Linux How to Configure XFCE on CentOS 7.9 Step One: Install the Graphical User Interface PackagesFirst, install the EPEL repository on your system. [root@centos-vm ~]# yum install epel-release -yNext, install the graphical user interface packages. [root@centos-vm ~]# yum
Azure How to move an Azure SQL Database to a different Azure SQL server the easy way This post will cover how to move an Azure SQL database from one Azure SQL Server to another. I have created two Azure SQL Servers in different regions, and both
DevOps DevOps freebies this month There has been a lot of free stuff (learning content especially) these past months, which keeps getting better. The following curated list shows some of the free stuff that I
DevOps Microsoft free offers open to everyone Disclaimer: Everything mentioned in this article is available as at 20/04/2020. To get started, You need to create a new Microsoft account using your personal email. The reason
MongoDB Provisioning a MongoDB Atlas Cluster to Azure MongoDB Atlas is a Software as a Service offering in Microsoft Azure and Database as a Service offering through the official MongoDB company. It provides your non-relational database cluster through
Azure Creating an Azure Key Vault to store secrets in Azure An Azure key vault is a tool used to create and access secrets for different Azure applications, for example, connection strings for WebApps, Passwords, and Certificates. It's created as a
DevOps Creating an Azure Service Fabric Cluster Azure Service Fabric is used to deploy and manage micro-service-based Applications in Azure and on-premise environments. It uses virtual machine scale sets in the background to scale up the micro
Azure Creating an Azure ADDS domain trust with an on-premise environment This post is a good continuation of the post we had earlier about creating an Azure ADDS instance. You can check out the post on the following link. The trust
Azure Creating managed Azure AD Domain Services in Azure and adding a machine to that domain Azure AD Domain Services is a PaaS offering in Azure that can either extend your on-premises Active Directory infrastructure or creating an entirely new Active directory domain services environment to
Azure Using Azure AD Connect to connect an On-premises Active Directory forest to Azure AD Azure AD Connect is a software tool used to connect an existing on-premises environment to Azure AD and maintains the synchronization of objects from both environments. Before we start this
Azure Creating a New Azure AD Tenant To create a new Azure AD Tenant that is isolated from the root tenant. We access our current Azure AD Tenant and then click on Create a Tenant. Click to
Azure Moving an Azure subscription from one Azure AD Tenant to another Azure AD Tenant One of the interesting scenarios that you may encounter in your time working with Azure is the transfer of Azure subscriptions from one Azure AD tenant to another. This, however,
Virtual Networks Configuring Azure DNS for Public and Private Zones Azure DNS is used for two scenarios: Internet-facing name resolution for a public DNS Domain.Internal name resolution, e.g., Virtual machines within VNets.To get started creating DNS Zones,
Virtual Networks Create connectivity between Azure virtual networks using VNet Peering VNet Peering is used to create connectivity between two or more Azure virtual networks hosting different resources, and these can be vNets in different resource groups residing in different locations.
Azure Working around Azure storage explorer A Microsoft Azure storage account allows you to work with storage most robustly and securely. You can create new containers, file shares, queues for messaging, and database tables. To get
Azure Deploying & configuring virtual machine scale sets (VMSS) for Linux & Windows VMs A virtual machine scale set is an Azure compute resource that is used to scale up a set of identical virtual machines. If the demand arises, for example, a lot
Azure Understanding Azure Availability sets Virtual Machine availability sets enable you to prepare your applications for high availability in case of a host server failure and physical rack failure. Availability sets can be created during
Azure Implementing the Azure backup service for files and Azure VMs Prerequisites: A Microsoft Azure Account.Basic knowledge of Azure CLI.On-Premises File server & an Azure Virtual Machine running Windows server 2016 or Linux.You can use the Azure backup
Azure Sync On-premises File servers with Azure using the Azure file sync service Prerequisites: A Microsoft Azure account.Working knowledge of creating a file share in Azure. If not, check one of my previous articles here.On-premises File server running Windows Server 2012
Azure How to add an Azure File share to an On-Premise Windows & Linux Machine As an admin or user, you may find yourself in a situation whereby you need to extend file sharing capabilities to a storage space somewhere in the cloud, and this
Azure Adding an Azure Windows Server VM to Windows Admin Center Prerequisites: A Microsoft Azure account with Administrator privileges.Windows Admin Center 1910 or any later version using the link below.Windows Admin Center | MicrosoftUse Microsoft Windows Admin Center to manage
Azure How to RDP into an Ubuntu Virtual Machine in Azure The Prerequisites: A Microsoft Azure account ( You can use a free trial if you do not have one)An existing Linux Virtual Machine in a resource group.By default, connecting
