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Azure tips that fly under the radar
Using Azure can be an exciting journey, but it's easy to miss out on some hidden tricks that can truly elevate your experience. Here are five tips that might just change the way you navigate the Azure universe! Use official naming conventions and abbreviations when naming resources, commit to them instead of letting people invent their own. Define your naming convention - Cloud Adoption Framework | Microsoft Learn Abbreviation examples for Azure resources - Cloud Adoption Framework | Microsoft Learn Effectively avoid unexpected Azure costs and optimize spending, ensuring that your cloud budget remains within control and aligned with your business objectives. Set Budget Alerts. delete unattached disks and snapshots (cause: failing to delete a disk after removing a VM leads to ongoing storage costs). Be mindful of Log Analtycs. While the service itself may not be inherently costly, it's essential to consider the types of applications (micro-services) feeding into Log Analytics and the magnitude of data they generate. Resources to improve your knowledge/experience in Azure: Azure Diagrams Administrator Portals | MSPortals.io - Microsoft Portals The Azure Periodic Table (onwardplatforms.com) Feature Matrix | M365 Maps azureadv1.pdf (idpowertoys.com) AzAdvertizer You can set your default tenant for login. This is more important if you have multiple tenants and are constantly getting logged into the wrong one when you sign in from a new VM or location Manage Azure portal settings and preferences - Azure portal | Microsoft Learn To prepare for Azure exams, I recommend not only using the Microsoft learning path but also combining it with hands-on YouTube tutorials , and most importantly, test yourself with the Microsoft practice assessment.Re: Azure Devops Services (Cloud) backp
Hi AnnaPR the feature isn't there because Azure DevOps cloud provides built-in capabilities for ensuring the integrity and availability of your repositories. But you have to know that if a repo is deleted you have appr. 28-90 days before it is permanently deleted. Another solution is to use third-party tools to backup the repo like "Azure DevOps Backup Tool" by Solidify AB,.... or you can backup your projects by downloading them as a zip to save it on your local machine/server and then upload it to restore them. An even more structure way is to automate it via a pipeline. Here the procedure: Backup Azure DevOps Git Repositories - CloudFronts If this answer is helpful, please mark it as a solution (best answer).Re: New To the Cloud
Hi kent41, I recommend choosing the AZ-900 over the AZ-104 if you lack prior experience with Azure. Here's why: Foundational Knowledge: AZ-900 provides fundamental concepts and a solid foundation for understanding Azure, making it ideal for beginners. No Prerequisites: With no prerequisites, AZ-900 is accessible to individuals without a technical background or prior cloud experience. Comprehensive Overview: AZ-900 covers a broad range of Azure services, offering a comprehensive introduction to cloud computing principles. Decision-Making Support: It helps you make informed decisions about Azure by introducing core concepts and explaining the benefits of using Azure services. Beneath an Azure certification roadmap (Advisable to follow this): If you find this answer helpful, please mark it as best answer.Re: Issue with AzureCommunicationChat - Unwanted Push Notifications for the Sender
mattiaa95 If I understand your question correctly, both the sender and the recipient receive push notifications when a user sends a chat message or creates a new chat thread using AzureCommunicationChat with Azure Notification Hubs in a multi-device scenario? If that's is the case then you need to Modify the code responsible for sending push notifications (push notification server) to the Azure notification hub. When sending push notifications, include custom payloads that contain user identifiers (e.g., user IDs or usernames) for both the sender and the recipient. Modify your Azure Function or backend code to inspect these identifiers. If you use Azure function then you can use the following code: // Sample Azure Function code (C#) public static async Task<IActionResult> Run( [HttpTrigger(AuthorizationLevel.Function, "post", Route = null)] HttpRequest req, ILogger log) { string requestBody = await new StreamReader(req.Body).ReadToEndAsync(); var notificationPayload = JsonConvert.DeserializeObject<NotificationPayload>(requestBody); // Check if sender and recipient are the same if (notificationPayload.SenderUserId != notificationPayload.RecipientUserId) { // Send the notification using Azure Notification Hubs // Your notification sending logic here // ... } return new OkResult(); } This only works if your setup, is the following: Please let me know if this helps!Re: Old VM to New VM - now ultra disk will not attach.
DJWayne You can try to make a snapshot of the disk, change the storage type and then mount it to another vm. Follow the procedure: Microsoft Learn - Make a snapshot and mount it to a new VM If you find this answer helpful, then accept this post as best answer.Re: Azure Devops Agent Firewal
grimaldo4750 Fixing network issues in your DevOps setup can be tricky, but here is what I have found online in order to possible solve them effectively: 1. Ensure that your proxy settings are correctly configured in Azure DevOps. Go to Project Settings -> Agent Pools -> Select your agent pool -> Agents -> Your agent -> Capabilities. Check if the HTTP_PROXY and HTTPS_PROXY variables are set correctly. 2. Identify the ports and URLs that need to be accessible through your company's firewall for Azure DevOps. Usually, Azure DevOps uses HTTPS (port 443) for communication. Make sure that traffic to Azure DevOps services is allowed. 3. Check the logs and error messages. Common default locations include (directory of the self-hosted agent): Windows: C:\agent Linux: /home/{user}/agent Common log files might include agent.log, diag.log, or logs specific to the job/run ID where the artifact download failed. Please share the logs, so that we can investigate the issue further.Re: AzCopy files with no data
SteveKnutson We need to check the logs in order to know exactly what is going wrong. AzCopy creates log and plan files for every job. By default, the log and plan files are located in the %USERPROFILE%\.azcopy directory on Windows or $HOME$\.azcopy directory on Mac and Linux. To review the logs go to the default file location and open the .log files: If you need more help reviewing the logs, please feel free to share them!Re: "username and password incorrect" error in the session host deployed with AVD Entra ID Joined
YoojongJeon The event is triggered because of either a bad username or authentication information. Likely it would be invalid authentication information, but not in the case if it works after the second try. There is another way to extract logs or even to fix the issue: Login to Windows app remote web client (local login is not possible) Link -> https://windows.cloud.microsoft/ Connect to the AVD and authenticate If the authentication fails, then you can extract a txt file from the extract logs option beneath the authentication failure pop-up Reference: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/security/threat-protection/auditing/event-4625#:~:text=0XC000006D%20%E2%80%93%20%22This%20is%20either%20due%20to%20a%20bad%20username%20or%20authentication%20information%22%20for%20critical%20accounts%20or%20service%20accounts.%0AEspecially%20watch%20for%20a%20number%20of%20such%20events%20in%20a%20row.Re: How to avoid "This Size is not available in zone. . ."
Hi Petri-X, First of, to list what location are available for your subscription, use the following command: Get-AzVMSize -Location westeurope | where-object {$_.name -EQ "Standard_D4_v5"} Because Get-AzComputeResourceSku returns all the possible SKUs available for a location disregarding the limitations of your subscription. So, as a first troubleshooting step execute this command on both subscriptions to check if the SKU is available for the corresponding subscription. Also it could be that some VM sizes are unavailable as there is currently high demand for VMs in certain regions (this is especially true for free trial accounts VM sizes). The solution is to create your VM resources in neighboring regions. But the best solution I think, is to directly Contact Microsoft Support If a SKU isn't available for your subscription, submit a SKU request to Azure Support.
