Leveraging Private Endpoints with Windows DNS
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In recent weeks, I’ve been working with Private Endpoints for some new Azure SQL server instances as we move some databases from traditional SQL IaaS VMs. I don’t think I should have to advocate for the usage of Private Endpoints if an Azure resource type supports it. If you’re not already, then...
Home IoT - Part 4 - The ‘final’ solution and the things I learned
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This blog post is part of a series of posts were I’ve automated, and Internet of Things (IoT) enabled my garage door, swing gate and Bluetooth enabled garden irrigation system. Links below to each part! Part 1 – The start of the IoT journey Part 2 – Putting it together...
Home IoT - Part 3 - What about my garden irrigation system
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This blog post is part of a series of posts were I’ve automated, and Internet of Things (IoT) enabled my garage door, swing gate and Bluetooth enabled garden irrigation system. Links below to each part! Part 1 – The start of the IoT journey Part 2 – Putting it together...
Home IoT - Part 2 - Putting it together and integration
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This blog post is part of a series of posts were I’ve automated, and Internet of Things (IoT) enabled my garage door, swing gate and Bluetooth enabled garden irrigation system. Links below to each part! Part 1 – The start of the IoT journey Part 2 – This post Part...
Home IoT - Part 1 - The start of the journey
Over the past few weeks, I’ve automated, and Internet of Things (IoT) enabled my garage door, swing gate and never to be finished with everything, my Bluetooth-enabled garden irrigation system which required some reverse engineering. If you’re interested to know more and the challenges I faced, keep reading! Part 1...
Is DevOps the plight of those who can do both Infrastructure (Ops) and Development?
There is something that is bothering me, something I want to share… I look at the industry today and I worry that the divide between Developers and Operators doesn’t appear to be closing. If anything, it appears to be expanding and I’m lost in the middle of it! For those...
Migrating Certificate Services from Server 2012 R2 to Server 2019, the right way.
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So firstly, it’s been about 4 years since my last blog post so I think an apology is in order. Honestly I thought the Ubuntu Server GuestVM I had this site running on was deleted years ago when I moved house. Turns out it wasn’t and I just had it...
Windows 10 1511 update on WSUS error (Retry Loop)
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A quick post today for those who may be struggling with WSUS and Windows 10 1511 updates. It turns out there is one missing component/ step in order to get WSUS to deliver these new type of updates. Lets assume you are the administrator, knowing enough about WSUS to have...
Exchange 2007 and 2013 environment - Public Folders on 2007 "Get-PublicFolder" cmdlet fails.
Recently I was tasked with a Public Folder migration project moving the public folders from Exchange 2007 to 2013. This particular company had been on Exchange 2013 for pretty much everything except Public Folders for well over a year which provides a good segue into this issue! When the administrators tried to manage Public Folders...