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Using VSCode with VSTS and YAML to build an Azure VM – Part 2
This is the second part of our two-part series on building a Windows Server in Azure by using a YAML configuration file in Visual Studio Team Services. In the first part of this article, we looked at creating a connection between Azure and VSTS while looking at JSON and YAML files to deploy. 4sysops article...…
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Using VSTS and configuration as code to deploy Azure infrastructure – Part 1
In part one of this two-part series of articles, I will be looking at how to create an account in Azure to create a Service Endpoint in VSTS to allow a connection, Azure Resource Manager templates, and using a YAML configuration file in VSTS to create a build. 4sysops article continues here… …
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Generate complex passwords with PowerShell
My New-ComplexPassword PowerShell function allows you to generate complex passwords of custom length. Optionally, you can add one or several special characters to the passwords. 4sysops article continues here… …
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Azure Multi-Factor Authentication - Part 9: Enable users with PowerShell
Reading the wonderful series on Azure Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA) by Sander Berkouwer gave me the idea of sharing a PowerShell function that allows you to enable this feature for a single user or multiple users. The ability to automate enabling MFA is very powerful for configuring all users the same way. Not having to do...…
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Building Azure VM's with PowerShell
To create a virtual machine in Azure requires the configuration of several different components. You need to consider a Resource group, Storage options, a virtual network then the virtual machine itself! To set all these components you need to know what they are; A Location, Storage types, Operating systems… To make this process easier for...…
name := "Graham Beer"
`Cloud Engineer with his head in the AWS clouds, authored chapters in the PowerShell Conference Book 1 & 2 and currently learning and enjoying Go
