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Alert on Pending Updates
Hi, We've set up several onpremise servers with the Azure Arc agent, to allow us to manage updates via Azure Update Manager. I'd like to get a mail notification with pending updates before the maintenance is scheduled. Azure Update Manager provides a New alert rule (preview) feature that allows me to setup a new alert for pending updates easily. The issue is that it runs every 5 minutes, fires the alert, and sends the email every 5 minutes. Ideally this is sent before the maintenance schedule runs (every 2 weeks), so I know which updates will be applied before they get applied. Changing the frequency of evaluation can be changed to 1 day max, but that will trigger the message to be sent every day. I figured that I could edit the alert rule and change the Query type to Single event (preview), but not sure if that's the solution. When I try this, I cannot edit or save a query. No way to add something to the query and there's no save button: Any idea how I could trigger a Pending Update alert rule to run on a scheduled basis, eg every 2 weeks ? Thanks Best regards, Joeri MichielsAzure Local - Design the infrastructure - some bad design choices I have stumbled on
Hi. I wanted to share my lasted blog article where I touch on some of the bad design choices I have stumbled on when working with customers existing Azure Local deployments that broke down or in other ways behaved with poor performance or disruptions. https://www.chkja.dk/2025/07/16/azure-local-design-the-infrastructure/ I hope to inspire and feel free to share your knowledge here in the thread :)
LAB: Onboarding On-premises Machine to Azure Arc by using Proxy as Connectivity Method
What is Azure Arc? Azure Arc is a set of technologies that extends Azure management and enables Azure services to run across on-premises, multi-cloud, and edge environments. It allows you to manage resources such as servers, Kubernetes clusters, databases, and applications running outside Azure using familiar Azure tools and services like Azure Policy, Azure Monitor, and Defender for cloud. With Azure Arc, you can bring these resources into Azure's control plane, standardize operations, and apply consistent security and governance across your entire IT landscape. This simplifies hybrid and multi-cloud management while leveraging Azure's features, making it easier to innovate and maintain control over your infrastructure. LAB Architecture Lab pre-requisites: Set up and on-premises environment with an VM and Enterprise Proxy. An Azure subscription where we can on board machine. Understand the system, network pre-requisite. Plan Deployment Please note the hostname as this will show in azure arc portal once you on board machine into azure arc. Also, you can verify whether proxy is configured using command netsh winhttp show proxy Note: You don't need to use proxy connectivity option if your internet traffic is already routing via proxy in the network level. You can use this option if you need your agent to communicate via a different proxy which not already configured at network level. Steps to deploy: Generate Script to on-board on-premises machine: Go to Azure Arc-->Machines and Click on Create. Select an option best suited for you. I am using Add multiple servers Option Fill the details, provide your proxy sever URL. Provide service principal already have or create new one. Provide tags if you need. Go to download and run script option. Either you can download or copy the script and directly and run it in your machine. Update Service Principal secret inside script then the script is ready to use. Run the script in on-premises machine Go to on-premises machine PowerShell and run script. The script will install the Azure Arc agent and connect the system with Arc control Plane. Not necessarily these steps need to do by PowerShell. You are having multiple way to connect machine to azure arc. Eg: CLI, API calls etc. Please go through Azure arc documentation to know more. The following action will take place once you run the script. Azure Connected Machine Agent Installation Setting proxy configuration Connect machine to Azure Now your machine is onboarded, and you can enjoy all the services in azure. In nutshell you can treat your on-premises machine as azure vm and apply all the related series.
Creation of an AKS Hybrid Cluster is not working from Azure Portal
The creation of an AKS hybrid networks for Azure is failing with the error below. The resource operation completed with terminal provisioning state 'Failed'.\",\"details\":[{\"message\":\"Warning: rpc error: code = Unknown desc = rpc error: code = Unknown desc = VMMS only supports using an existing 'Default Switch' ICS network (invalid network name: 😞 Invalid Input Any assistance please?
Azure Arc enabled Servers unable to assess Updates
Starting yesterday, several of my Arc-enabled Win 2019 and 2022 Servers are unable to assess Windows Updates anymore. Error: "Assessment failed due to this reason: Not able to complete assessment within specified time." Is there anything I can do to reinstall "WindowsPatchExtension" as it won't automatically install itself after removing it from the Extensions? (It's not available for manual install, at least not via "Install extension" GUI)My Mistake: installing azure local OS On laptop
Let me begin by apologizing to all experienced tech community professionals who have posted numerous discussions resulting in numerous solutions. I should have known that to start a discussion you really need to be as succinct as you can be, not unlike creating a perfect prompt while submitting something to an AI model. I was unaware that my discussion needed to be approved before being available to all -how come AI doesn't do that approval? 7 hours later... A big thank you to the moderator of this Category. They really saved me by giving extra time to read and re-read my initial post. Ugh... My self-imposed punishment for being a knucklehead is to dig a little deeper. I'm doing that and I'm onto something. When I think I have a more complete set of instructions to do what I'm doing, I'll provide details and hopefully I will be self-aware of written and unwritten rules of the Tech Community Road In future posts
