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
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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
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
Pin Azure VM Availability Sets into an Availability Zone
OverviewUpdate (10/12/2022): This instructions in this article are no longer necessary with the new feature Proximity Placement Group intent feature that has been added where you can specify the VM Sizes and Availability Zone a Proximity Placement Group can be aligned to. More information here.When you deploy a Virtual Machine and want High Availability, you have one … [Read more...] about Pin Azure VM Availability Sets into an Availability Zone
Azure Private Endpoints and Storage Account Firewalls
This topic is to address some incorrect information out there regarding leveraging Azure Private Endpoints and Storage Account Firewalls. The recommendations I have seen are to create a Private Endpoint on an Azure Storage Account and restrict subnet access to a specific subnet.Let's walk through an example of an incorrect statement I have seen out there. Then I'll walk … [Read more...] about Azure Private Endpoints and Storage Account Firewalls
