Raising the minimum bar with Azure Automanage
I’ve always believed that one of the true roles of IT in any organizations is to help the business units achieve their goals while maintaining adequate control over company resources. This is not an all-encompassing rule. It’s just my own personal view of our role. But to perform that role, we need to ensure that resources that are deployed are at the very least adequately inventoried, protected, monitored, and operated. Basically, we need to ensure that all the facets of the operation lifecycle of our resources are covered. In comes Azure Automanage… A new service, currently in preview (at publishing time) that helps you automate this process without the need to create your own code for it.
Digital event: Windows Server Summit on September 16
Discover the latest Windows Server innovations and capabilities. https://info.microsoft.com/ww-landing-windows-server-summit.html?ocid=AID3037727_QSG_542045 for the Windows Server Summit—your first in-depth look at Windows Server 2022. You’ll come away from this free digital event with a thorough understanding of how to use the newest Windows Server innovations to modernize your IT environment and simplify management. Join us at this digital event to: Get the latest news and announcements about Windows Server 2022. See hybrid infrastructure solutions in action with product demos. Learn how to maximize your existing investments with Azure—the trusted cloud for Windows Server. Get answers to your questions from product experts during the live Q&A. https://info.microsoft.com/ww-landing-windows-server-summit.html?ocid=AID3037727_QSG_542045 Windows Server Summit Thursday, September 16, 2021 10:00 AM–11:30 AM Pacific TimeExperience with Automanage Machine Configuration
Hi, I am experimenting with Automanage Machine Configuration and find the overall experience and documentation very poor. I am wondering if there are others who have experience with automanage and can point me towards additional documentation. I have built an example implementation which I am using as my lab setup: https://github.com/JelleBroekhuijsen/azure-automanage-example What I am experiencing is that the compliance-state reporting seems to be very inconsistent. Sometimes these sample configurations reports everything being compliant while maybe 30 minutes later the same configuration is marked as incompliant (while the VM is observably in a compliant state). Additionally, there seems to be no option to get support or report issues with the GuestConfiguration-extension (for Windows) or the GuestConfiguration PowerShell module. For instance, in my experimenting with the module I found that calling the PackageManagement DSC resource from within a configuration leads to a conflict with the embedded PackageManagement module in the windows extension. I found a workaround for this, but I have no way to report this issue.Digital event: Windows Server Summit on September 16
Discover the latest Windows Server innovations and capabilities. https://info.microsoft.com/ww-landing-windows-server-summit.html?ocid=AID3037727_QSG_542045 for the Windows Server Summit—your first in-depth look at Windows Server 2022. You’ll come away from this free digital event with a thorough understanding of how to use the newest Windows Server innovations to modernize your IT environment and simplify management. Join us at this digital event to: Get the latest news and announcements about Windows Server 2022. See hybrid infrastructure solutions in action with product demos. Learn how to maximize your existing investments with Azure—the trusted cloud for Windows Server. Get answers to your questions from product experts during the live Q&A. https://info.microsoft.com/ww-landing-windows-server-summit.html?ocid=AID3037727_QSG_542045 Windows Server Summit Thursday, September 16, 2021 10:00 AM–11:30 AM Pacific Time
