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EA portal and already an account created
Hello, Created a new dept. and now trying to add an account under the ea.azure.com. i get this error. "There is already an account created for the specified email ID. Please enter a different email ID." My account is associated with another subscription and another account under azure but I would like to get the subscription setup before handing it off to the person who will manage going forward, once that is figured out.
Azue AD Device Management
Good day, I am new to Azure; currently moving workstations to the Cloud (Azure). There are several Windows "devices" DT-23, LT-12, that are visible on the Azure Active Directory devices that are duplicates; with a different 'owner' for the device. How would I ascertain which device should be deleted from the Azure AD? There are more than twice as many devices in the Azure AD than the devices in the organization. What, if any steps, do I take to prevent this?Creating Azure SQL VM with same name as VM
Hi, Currently we have a resource group, which contains a Virtual Machine and SQL Virtual Machine (and a few other resources). The VM and SQL VM has the same name: I want to move this resource group (and its resources) to another subscription. We tried using Resource Mover, but we couldn't as there are backups. I tried the steps in the following link: https://petri.com/copy-azure-vm-using-managed-disk-snapshots/ I was successful in moving 5 of the 6 resources to the new subscription, but was unable to move the SQL virtual machine: I tried to create a SQL virtual machine, but it says I can't create one with the same name: I found that in order to create a VM and SQL VM's with the same name, in the above image, I have to choose an image that has SQL Server and Windows. But this doesn't allow me to use the original managed disk (it only has an OS disk) and it also creates a couple of more disks, which are not in the original resource group. I was wondering if there are recommendations on how to create a SQL VM that has the same name as the VM in the same resource group and are also linked to each other. Jason
Locked out of Azure account for 5 months! Spent hours on phone, still no resolution! PLEASE HELP!!!
As per the title, back in April I somehow managed to lock myself out of my Azure portal. Typically to sign in my browser would auto-fill in the password field - for some reason that fateful day the auto-fill function didn't work. So I typed in what I believed to be the password, it wasn't. Annoyed, I typed in a few more passwords (even checked browser password manager to ensure I was typing the correct password) and finally locked myself out. Worse still, the email address that Microsoft wanted to send its verification code as a back-up contingency is no longer active (domain wasn't renewed and has since been bought). So Microsoft is sending a verification email to a dead email address... When I try to reset the password via Microsoft's questionnaire, once submitted I then get an automated email response back stating I haven't provided enough correct/relevant information, so the password can't be reset. I have long since lost any hope or faith in Microsoft rectifying this issue. Being courteous on the phone and apologising constantly is all well and good, but is only meaningful if there is a resolution. All that's happened is I've been passed around from one department to another and back again, before eventually being ghosted back in the summer. I have since opened another support ticket which is already winding its way around to ultimately leading me down another dead end. At this stage, all I want is for Microsoft to release my SQL database (my intellectual property) back to me. I am able to provide old invoices relating to my Azure account (when I was able to log in and download invoices!), as well as proof of ID to prove I am who I say I am - enough is enough! Please advise.
Error No File
I have tried to deploy the Azure Local cluster based on Stack HCI, but are currently stuck on the Creating Cluster portion. However the fault it gives is very unclear and says there is a network configuration error however All previous steps where succesfull including setting up networking where I assume it would have failed if it was a networking issue. The name of the cluster would be something else if I where to configure it manually but this name comes from Azure and was validated there. Error: Type 'ConfigCluster' of Role 'Cluster' raised an exception: Check the spelling of the cluster name. Otherwise, there might be a problem with your network. Make sure the cluster nodes are turned on and connected to the network or contact your network administrator. at SetClusterLiveDumpPolicy, C:\NugetStore\Microsoft.AzureStack.Fabric.Storage.SCPSModule.10.2507.1001.1000\content\CloudDeployment\Classes\Cluster\Cluster.psm1: line 898 at ConfigCluster, C:\NugetStore\Microsoft.AzureStack.Fabric.Storage.SCPSModule.10.2507.1001.1000\content\CloudDeployment\Classes\Cluster\Cluster.psm1: line 322 at <ScriptBlock>, C:\CloudDeployment\ECEngine\InvokeInterfaceInternal.psm1: line 163 at Invoke-EceInterfaceInternal, C:\CloudDeployment\ECEngine\InvokeInterfaceInternal.psm1: line 158 at <ScriptBlock>, <No file>: line 50
Azure Local
i am trying to install Azure local on nested Hyper-V VM as test environment, 1 DC, 1 HCI VM and unfortunately i am stuck with an error: "Type 'ValidateArcIntegration' of Role 'EnvironmentValidator' raised an exception: { "ExceptionType": "text", "ErrorMessage": "The provided account MSI@50342 does not have access to subscription ID \"7187cfd2-689c-4918-b43b-6e767d2bc1eb\". Please try logging in with different credentials or a different subscription ID. If a subscription is not specified, please check the configs by `Get-AzConfig`"
What is impact of Azure Firewall update from default to custom DNS on other Vnets routing to FW
I have 4 Azure Vnets, One Prod(VMs and AKS), 2nd Dev(VMs and AKS), 3rd(Domain Controllers), 4th Azure Firewall and Application gateway. External traffic is only come from 4th Vnet resources. Vnets peering is set from 1to4, 2to4, 3to4, Route table from 1st, 2nd, 3rd vnets are set to Azure Firewall private IP. All Vnets have DNS server added of Domain controller private IPs. Azure firewall has DNS setting disabled. I am going to enable Firewall DNS settings and add the Domain Controllers DNS and enable DNS proxy. For testing, I am going to add Firewall private IP in DNS of Dev Vnet and restart VMs. But I did not added this in Prod Vnet. What will be the impact on Prod Vnet Apps if they are trying to resolve IPs from domain controller? What will be the impact of Prod apps if they are trying to access azure resources(SQL, storage account)?Azure Function to unzip blob to specific blob folder
If this is not the right group to post this, please let me know. I am not much of a developer but have a need to extract a ZIP file that resides in a Blob Container into the same container in a specific folder, I would like that folder to be named the same of the zip filename. I have found several Azure Function blobs that use the new file blob trigger but all of them simply extract all the files in a specific container. I cannot for the life of me figure out how to tell it to save it in a specific folder and how to get it to pull the name of the file to name that folder. Does anyone have a template or code they would be willing to share with me? The reason I need this is due to the fact that Power Automate's "extract to ***" connectors have a limit of 100 files in the zip. Of course my zip files have just over 100 files in them......Expressroute Coexistence P2S
Hi We have an IPVPN ExpressRoute connection back to our MPLS. We also have a central Internet breakout from our MPLS, its quite small, only 300mb. we don't want to increase the bandwidth on that circuit and at the moment it is getting a little over used by workers connecting to on-premise and Azure service via the client VPN they have. We want to look at the possibility of bringing up a P2S VPN in Azure that can also utilise the ExpressRoute for connectivity back down to the MPLS. We also have multiple VNGs setup that are linked to other Azure subs and a spare VNG that has a larger GatewaySubnet than the others (/27) Has anyone successfully brought up another VNG in the same GatewaySubnet asn an ExpressRoute VNG to allow P2S connections back either into the Azure environment or using the ExpressRoute back into an on-premise LAN (via the MPLS)? if you have, get in touch because I'd like to know how you managed it. I have looked at Virtual WAN, but that would entail bringing down the current ER which is a no no at the moment. thanksRoute-metrics in Azure P2S VPN
We have the following setup in our environment: Azure VPN Gateway S2S-VPN between gateway and our on-premise datacentre. P2S-VPN between gateway and clients. This P2S VPN is configured with AAD-authentication and the VPN profile is assigned to a client via Intune and XML-configuration. I have attached a stripped down version of our .xml with information that is not sensitive. (azurevpn.xml). It's in the zipped file. This setup is working overall fine, we add some routes to direct the traffic to the right place. We also have a management-VPN deployed that some of our employees use to get access to our network equipment and other administrative devices. This is a Cisco Anyconnect VPN. When connected to both this VPN-profile and the AzureVPN it let's them traverse both the management-net and the "customer"-net and let's them query DNS in both nets. The Anyconnect-VPN just as the AzureVPN has routes assigned to it, which when connected, one of the routes gets assigned a metric of 35. When then the P2S-VPN is connected it assigns the metric 311 on the same route. 311 seems to be the "default" metric on the routes specified in our .xml. This causes the issues in our case and we need to assign a metric lower then 35 to the P2S-route. Is there any way to assign a metric to a route that we push with the .xml? According to the Microsoft Docs here https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/vpn-gateway/vpn-profile-intune which links to this Docs https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/client-management/mdm/vpnv2-csp says you are able to do this. However if we try to add for example "<metric>25</metric> to the xml this gets ignored on the client. I have attached a section of the AzureVpnCxn.log which is stripped of sensitive information where this can be seen. Please advicerouting table
Hello, I have a virtual network with 192.168.0.0/24. In the virtual network is a firewall with 192.168.0.5. Now I want to route any outgoing traffic on the virtual network through the firewall. If I create a rule 0.0.0.0/0 to 192.168.0.5 - The internal devices can not reach each other. What is the best way to set the routing rules here? Greetings and thanks Stefan
VM with two NICs
Hi, I have a use case for Azure VMs to separate management and application traffic. So in effect, one NIC for management and another for application. The application VMs would reside on VNET-A and the management network would reside on VNet-B. My understanding is that Azure VMs can have multiple NICs but they need to belong to the same VNet. The rational behind this is most likely how the existing application is implemented in a traditional data center, however my understanding is that in public cloud there is no IP layer 2 functionality. Therefore I was wondering how we overcome such a requirement in respect to security?
ASH Nvidia Tesla T4 GPU Driver issues
I have a Windows 2019 server running on Azure Stack Hub. For some reason we cannot get the Nvidia Tesla T4 GPU driver to work on Windows. In the same set up, running a Linux server, we can get the GPU driver to work. The error says "Windows has stopped this device because it has reported problems (Code 43). Anyone have any ideas? The hardware underneath is Dell.Scaling Plan with AVD session hosts on Azure Local doesn't perform a clean shutdown
I have setup a scaling plan for my AVD sessions hosts that are running on Azure Local. The scaling plan is working as expected and the machines are taken offline during the hours specified which is reducing the service fee costs. However, I've noticed that the Scaling Plan is simply powering off the VM, it's not telling the VM to cleanly shut down which is leading to the sessions hosts having event log entries that they weren't shut down correctly and putting them at risk of disk corruption issues. Is this intended?how to record both video and unmixed audio of a group call
Hi, I need to record a meeting's video as well as unmixed audio stream of the call, but it seems from the documentation, we can only either record a mixed audioVideo format, or an unmixed multi channel audio format, we can not do both at the same time, I tried to start recording on the same serverCallId 2 times with different format mentioned, that did not work, is there any way to achieve what I want?Azure Enterprise-Scale Landing Zone Building a Future-Ready Cloud Foundation
In today’s fast-paced digital landscape, enterprises are under constant pressure to innovate, scale efficiently, and maintain governance and security across their cloud environments. Microsoft Azure’s Enterprise-Scale Landing Zone (ESLZ) provides the blueprint organizations need to accelerate their cloud adoption journey while maintaining control, compliance, and agility. https://dellenny.com/azure-enterprise-scale-landing-zone-building-a-future-ready-cloud-foundation/When Words Matter Noise-Free, Domain-Specific Voice Recognition with Azure Custom Speech
As voice-driven technologies continue to transform how users interact with applications, delivering accurate, natural, and noise-resilient speech recognition has become essential. From virtual assistants and customer service bots to voice-controlled industrial systems, users expect speech interfaces that just work — even in noisy environments or when complex technical terms are spoken. That’s where Azure Custom Speech comes in. It allows you to tailor Azure’s Speech-to-Text service for your specific domain by training it to handle background noise, unique terminology, and diverse accents — enabling seamless and reliable voice experiences across industries. https://dellenny.com/when-words-matter-noise-free-domain-specific-voice-recognition-with-azure-custom-speech/
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