How to enable automatic scaling on azure Virtual Machine Scale Sets using ARM template

How to enable automatic scaling on azure Virtual Machine Scale Sets using ARM template Automatic scaling of virtual machines in a scale set is the creation or deletion of machines in the set as needed to match performance requirements. As the volume of work grows, an application may require additional resources to enable it to […]

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Service fabric error – Enable failed for plugin (nam Microsoft.Azure.ServiceFabric.ServiceFabricNode, version 1.0.0.33) with exception

Service fabric error – Enable failed for plugin (nam Microsoft.Azure.ServiceFabric.ServiceFabricNode, version 1.0.0.33) with exception While deploying service fabric cluster i got below error at the end of deployment and the node was in failed state. Error – Handler ‘Microsoft.Azure.ServiceFabric.ServiceFabricNode’ has reported failure for VM Extension ‘node1_ServiceFabricNode’ with terminal error code ‘1009’ and error message: ‘Enable […]

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How to enable Azure OMS maintenance mode to disable alerts during outage?

How to enable Azure OMS maintenance mode to disable alerts during outage? So far there is no direct option to dd single instance in maintenance mode in OMs but seems some of the feedbacks are under review with  OMS Log Analytics Team  and they may come up with the option to do so. What are […]

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Azure automation runbook to install OMS agent to enable OMs monitoring

Azure automation runbook to install OMS agent to enable OMs monitoring. This script/runbook can help you to install OMs agent on any of VM and enable monitoring for that particular VM instance. Refer MS gallery for full script – https://gallery.technet.microsoft.com/Enable-OMSMonitoring-91ff316b Once you have the code downloaded from above link then just create new runbook inside […]

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POWERSHELL TO ENABLE AZURE MFA FOR BULK USER USING BulkUpdateMFASampleFile CSV

POWERSHELL TO ENABLE AZURE MFA FOR BULK USER USING BulkUpdateMFASampleFile CSV This is just extension to the earlier script – POWERSHELL TO ENABLE AZURE MULTI-FACTOR AUTHENTICATION FOR BULK USER Azure provide option to update bulk user from Azure portal using sample CSV file available at https://account.activedirectory.windowsazure.com/UserManagement/BulkUpdateMfa/BulkUpdateMFASampleFile.csv . you just need to add user and new MFA state […]

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Powershell to enable Azure multi-factor authentication for bulk user

How to  enable Azure multi-factor authentication for bulk user using powershell? MFA helps secure user sign-ins for cloud services beyond just a single password. With MFA for Office 365, users are required to acknowledge a phone call, text message, or app notification on their smart phones after correctly entering their passwords. They can sign in […]

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How to enable multi-factor authentication for Azure user – Step by step

How to enable multi-factor authentication (two-step verification) for Azure user? Why multi-factor authentication? –  Compromising multiple authentication factors presents a significant challenge for attackers. Even if an attacker manages to learn the user’s password, it is useless without also having possession of the trusted device. Should the user lose the device, the person who finds […]

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