Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery (BCDR) is an important topic to understand to ensure your organization designs workloads to provide reliable services. The purpose of this article isn't to discuss BCDR itself, but rather different Azure Geo-Redundant Storage (GRS) patterns and considerations when designing workloads with BCDR in mind.For more information on BCDR, … [Read more...] about GRS Storage and BCDR Considerations
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Pre-creating Azure AD App for Azure Migrate
When deploying an Azure Migrate Appliance to perform VMware environmental discovery, there are some steps that must be taken to prepare an Azure User Account with the necessary permissions. These steps are outlined in: Prepare an Azure user account.One of these steps are to have "Permissions to register Azure Active Directory (Azure AD) apps." This can be done a couple … [Read more...] about Pre-creating Azure AD App for Azure Migrate
Azure Runbooks Connecting to Exchange Online and Microsoft Graph
The purpose of this article is to demonstrate the following two capabilities:Leverage an Azure Runbook to connect to Exchange Online via an Azure Active Directory Application to run Exchange Online PowerShell CommandsLeverage an Azure Runbook to connect to Microsoft Graph via an Azure Active Directory Application to Send Email via Exchange OnlineWe will walk through … [Read more...] about Azure Runbooks Connecting to Exchange Online and Microsoft Graph
Using Python 3.8.0 Azure Runbooks with Python Packages
Azure Python Runbooks support both Python 2.7.12 as well as Python 3.8.0. In this blog, we'll look at leveraging Python 3.8.0 both when running Python Runbooks leveraging Azure Compute as well as leveraging a Hybrid Runbook Worker when using Python installed on Windows Server.Importing Python Packages and DependenciesThe runbook we want to leverage uses third-party … [Read more...] about Using Python 3.8.0 Azure Runbooks with Python Packages
Preserving UNC Path after Azure Files Migration using DFS-N
OverviewDuring a file migration to Azure leveraging Azure Files, a File Server, ANF, or any target system that will leverage a Universal Naming Convention (UNC) path, it is often desirable to retain the original UNC path. Typically, Administrators will have to either:Update Logon ScriptsUpdate GPOsProvide manual instructions to users on remapping their Network Drives … [Read more...] about Preserving UNC Path after Azure Files Migration using DFS-N
