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Prepare data disks for stability & consistency in Azure throughout virtual machines and scale sets lifecycle

When dealing with Windows virtual machines from the marketplace on Azure, sometimes a CD-ROM will temporarily be present in the first moments in the lifetime of a virtual machine or

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How to enable the public preview of IaaS backups with Recovery Services in Canada using PowerShell

We have a lot of customers that want to use Canadian regions on Azure. Azure Recovery Services in Canada is not available in the portal as the moment of writing

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How to use ARM Explorer to capture your own custom virtual machine image under Azure Resource Manager

You have a v2 Azure Virtual Machine that has been generalized and are ready to capture it using ARM Explorer? All right, buckle your seat belt and follow this guide,

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How to use Azure PowerShell v1.0.x to capture your own custom virtual machine image under Azure Resource Manager

You have a v2 Azure Virtual Machine that has been generalized and are ready to capture it using Azure PowerShell v1.0.x? All right, buckle your seat belt and

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How to use Azure PowerShell v0.9.x to capture your own custom virtual machine image under Azure Resource Manager

You have a v2 Azure Virtual Machine that has been generalized and are ready to capture it using Azure PowerShell v0.9.x? All right, buckle your seat belt and

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Step by Step: How to capture your own custom virtual machine image under Azure Resource Manager

The IaaS v2 resource providers (Microsoft.Compute, Microsoft.Network & Microsoft.Storage) have been around for several months now and you may have wondered how to use your own custom

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Understanding performance requirement and best practices with Azure Premium Storage

In our modern world, IOPS, throughput and latency are key indicators when it comes to performance requirements of computers / Virtual Machines. I came across some really good best practices articles

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How to create a virtual machine from a custom image using an ARM template

Wish you could deploy your own virtual machines from a custom image (specialized or generalized) using an Azure Resource Manager template? He're is how to do it... Prerequisites A custom

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How to create a virtual machine from a custom image using ARM and Azure PowerShell v0.9.x

You love PowerShell, have a custom VM image (specialized or generalized) and you want to create a new virtual machine from it under Azure Resource Manager API? You're at the

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List or export to rdp #Azure Cloud Services instances and VM's IP addresses

To improve security with our solutions, we use VNets on all our Azure subscriptions and do not expose remote desktop port (3389) publicly. Since internal endpoints are only reachable within a Cloud Service, this reduce the possible surface of attack. Connect to Cloud Services