A WORLD OF BITS AND BYTES…
Today, I’m going to show you how to install and configure Active Directory Domain Services on Windows Server 2022 Core edition on Azure.
I’ve used some ARM templates to deploy my two domain controllers in Azure, based on Windows Server 2022 Core edition. These servers are in a separate subnet within my Azure environment. In this example, Í’ve two domain controllers, mss-dc-core001 and mss-dc-core002.
Continue reading “Install and configure ADDS on Windows Server 2022 Core in Azure (Part 1)”
In Azure, you have the option to bring in your own licenses (Azure Hybrid Benefit). If you deploy a virtual machine using Azure Resource Manager (ARM) templates, this option is not enabled by default. Certainly for test environments, demos, but in many cases also production environments, you want to enable this option.
By adding the line below to your ARM template, the Azure Hybrid Benefit is enabled.
Today I’ve deployed a new virtual machine within Azure using the Windows Server 2022 Azure Edition Preview Marketplace image. After running my Powershell script, I received an error:
’User failed validation to purchase resources. Error message: ‘You have not accepted the legal terms on this subscription: …..’
So, let’s take a look at the legal terms, also using Powershell. I’ve used a couple of variables.
$azureVmPublisherName = "MicrosoftWindowsServer"
$azureVmOffer = "microsoftserveroperatingsystems-previews"
$azureVmSkus = "windows-server-2022-azure-edition-preview"
$Version = "latest"
Get-AzMarketplaceTerms -Publisher $azureVmPublisherName -Product $azureVmOffer -Name $azureVmSkus
As you can see, the legal terms are not accepted yet!! With a small Powershell command, we can accept the legal terms.
Get-AzMarketplaceTerms -Publisher $azureVmPublisherName -Product $azureVmOffer -Name $azureVmSkus | Set-AzMarketplaceTerms -Accept
Now you’re good to go!!
Getting into scripting can be daunting. It’s easier to just use existing scripts found online, but if you choose this route you’ll quickly run into limitations. If you take the time to learn how to create your scripts, trust me, you’ll never look back!
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Do you want to know all the ins and outs about cloud computing. What is the cloud? What is Azure? What kind of functionalities and concepts are available within this cloud?
You’ll find all the answers in this great free ebook ‘Azure for Architecs’.
This video shows how powerful PowerShell is for doing some automation in Hyper-V and Azure (IaaS).
5nine AzSec is an intuitive standalone application that creates, maintains and manages inbound/outbound traffic rules for virtual machines in Azure. Firewall log data is collected, displayed and managed in a central console.
5nine Cloud Security with AzSec is a bundled offering that includes 5nine Cloud Security and 5nine AzSec. This integrated solution enables hybrid cloud administrators to manage firewall rules, alerts and logs across Azure and Hyper-V environments from a single access point.
Automation is one of my favorite things. Some actions are just time consuming, so let’s automate these things!! For example, create a demo environment within Hyper-V. This environment needs 8 VM’s. With a few lines of code, this is realy easy to automate, off course with PowerShell.
## Create 8 Gen2 Virtual Machines
## 4 vCPU per VM
## 1 GB per VM
## C: drive 50 GB Dynamic
## D: drive 50 GB Dynamic
## NIC renamed to MGMT
$vSwitchName01 = "NIC - PRI"
$InstallRoot = "E:\DEMO"
$VMName = "HV-0"
## How much VM's 1..8 = 8 VM's
1..4 | % {
New-VHD -Path ($InstallRoot + "\$VMName" + "$_\" + "\$VMName" + "$_" + "_C.vhdx") -SizeBytes 50GB -Dynamic
New-VHD -Path ($InstallRoot + "\$VMName" + "$_\" + "\$VMName" + "$_" + "_D.vhdx") -SizeBytes 50GB -Dynamic
New-VM -VHDPath ($InstallRoot + "\$VMName" + "$_\" + "\$VMName" + "$_" + "_C.vhdx") -Generation 2 -MemoryStartupBytes 1GB -Name ("$VMName" + "$_") -Path $InstallRoot -SwitchName $vSwitchName01
Set-VMProcessor -VMName ("$VMName" + "$_") -Count 4
Set-VM -VMName ("$VMName" + "$_") -AutomaticStopAction ShutDown -AutomaticStartAction StartIfRunning
Enable-VMIntegrationService ("$VMName" + "$_") -Name "Guest Service Interface"
Rename-VMNetworkAdapter -VMName ("$VMName" + "$_") -NewName "MGMT"
Set-VMNetworkAdapter -VMName ("$VMName" + "$_") -Name "MGMT" -DeviceNaming On
Add-VMScsiController -VMName ("$VMName" + "$_")
Add-VMHardDiskDrive -VMName ("$VMName" + "$_") -ControllerType SCSI -ControllerNumber 1 -ControllerLocation 0 -Path ($InstallRoot + "\$VMName" + "$_\" + "\$VMName" + "$_" + "_D.vhdx")
Start-VM -Name ("$VMName" + "$_") | Out-Null
}
Within a few seconds, I’ve 8 VM’s up and running.
/ Happy Automation!