automation Archives - Thomas Maurer

Run PowerShell Scripts with Azure Automation Hybrid Workers on-premises using Azure Arc

Thomas Maurer — Tue, 06 Sep 2022 08:08:57 +0000

If you want to automate your on-premises environment Azure Arc enabled Server is a great offering to onboard Azure management services such as Azure Monitor, Defender for Cloud, and many others. One of the integrations is with Azure Automation Hybrid Worker. This allows you to run Azure Automation PowerShell or Phyton runbooks on-premises directly on …

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How to run scripts against multiple Azure VMs by using Run Command

Thomas Maurer — Thu, 18 Mar 2021 08:28:20 +0000

I wrote a blog post on how to run scripts in your Azure VM by using Run Command, and explained how handy this feature is to manage Azure virtual machines (VMs). In this blog post, we are going to have a look at how you can run scripts against multiple Azure virtual machines (VMs) by …

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How to Run Custom Scripts on Azure Arc Enabled Servers

Thomas Maurer — Thu, 16 Jul 2020 08:41:26 +0000

With the latest update for Azure Arc for Servers, you are now able to deploy and use extensions with your Azure Arc enabled servers. With the Custom Script extension, you can run scripts on Azure Arc enabled servers and works similar to the custom script extension for Azure virtual machines (VMs). There is an extension …

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How to configure Windows Sandbox

Thomas Maurer — Thu, 09 May 2019 13:25:36 +0000

With the latest release of Windows 10 (1903), Microsoft introduced a new feature called Windows Sandbox. Windows Sandbox is based on Hyper-V technology and allows you to spin up an isolated, temporary, desktop environment where you can run untrusted software. In this blog post, I will show you how you can set up and configure …

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Azure Automation PowerShell ISE add-on

Thomas Maurer — Fri, 15 Jan 2016 12:48:29 +0000

Microsofts Joe Levy (Program Manager, Azure Automation) just announced in the blog post a new PowerShell ISE add-on for Azure Automation: Announcing the Azure Automation PowerShell ISE add-on. The Azure Automation PowerShell ISE add-on helps you if you are writing PowerShell runbooks for Azure Automation: In Azure Automation, runbook authoring is typically done in the …

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Recording: Scripting & Automation in Hyper-V without SCVMM now available

Thomas Maurer — Thu, 17 Dec 2015 15:35:23 +0000

Last week I had the chance to do a Webinar together with Altaro about Scripting & Automation in Hyper-V without SCVMM. Now you can watch the recording from this online webinar. System Center Virtual Machine Manager (SCVMM) provides some great automation benefits for those organizations that can afford the hefty price tag. However, if SCVMM …

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Webinar: Scripting & Automation in Hyper-V without SCVMM

Thomas Maurer — Tue, 08 Dec 2015 15:16:01 +0000

There are some great Webinars coming up and I am proud to speak in one of them with Andrew Syrewicze (Altaro Software and Microsoft MVP) about PowerShell Scripting and Automation in Hyper-V. System Center Virtual Machine Manager (SCVMM) provides some great automation benefits for those organizations that can afford the hefty price tag. However, if …

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Hyper-V PowerShell Direct

Thomas Maurer — Wed, 02 Dec 2015 18:42:14 +0000

One of the new features of Hyper-V in Windows Server 2016 and Windows 10 is called PowerShell Direct. PowerShell Direct lets you remotely connect to a Virtual Machine running on a Hyper-V host, without any network connection inside the Virtual Machine. PowerShell Direct uses the Hyper-V VMBus to connect inside the Virtual Machine. This feature …

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Service Management Automation – The Next Step in Cloud and Datacenter Automation

Thomas Maurer — Wed, 11 Jun 2014 19:41:28 +0000

With System Center Orchestrator Microsoft already had an datacenter automation engine in his portfolio. Microsoft acquired Opalis added it to the System Center Suite, after a while Microsoft renamed Opalis to System Center Orchestrator. As we have a look at modern datacenters and our cloud environment automation is a key part of it. With the …

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Microsoft Azure Update at Build 2014

Thomas Maurer — Fri, 04 Apr 2014 10:16:45 +0000

At the Build Conference 2014 Microsoft already announced a lot of new stuff for the whole Microsoft or IT ecosystem. There is absolutely no time to cover all the changes and announcements Microsoft has made in the past 2 days. So I will just focus on the things I care about. Prior to the Build …

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