Hey folks, in this post I am going to go over the steps required to get up and running with Windows Virtual Desktop. I have recently started a new position where I am working with WVD a lot, so I am setting up my own little test environment. I thought I would document what I …
Category: Azure
Upgrading Active Directory from 2012 R2 to 2019
Hi folks, this is a very quick post where I will explain the steps to upgrade Active Directory from 2012 R2 to 2019. If you are still running 2012 R2 you will be missing out on some of the features to integrate your on-prem AD into Azure Active Directory so its definitely a requirement to …
Creating an Azure AD Tenant and configuring AD Connect
Hey folks, welcome to the second part in this series of blog posts discussing Azure AD. Part 1 can be found here – https://www.virtualmanc.co.uk/2019/12/27/active-directory-authentication-the-past-present-and-future/ In this post we will be creating an Azure AD Tenant and then installing AD Connect to perform a sync. We will perform the following: 1) Create an Azure AD Tenant …
Active Directory & Authentication–The past, present and future
Hey folks, this is the first post of a series of blog posts I am planning to write which discuss the various infrastructure requirements when designing and configuring a VDI or DaaS infrastructure. I will discuss stuff like Active Directory, Authentication, Networking, Storage, Profile Management, VM Specs etc etc. I will try to keep it …
Missing required metadata properties error when running New-OnPremiseHybridWorker
Hey folks. Just a quick post around an into an issue today whilst having a play with Azure Automation. One of the capabilities of Azure Automation is the ability to configure the Hybrid Runbook Worker feature. This allows you to configure Azure Automation with your on premise infrastructure which is pretty cool. One of the …
Configuring Azure Site-to-Site VPN with Draytek 2860 router
To keep the costs of my Azure subscription down I still wanted to run some resources on my existing home lab rather than shift everything into AWS or Azure as I found this would be quite an expensive thing to do!! The solution I have put in place is to extend my home lab into …
Connecting to Azure App MySQL Instance remotely
I recently made a mistake on my WordPress site which left me unable to let me into the Admin console. Big boo boo!! After a bit of research I found the solution which was to go into the MySQL Database and edit some fields on the WordPress database. Now, on a normal WordPress hosted site …
Configuring SSL on Azure Web App custom URL
In my previous post I went through the steps to configure WordPress on Azure. In this post I will configure a SSL Certificate for the custom URL that was configured. This is a multistep process which involves: Creating the certificate Creating a Keyvault Importing the certificate into the Keyvault Assigning the certificate to the App …
Migrating WordPress to Azure App
I recently migrated my WordPress blog over to Azure as I was getting frustrated with the lack of control and there was a issue with PHP versioning that my hosting provider couldn’t seem to resolve. The process was ridiculously easy so I thought I would document the steps here if somebody is thinking about doing …
Azure Backups
One of the most common use cases for Azure is the Backup facility. The Azure Backup service enables multiple resources to be backed up and stored in the Azure cloud. There are multiple benefits of this including: Security – Data is encrypted and stored within Microsoft’s secure data centers. Ease of use – As you …