Accessing Windows VMs in Azure is pretty straightforward – after you create the VM, you can download an RDP file from the Azure portal and remotely administer the VM. You can also access your VM via PowerShell, although that is a bit more complex due to the need for certificates. But what if you are using a Linux VM? Turns out – it's pretty easy. The Azure documentation article, at http://azure.microsoft.com/en-gb/documentation/articles/virtual-machines-linux-use-ssh-key/ shows you how to do it. The steps are pretty simple, but will vary with the Linux distro you are using. The basic way is to first generate the SSH keys. The easiest way to do this is to load and then using openssl to generate an X.509 certificate, Then connect...
Updated Azure Module Is Released
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I am just back from teaching Azure and Office 365 in Belgium where we used the latest version of the Azure Cmdlets. The new version, 0.8.14 contains a huge number of updates and improvements. The changes include: New StorSimple commands in AzureServiceManagement mode. Updated HD Insight cmdlets New Azure Insights cmdlets in AzureResourceManager mode A new cmdlet for Azure VM, Get-AzureVmDSCExtensionStatus to get the DSC status for a VM A number of new Azure Automation cmdlets in AzureResourceManager mode I like that Azure is becoming more DSC aware – I am really excited about seeing DSC being fully implemented in both Windows and Azure. To get this new version, you can either use the Web Platform Installer (which allows...
Your Nearest Azure Data Centre
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When designing an solution involving any cloud vendor, you need to be aware of the network latency between your users and the cloud. For Azure, this means putting your objects (VMs, web sites, storage, etc) in the data canter closes to you. But which one is that? I just came upon a neat page that can help: http://linkis.com/azurewebsites.net/Jaybw. This page plots a nice looking graph of the latency between the client and the 15 existing Azure data centres around the world. After a few...
Azure Cmdlets and the Debug Switch
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So here is is, late on a Saturday and I'm off in the morning to teach an Office 365 class. In a fit of overexcitement, I decided to try to build out the lab environment on my laptop before travelling to the class. The class is run as a long-day boot camp and in the past the start of the course has been challenging with issues relating to building out the environment. I hoped to avoid that this week! This class is one of the first from Microsoft to utilise Azure. The student's "on premises" data centre is in Azure, and the course looks at adding Office 365 into the mix. It's a fantastic idea – the student just runs a few scripts and hey presto – their live environment (DC, Exchange, etc, etc, etc) is all built by script as part of the first...
PowerShell V5 – Feb 2015 Preview
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Continuing with the approach of regular updates to PowerShell V5, the PowerShell team yesterday published a new version. You can read about the version in the PowerShell team Blog: http://blogs.msdn.com/b/powershell/archive/2015/02/18/windows-management-framework-5-0-preview-february-2015-is-now-available.aspx. The download can be found at the Microsoft Download center: http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=45883. As noted in the team blog – this new version is only installable on Server 2012, Server 2012 R2 and Windows 8.1. I will also try it out on my latest build of Windows 10 and will report back once I get a chance to try it. The download site has three .MSU files (one for each of the OS's mentioned) plus a set of...
Free ebooks from MS Press on Azure
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Microsoft Virtual Academy and Microsoft Press have joined forces and have issued a number of free e-books on Azure – you can download them from the web (as PDF) and enjoy them on your PC/tablet/Phone/etc. You can get the full set of books from here: http://www.microsoftvirtualacademy.com/ebooks#azure. Not sure how long books will remain free – and how many of them are still up to date. Given the fast pace of Azure development, these books are almost out of date before you get them. But having said that, they are still worth reading. At present I am looking at the book: Rethinking Enterprise Storage: A Hybrid Cloud Model. Although the book is now 18 months old, there is some good thinking here. It's certainly helped me to re-evaluate how...
Azure IP Ranges
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If you are setting up firewall exclusions related to Azure resources, it helps to know the Azure Dataenter IP address ranges. Turns out – that's really pretty easy: just download the details from the Microsoft Download Centre. Go here, the Azure Site and download that list. The actual deep link to the XML document containing the IP ranges is: http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=390343. Speaking personally, I found that deep link a bit hard to see on the Datacenter IP Ranges page. The...