Monitoring Tools Explained – Part 9: Azure Security Center (ASC)
- VM Managed Disks, Resource Locks, and Failed Backup Snapshot Cleanups
- Azure Monitoring Tools Explained – Part 8: Azure Monitor
- Getting Azure Backup to Work With Azure Security Center’s Just-In-Time VM Access
- Azure Monitoring Tools Explained – Part 7: Azure Metrics
- Azure Monitoring Tools Explained – Part 6: Azure Diagnostics
- Azure Monitoring Tools Explained – Part 5: Azure Alerts
- Comparing ARM Templates with Azure Building Blocks – Part 3: ARM In Action
- Azure Monitoring Tools Explained – Part 4: Azure Advisor
- Comparing ARM Templates with Azure Building Blocks – Part 2: ABB In Action
- Become a DR Hero with Azure One-Click DR
- Azure Monitoring Tools Explained – Part 3: Application Insights
- Comparing ARM Templates with Azure Building Blocks – Part 1: Introduction
- Azure Monitoring Tools Explained – Part 2: Azure Activity Logs
- Azure File Sync In Action
- Azure Monitoring Tools Explained – Part 1: Introduction
- Using Azure Backup Logs in Azure Log Analytics (aka OMS)
- How-To Create Custom Azure Backup Reports Using the Data Model
- Using ASR with a Standalone Hyper-V Host Configured as a Cluster
- Using the Azure Backup Direct Agent to Backup System State
- Azure Backup Now Has Reports
- Backup is NOT Disaster Recovery, Why You Need Both to be Fully Covered!
- Upgrading MABS v1 to MABS v2
- Azure – The Complete BCDR Story
- Azure-to-Azure (A2A) Disaster Recovery (ASR)
- First Podcast with Adaptiva: Microsoft’s Upgrade Readiness for Windows 10
- Orphaned Objects in Resource Groups – Lessons Learned
- The OMS ACS Dashboard Solution – Now on GitHub!
- Enhancing the OMS Security and Audit Solution
- Azure Site Recovery – Disks Not Coming Online Post Failover
- Azure Site Recovery Now Allows Longer Test Failover!!!
- Three Ways to Restore Azure IAAS VMs
- 39 Tapes vs. 1 Azure Backup Cloud
- Plan Your Windows 10 Upgrades… For Free!
- How I Passed the 70-534 Exam
- My Experience with the SCCM OMS Connector
- How I Passed the 70-533 Exam
- SCOM ACS Dashboard in OMS
- Operations Management Suite (OMS) Sessions at Microsoft Ignite 2016 – Video Links
- DPM Now Protects VMware
- Using VHDs to Evaluate System Center 2016
- The ‘New’ Face of the Azure Portal? (A Blank Page!)
- Microsoft Launches IT Pro Cloud Essentials and Career Center
- Super Security Showdown – Part 5: OMS Security and Audit Solution
- Super Security Showdown – Part 4: Azure Security Center
- Super Security Showdown – Part 3: Microsoft Advanced Threat Analytics (ATA)
- Super Security Showdown – Part 2: Windows Defender Advanced Threat Protection (ATP)
- Super Security Showdown – Part 1: Azure Active Directory Identity Protection
- Oh Where, Oh Where, Did My Azure PowerShell Go?
- The Cloud Is Falling (Into Your Datacenter)! The Hybrid Cloud Just Got More “Azurey”
- Microsoft Azure Backup Server (MABS) AKA DPM “Lite”
- Using Azure Site Recovery (ASR) to Migrate VMware VMs to Azure – Lessons Learned
- “To Market, To Market, To Buy A VM”
- Using the ACE to Estimate Azure Migration Costs – Part 2: Scan Your Environment
- Microsoft’s “Solution” to SCSM Console Performance – Buy a GPU!
- Using the ACE to Estimate Azure Migration Costs – Part 1: Introduction & Installation
- SCOM 2016 TP4 Now Checks For MP Updates For You!
- Using the MAP to Plan Azure Migration – Part 4: Azure VM Readiness/Capacity Assessment Results
- Windows Server 2016 Technical Preview 4 – Now With Even More ‘Windows 10’ Look and Feel
- Using the MAP to Plan Azure Migration – Part 3: Collect Performance Data
- First Experiences With the NEW Service Manager (SCSM) HTML5 Portal!
- Microsoft Releases SCSM UR8 With the New HTML Portal – But Don’t Install It Yet!
- Using the MAP to Plan Azure Migration – Part 2: First Use & Perform An Inventory
- Using the MAP to Plan Azure Migration – Part 1: Introduction & Installation
- Squared Up’s HTML5 Dashboards & Web Console for SCOM – Part 6: Customize Dashboards
- Squared Up’s HTML5 Dashboards & Web Console for SCOM – Part 5: Configure the SCOM Data Warehouse
- Squared Up’s HTML5 Dashboards & Web Console for SCOM – Part 4: Activation
- Squared Up’s HTML5 Dashboards & Web Console for SCOM – Part 3: Installation
- Deploying Office365 ProPlus with SCCM Fails to Detect Installation Completed Successfully
- Update 1590 for System Center Configuration Manager 2016 Technical Preview 3
- Squared Up’s HTML5 Dashboards & Web Console for SCOM – Part 2: Prerequisites
- Squared Up’s HTML5 Dashboards & Web Console for SCOM – Part 1: Introduction
- Can You ‘Contain’ Your Excitement About Windows Server Containers?
- Cluster Patching Showdown: Comparing SCVMM and SCCM Patching
- Having Trouble Getting SCOM To Connect To OMS?
- MCSE Private Cloud Re-certification Exam – Skills Measured – Part 5: Configure System Center Integration
- What’s New/Changed In Windows Server 2016 Technical Preview 3
- MCSE Private Cloud Re-certification Exam – Skills Measured – Part 4: Configure the Fabric
- Windows ADK For Windows 10 – NEW Windows Imaging Configuration and Designer
- MCSE Private Cloud Re-certification Exam – Skills Measured – Part 3: Configure and Maintain Service Management
- Microsoft Deployment Toolkit 2013 Update 1 Preview – Installation
- Unleash The Power Of Microsoft Operations Management Suite (OMS)
- MCSE Private Cloud Re-certification Exam – Skills Measured – Part 2: Deploy Resource Monitoring
- First Look at System Center Data Protection Manager 2016 Technical Preview 2
- First Look at System Center Operations Manager 2016 Technical Preview 2
- MCSE Private Cloud Re-certification Exam – Skills Measured – Part 1: Configure Data Center Process Automation
- First Look at System Center 2016 Virtual Machine Manager Technical Preview 2
- Windows Azure Pack for Windows Server – Part 4: Provision and Configure Services
- Azure AD Connect Fails With Windows Server 2016 TP2 Forest Functional Level
- First Look At System Center Configuration Manager 2016 Technical Preview 2
- Windows Azure Pack for Windows Server – Part 3: Installation (Express Deployment)
- Windows Azure Pack for Windows Server – Part 2: System Requirements & Prerequisites
- Windows Azure Pack for Windows Server – Part 1: Introduction
- First Look At System Center Configuration Manager 2012 R2 Service Pack 1
- Data Protection Manager Remote Administration Console Error ID 948
- Windows Azure Pack (WAP) Best Practice Analyzer (BPA)
- Windows Azure Pack (WAP) – Update Rollup Challenge
- Azure Site-To-Site VPN – From Home Lab To The Cloud – Part 2: Create/Connect the Gateway
- PowerShell Deployment Toolkit (PDT) – Installer.ps1 Fails With “Failed Installing Server Feature Group 1” Error
- Azure Site-To-Site VPN – From Home Lab To The Cloud – Part 1: Creating the Virtual Network
- “Hello” Windows Server Technical Preview 2 – “Goodbye” GUI Interface
- Are You Ready For July 14, 2015? Windows Server 2003 End Of Support
- SCOM Synthetic Transactions
- Register to attend the Microsoft MVP Virtual Conference
- Service Provider Foundation – Part 3: Installation
- Service Provider Foundation – Part 2: System Requirements and Prerequisites
- Service Provider Foundation – Part 1: Introduction
- Post-Install WSUS Configuration Fails With Error “HTTP status 503: Service Unavailable.”
- SCOM SNMP Monitoring
- SCUtils Knowledge Base For SCSM 2012 – Part 6: Troubleshooting
- SCUtils Knowledge Base For SCSM 2012 – Part 5: Working With The Web Part
- SCUtils Knowledge Base For SCSM 2012 – Part 4: Post-Installation Configuration
- SCUtils Knowledge Base For SCSM 2012 – Part 3: Installation
- SCUtils Knowledge Base For SCSM 2012 – Part 2: System Requirements
- Customizing SCOM Alert Notifications – “Health Service Heartbeat Failure” and “Failed To Connect To Computer”
- SCUtils Knowledge Base For SCSM 2012 – Part 1: Introduction
- MiCloud Website Now Migrated To Azure
- Installing .NET Framework 3.5 on Windows Server 2012 R2 Fails with Error Code 0x800F0906
- Patching Hyper-V Hosts with SCVMM 2012 R2 – Part 3: Update Baselines
- 2014 In Review
- MiCloud Website Changes
- Patching Hyper-V Hosts with SCVMM 2012 R2 – Part 2: WSUS Configurations
- Patching Hyper-V Hosts with SCVMM 2012 R2 – Part 1: Prerequisites
- SCSM Dashboard – Expit EnSight – Part 3: System Requirements and Installation
- SCSM Dashboard – Expit EnSight – Part 2: Downloading
- SCSM Dashboard – Expit EnSight – Part 1: Introduction
- Applying SCVMM 2012 R2 Update Rollups To Perimeter Hyper-V Hosts
- SCVMM 2012 R2 Compliance Scan Fails With Error 2927
- Monitoring Linux with SCOM 2012 R2 – Part 3: Installing the SCOM Agent On Linux
- Monitoring Linux with SCOM 2012 R2 – Part 2: Configure SCOM For Monitoring Linux
- Monitoring Linux with SCOM 2012 R2 – Part 1: Installation and Configuration of Linux (SUSE) Virtual Machine
- SCSM Technical Preview in a LAB – Installation Guide (Install Service Manager Management Server)
- Advanced Portal for SCSM 2012 by CodeCraft-Solutions – Part 4: Troubleshooting
- Advanced Portal for SCSM 2012 by CodeCraft-Solutions – Part 3: Installation
- SCDPM Technical Preview in a LAB – Installation Guide (Install SCDPM)
- SCVMM Technical Preview in a LAB – Installation Guide (Install SCVMM)
- SCORCH Technical Preview in a LAB – Installation Guide (Install Orchestrator)
- SCOM Technical Preview in a LAB – Installation Guide (Install SCOM)
- Advanced Portal for SCSM 2012 by CodeCraft-Solutions – Part 2: Requirements
- Upcoming Articles
- Windows Server Technical Preview – New/Removed Windows Server Roles and Features
- Windows 10 Technical Preview – First Experiences
- Advanced Portal for SCSM 2012 by CodeCraft-Solutions – Part 1: Introduction
- SCDPM 2012 R2 in a LAB – Installation Guide (Install SCDPM)
- Using WDS to Deploy SCCM Images without PXE-Enabled DPs
- How to Add Hyper-V Hosts in a Perimeter Network in VMM 2012 R2
- SMTRAK Entreprise Dashboard by Signature Consultancy – Part 4: Offline License Activation
- SMTrak Entreprise Dashboard by Signature Consultancy – Part 3: Installation And Configuration
- SMTRAK Entreprise Dashboard by Signature Consultancy – Part 2: Requirements and Prerequisites
- SMTrak Entreprise Dashboard by Signature Consultancy – Part 1: Introduction
- SCVMM 2012 R2 In A Lab – How to Create a Host Group Structure in VMM
- DPM Central Console – ID: 810. Details: Fatal error during installation
- Integrate App-V with SCCM 2012 R2 Using Virtual Environments
- SCSM 2012 Dashboard by Signature Consultancy – Part 3: Publishing the Dashboards
- SCSM 2012 Dashboard by Signature Consultancy – Part 2: Requirements and Installation
- SCSM 2012 Dashboard by Signature Consultancy – Part 1: Introduction
- My Experience With The PowerShell Deployment Toolkit (PDT) – Part 4 (PDT GUI for PowerShell Deployment Toolkit)
- ITQ’s End User Portal for System Center Orchestrator (EUPSCO) – Part 7: EUPSCO First Launch
- ITQ’s End User Portal for System Center Orchestrator (EUPSCO) – Part 6: Portal Configuration
- ITQ’s End User Portal for System Center Orchestrator (EUPSCO) – Part 5: Portal Installation
- ITQ’s End User Portal for System Center Orchestrator (EUPSCO) – Part 4: Database
- ITQ’s End User Portal for System Center Orchestrator (EUPSCO) – Part 3: Service Accounts
- ITQ’s End User Portal for System Center Orchestrator (EUPSCO) – Part 2: Prerequisites
- ITQ’s End User Portal for System Center Orchestrator (EUPSCO) – Part 1: Introduction
- Access Is Denied Error With Orchestrator Exchange Admin Integration Pack
- SCOM 2012 R2 Agent On Service Manager Error: “The management group configuration could not be saved”
- SCOM 2012 R2 Data Access Service (DAS) High Availability – Part 4: Enable NLB on each Management Server > Add A Host to NLB Cluster
- Update Rollup 2 for System Center 2012 R2 Now Available
- SCOM 2012 R2 Data Access Service (DAS) High Availability – Part 3: Enable NLB on each Management Server > Create A NLB Cluster
- SCOM 2012 R2 Data Access Service (DAS) High Availability – Part 2: Enable NLB on each Management Server > Install Network Load Balancing
- SCOM 2012 R2 Data Access Service (DAS) High Availability – Part 1: Configure A Static IP
- Windows Server 2012 R2 Update 1
- Service Manager 2012 R2 Installation Fails To Identify SQL Server Instance, and Throws ‘Access Denied’ Error
- Configuring SCORCH Integration Pack Connection(s) Produces A “Blank” Error
- Windows Server 2012 R2 Generation 2 VMs and x86 MDT Boot Media = Boot Failure!
- SCOM Agent Grayed Out When Trying To Monitor Domain Controller(s)
- Working With The Microsoft Deployment Toolkit (MDT) 2013 – Part 7: Build And Capture A Reference System
- Working With The Microsoft Deployment Toolkit (MDT) 2013 – Part 6: Boot Media
- Working With The Microsoft Deployment Toolkit (MDT) 2013 – Part 5: Create A Task Sequence
- Working With The Microsoft Deployment Toolkit (MDT) 2013 – Part 4: Create An Application Package
- Working With The Microsoft Deployment Toolkit (MDT) 2013 – Part 3: Import Operating System Source Files
- Working With The Microsoft Deployment Toolkit (MDT) 2013 – Part 2: Create A Deployment Share
- Working With The Microsoft Deployment Toolkit (MDT) 2013 – Part 1: Installation
- My Experience With The PowerShell Deployment Toolkit (PDT) – Part 3 (Installer.ps1)
- My Experience With The PowerShell Deployment Toolkit (PDT) – Part 2 (VMCreator.ps1)
- SCVMM 2012 SP1 in a LAB – Configuration Guide (Deploy an Agent to an Existing Hyper-V Host)
- SCVMM 2012 SP1 in a LAB – Installation Guide (Install Forecasting Analysis Reporting)
- SCVMM 2012 SP1 in a LAB – Installation Guide (Install Reporting)
- SCVMM 2012 SP1 in a LAB – Installation Guide (Install SCVMM)
- SCSM 2012 SP1 in a LAB – Configuration Guide (Configure SCOM Agents for Monitoring)
- SCSM 2012 SP1 in a LAB – Configuration Guide (Set Up and Configure Notifications)
- SCSM 2012 SP1 in a LAB – Configuration Guide (Configure the SCVMM Connector)
- SCSM 2012 SP1 in a LAB – Configuration Guide (Configure the Orchestrator Connector)
- SCSM 2012 SP1 in a LAB – Configuration Guide (Configure the Configuration Manager CI Connector)
- SCSM 2012 SP1 in a LAB – Configuration Guide (Configure The Operations Manager Alert Connector And CI Connector)
- SCSM 2012 SP1 in a LAB – Configuration Guide (Configure the Active Directory Connector)
- SCSM 2012 SP1 in a LAB – Configuration Guide (Register The Data Warehouse)
- SCSM 2012 SP1 in a LAB – Installation Guide (Install SharePoint / Self-Service Portal)
- SCSM 2012 SP1 in a LAB – Installation Guide (Install Service Manager Data Warehouse Server)
- SCSM 2012 SP1 in a LAB – Installation Guide (Install Service Manager Management Server)
- SCORCH 2012 SP1 in a LAB – Configuration Guide (Runbooks)
- SCORCH 2012 SP1 in a LAB – Configuration Guide (Integration Packs)
- SCORCH 2012 SP1 in a LAB – Installation Guide (Install Orchestrator)
- SCDPM 2012 SP1 in a LAB – Configuration Guide (Protection Groups)
- SCDPM 2012 SP1 in a LAB – Configuration Guide (Install Protection Agent)
- SCDPM 2012 SP1 in a LAB – Configuration Guide (Configure End User Recovery)
- SCDPM 2012 SP1 in a LAB – Configuration Guide (Add Disks)
- SCDPM 2012 SP1 in a LAB – Installation Guide (Install SCDPM Self Service Recovery)
- SCDPM 2012 SP1 in a LAB – Installation Guide (Install SCDPM)
- SCAC 2012 SP1 in a LAB – Configuration Guide (Customize the Organization Logo)
- SCAC 2012 SP1 in a LAB – Configuration Guide (Connect App Controller to A VMM Management Server)
- SCAC 2012 SP1 in a LAB – Configuration Guide (Enable Single Sign-On)
- SCAC 2012 SP1 in a LAB – Installation Guide (Install App Controller)
- My Experience With The PowerShell Deployment Toolkit (PDT) – Part 1 (Downloader.ps1)
- Windows Server 2012 R2 – Hyper-V Virtual Memory Error
- Active Directory Certificate Services – Configuration
- Active Directory Certificate Services – Installation
- SCOM 2012 R2 – Installation Guide (Gateway Server – Obtain Certificate from Active Directory Certificate Services)
- SCOM 2012 R2 – Installation Guide (Gateway Server – Prepare The Certificate)
- SCOM 2012 R2 – Reporting Workspace Empty
- SCOM 2012 R2 – Installation Introduction
- SCOM 2012 SP1 in a LAB – Configuration Guide (Enable Notification Channels)
- SCOM 2012 SP1 in a LAB – Configuration Guide (Import Management Packs)
- SCOM 2012 SP1 in a LAB – Configuration Guide (Configure Computers and Devices to Manage)
- SCOM 2012 SP1 in a LAB – Installation Guide (Install ACS)
- SCOM 2012 SP1 in a LAB – Installation Guide (Install SCOM)
- Replacement PSU Arrives
- New Hardware Arrival: New SSD
- ASUS P9X79 WS with Intel 82579V NIC and Hyper-V
- OS Installation and Using A Server OS With A Workstation Motherboard
- Build Complete
- Hardware Arrival: Mobo, RAM, GPU
- Hardware Arrival: Case, CPU, PSU, SSDs
- Hardware Arrival: CPU Cooler