In Part 1, we looked at creating an Azure Function, assigning it a Managed Service Identity (MSI) and assigning the MSI RBAC Permissions. We then look through the default PowerShell code that is created when creating a PowerShell Function in order to better understand how to code an Azure PowerShell Function.In this second part, we take a look at updating the code in our … [Read more...] about HTML Reports using Azure Logic Apps and PowerShell Function Apps – Part 2
HTML Reports using Azure Logic Apps and PowerShell Function Apps – Part 1
Logic Apps and Functions work great together. Functions that are enabled for a Managed Service Identity can login to your Azure environment and collect lots of statistics. Logic Apps can take the data retrieved from an Azure Function and take action on it. For example, send the HTML report to an administrator. The purpose of this article is to demonstrate using an Azure … [Read more...] about HTML Reports using Azure Logic Apps and PowerShell Function Apps – Part 1
Increasing Azure Log Analytics Retention Per Data Type
On October 8th, 2019, Microsoft announced the support of increasing retention independently per data type. What this means, is that if you want to collect 6 months worth of log data for the SecurityEvent Log, you can do so independently of the retention period for other data types. The official documentation on that is here: … [Read more...] about Increasing Azure Log Analytics Retention Per Data Type
Monitor Azure Virtual Machine Deletes and Creations with Log Analytics
Update (3/6/2020): There is a new method of ingesting Activity Log data into your Log Analytics Workspace. Please see this article series I wrote here for more information. The new article series discusses using the method outlined in this article as well as the new method, differences between the two, how to utilize a new Kusto Query to pull output from both methods as well as … [Read more...] about Monitor Azure Virtual Machine Deletes and Creations with Log Analytics
Pass-Through Authentication Without Password Hash Synchronization Breaks Online To On-Premises Free/Busy (Updated)
Working with a customer and we decided to enable Pass-Through Authentication with SSO instead of Password Hash Synchronization. One of the several benefits of using Pass-Through Authentication instead of Password Hash Synchronization is increased security of not having your password hashes synchronized to a third party service. This is a key benefit as documented … [Read more...] about Pass-Through Authentication Without Password Hash Synchronization Breaks Online To On-Premises Free/Busy (Updated)
