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AKS run simulation
I have simulation which is sort of command line node app. something like node something.js -p1 -p2 etc. I create docker image of it. I need to run it in AKS cluster. Say I create deployment with 2 or 3 replicas . How I can run it so it can take advantage of cluster to process it faster? I understand web application I can access by public IP. But not understanding how I can run it for such command line application? Can I just SSH to one of pod and run it?
Error Set-webConfigurationProperty cmdlet not recognized
I am trying to deploy Azure Migrate Installer. When I run it for the first time, I get the following: Installing C:\Install\AzureMigrateInstaller\MicrosoftAzureApplianceConfigurationManager.msi... [OK] [Script execution failed with error] The term 'Set-WebConfigurationProperty' is not recognized as a name of a cmdlet, function, script file, or executable program. Check the spelling of the name, or if a path was included, verify that the path is correct and try again. [Exception caught] The term 'Set-WebConfigurationProperty' is not recognized as a name of a cmdlet, function, script file, or executable program. Check the spelling of the name, or if a path was included, verify that the path is correct and try again..Exception Retry executing the script after resolving the issue(s) or contact Microsoft Support. I first tried this on a machine that did not run IIS. I also tried it on a machine that was running IIS 10, and got the same results. What can I do to fix this issue. I am running it in the same directory as the AzureMigrateInstaller.psi.
Integrating Tableau to a Azure Internal Database
Hi everyone, I wanted to ask if it's possible if I can connect Tableau to an internal database that I'm planning to build. Not just Tableau but Monday.com too. And yeah, I know I need to build the database first, and sort everything out first, but it's for my presentation. I would really be grateful if someone can answer this and show me a bit of how I can do that. Do I need some token from tableau or something?
RateCard API - Disk Meters
Hello, Did you use RateCard API to get information about the cost of Managed Disks? I found some problems with find differences between LRS and ZRS. {'EffectiveDate': '2021-02-01T00:00:00Z', 'IncludedQuantity': 0.0, 'MeterCategory': 'Storage', 'MeterId': '32d2a836-3069-5c59-aa89-5fd8703e5b4d', 'MeterName': 'P70 Disks', 'MeterRates': {'0': 2279.532663}, 'MeterRegion': 'EU North', 'MeterStatus': 'Active', 'MeterSubCategory': 'Premium SSD Managed Disks', 'MeterTags': [], 'Unit': '1/Month'} {'EffectiveDate': '2019-05-01T00:00:00Z', 'IncludedQuantity': 0.0, 'MeterCategory': 'Storage', 'MeterId': 'ae33b259-d35e-422e-8b76-a3c8435fb894', 'MeterName': 'P70 Disks', 'MeterRates': {'0': 1519.677198}, 'MeterRegion': 'EU North', 'MeterStatus': 'Active', 'MeterSubCategory': 'Premium SSD Managed Disks', 'MeterTags': [], 'Unit': '1/Month'} Two meters are similar, the only differences are Id, Date and price. The API returns good prices but does not describe the type. Regards, Mateusz
Blueprint as code from scratch
Hi, I want to create blueprint as code from scratch. There isn't proper documentation about this issue. I have read and test templates from github. Articles are not so advanced. There isn't any visual studio 2019 templat for blueprint. Any advice / document suggestion would be appreciated. Best Jasmine
connectivity issues with Azure SQL Database
error messages when the connection to Azure SQL Database or Azure SQL Managed Instance fails. These connection problems can be caused by reconfiguration, firewall settings, a connection timeout, incorrect login information' Use Below Power Shell Code to detect connection issue. $parameters = @{ # Supports Single, Elastic Pools and Managed Instance (please provide FQDN, MI public endpoint is supported) # Supports Azure Synapse / Azure SQL Data Warehouse (*.sql.azuresynapse.net / *.database.windows.net) # Supports Public Cloud (*.database.windows.net), Azure China (*.database.chinacloudapi.cn), Azure Germany (*.database.cloudapi.de) and Azure Government (*.database.usgovcloudapi.net) Server = '.database.windows.net' # or any other supported FQDN Database = '' # Set the name of the database you wish to test, 'master' will be used by default if nothing is set User = '' # Set the login username you wish to use, 'AzSQLConnCheckerUser' will be used by default if nothing is set Password = '' # Set the login password you wish to use, 'AzSQLConnCheckerPassword' will be used by default if nothing is set ## Optional parameters (default values will be used if omitted) SendAnonymousUsageData = $true # Set as $true (default) or $false RunAdvancedConnectivityPolicyTests = $true # Set as $true (default) or $false, this will load the library from Microsoft's GitHub repository needed for running advanced connectivity tests CollectNetworkTrace = $true # Set as $true (default) or $false #EncryptionProtocol = '' # Supported values: 'Tls 1.0', 'Tls 1.1', 'Tls 1.2'; Without this parameter operating system will choose the best protocol to use } $ProgressPreference = "SilentlyContinue"; if ([string]::IsNullOrEmpty($parameters.RepositoryBranch)) { $branch = 'master' } else { $branch = $parameters.RepositoryBranch } if ("AzureKudu" -eq $env:DOTNET_CLI_TELEMETRY_PROFILE) { $scriptFile = '/ReducedSQLConnectivityChecker.ps1' } else { $scriptFile = '/AzureSQLConnectivityChecker.ps1' } $scriptUrlBase = 'raw.githubusercontent.com/Azure/SQL-Connectivity-Checker/' + $branch Invoke-Command -ScriptBlock ([Scriptblock]::Create((Invoke-WebRequest ($scriptUrlBase + $scriptFile) -UseBasicParsing).Content)) -ArgumentList $parameters #end
Built-in Appx Apps authentication and FSLogix
Hi, What is the state of play with Built-in Appx applications and FSLogix? We have a customer who we migrated to Windows 11 Multi-Session, EntraID only, Intune and Cloud Kerberos for FSLogix profiles. They have a strange issue that they use some of the built-in Appx applications, The Microsoft To Do app and Sticky Notes. When they open the app for the first time it logs in straight away, no issues. They close it and load it, all fine. Come to log off the session host and log back on, load the appx app, it struggles to auto sign in, both apps have the same issue, you can click a few times and it logs in, but does this every time. If we disable FSLogix, and use local profiles, it works. If we enable Roam Identity, it works (We have disabled this as I know we cannot use it) I have built a brand new session host, Removed all Intune polices apart from setting FSlogix settings, same issue, Latest FSLogix, Taken away ODFC and reset profile, same issue. Are Built-in Appx supposed to work. Just seems to be really bad at this stage if they don't, Latest FSLogix, set InstallAppxPackages to 1, (default anyway) Am I missing anything, is this supposed to work now? I would have thought this would be fine? If anyone is able to provide any assistance would be greatly appeciated. Thanks.Where is storage sense on Windows 11 22H2 AVD image?
I am toying with deploying windows 11 to our AVD environment, but we use Onedrive and rely on storage sense to keep the profiles semi-clean. With windows 10 22h2 and Windows 11 on hardware, the storage sense service is there, but it does not appear to be on the AVD deployments. How does Microsoft intend for us to keep our user profiles clean and clean up crud accumulated in the fslogix profiles?
Restoring a user to Azure API Management instance who had registered using Azure B2C
I am trying to restore a Azure API Management user account that I had backed up and has identity.provider and intentity.id backed up. When I restore this user using the ARM endpoint using URI similar to one below, the user gets restored but has both "AadB2c" and "Basic" as the auth type:- "https://management.azure.com/subscriptions/${subscriptionId}/resourceGroups/${resourceGroup}/providers/Microsoft.ApiManagement/service/${apimName}/users/${userId}?api-version=2024-05-01" Why is Basic being added as the value because the backup had "AadB2c" as the Auth Type? And is there a way to avoid that and only have "AadB2C" as the Auth type.Azure AD Provisioning with Salesforce. Attribute with the Application Groups that a user belong
Hi, I have SSO between Salesforce and Azure AD using Salesforce App available in Azure. I'm also using provisioning to create the users in Salesforce. Everything works fine, but I need another field to pass to Salesforce: The Application Groups that the user belongs. It is possible to add a field to the User in Azure AD with this information and mapping it in Provisioning -> Attribute Mapping ? Let's say something similar with SingleAppRoleAssignment([appRoleAssignments]), but with all the groups that the user belong regarding only this particular Application. For user provisioning I have created several groups in the app. For each group I assign a role(profile in Salesforce). Then I assign users to the specific groups. The provisioning start and I also want to send the group(s) that the user is member.Azure Logic App JSON Array Data Operation
We have a scenario where we are getting an JSON array response from Hubspot webhook Ex- this JSON array may have length upto 40 or 50. Now I want to check if 'subscriptionType' contains 'company' then set variable 'Iscompany' to 'true' else If 'subscriptionType' contains 'contact' then set variable 'Iscontact' to 'true' else if 'subscriptionType' contains 'company' and 'contact' then set variable 'Iscompany' and 'Iscontact' to 'true'. Example- Now the problem is this - suppose if there is length of JSON array is 40 or 50 and we got our variables 'IsContact' and 'IsCompany' is set to 'True' in its first 2 or 3 iterations so why do i check in full array? Is there any alternate way to achieve this logic- if 'subscriptionType' contains 'company' then set variable 'Iscompany' to 'true' else If 'subscriptionType' contains 'contact' then set variable 'Iscontact' to 'true' else if 'subscriptionType' contains 'company' and 'contact' then set variable 'Iscompany' and 'Iscontact'. like if JSON Body contains 'company' or 'contact' as value of keys then set variables to true or false.Can we run azure functions locally in VSCode without admin rights
Whenever I tried to debug the azure functions locally in vscode, a dialog box appears and it asks to install azure function core tools. After installing, it throws an error as Unable to import azure.functions pylint(import-error). When I tried to debug one more time without modifying anything, it is asking to install azure function core tools again. I don't understand why it is asking multiple times to install azure function core tools and also also why it is throwing error as could not import azure.functions. Please help on this. I am trying the above steps as a local user. If I tried to do using admin user, it is working.
Logic Apps: Value mapping (key-value pair) - XML Transformation
Hi all, I have just started with Logic Apps. My first app is running. It contains a XML transformation (XSLT3). Within the XSLT I have to map some values. My first approach was to put this mapping values as xsl:map into the stylesheet. Works fine. Actually, I want this part to be more flexible. I am looking for something where I can store the value mapping table, which can be easily changed, e.g. a separate XML which will be passed to the XSLT (xsl:params) or parameters from the app. I was wondering if you can point me to the right direction what can be used for that. Thank you in advance Seb
Remote debug options for Linux container on App Services
We run .Net hosted on Linux Docker containers running in App Service. This makes debugging very difficult as while there is an option for remote debugging, this is only for Windows containers. https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/visualstudio/debugger/remote-debugging-azure-app-service?view=visualstudio The only option I can find for Linux is the one detailed in the link below from 2018 which involves running an SSH server in the Docker container and using an extension which doesn't seem to have a stable version. az extension add --name webapp az : WARNING: No stable version of 'webapp' to install. Preview versions allowed. https://azure.github.io/AppService/2018/05/07/New-SSH-Experience-and-Remote-Debugging-for-Linux-Web-Apps.html Are there any currently supported options for remote debugging in Linux containers? Are there any plans to introduce the remote debug feature for Linux App Services?Azure Managed Identity randomly returns 403 and then self-recovers
Our production apps intermittently lose Key Vault access via Managed Identity for a few minutes, then recover automatically without any config, RBAC, or deployment changes. Everything appears healthy from Azure’s side, which makes root cause analysis extremely difficult. Has anyone else seen this behavior?Which Azure certification are you currently preparing for, or planning to take next?
I recently started exploring Microsoft Azure training and certifications, and I can clearly see how valuable they are for building cloud skills and growing a career in technology. Azure certifications help professionals learn real-world cloud concepts, improve technical knowledge, and stay updated with technologies like AI, Security, DevOps, and Data Engineering. Some of the most popular certifications are: AZ-900 – Azure Fundamentals AZ-104 – Azure Administrator AZ-204 – Azure Developer AZ-500 – Azure Security Engineer Microsoft Learn also provides free learning paths and hands-on content, which makes it easier for beginners and experienced professionals to learn at their own pace.
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