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Powershell DSC error – No matching MSFT_DNSClientServerAddress objects found by CIM query for instances of the ROOT/StandardCimv2/MSFT_DNSClientServerAddress class on the CIM server

May 4, 2018May 29, 2020Arun Sabale

Powershell DSC error – No matching MSFT_DNSClientServerAddress objects found by CIM query for instances of the ROOT/StandardCimv2/MSFT_DNSClientServerAddress class on the CIM server Background – I was trying to deploy azure dsc extension to add ADDS role on new azure vm using ARM template (extension resource under compute resource). Extension – active-directory-new-domain-ha-2-dc and AD Error – { “status”: “Failed”, “error”: […]

Powershell DSC error – Cannot bind argument to parameter ‘ResourceKey’ because it is an empty string.

May 4, 2018May 29, 2020Arun Sabale2 Comments

Powershell DSC error – Cannot bind argument to parameter ‘ResourceKey’ because it is an empty string. Background – I was trying to deploy azure dsc extension to add ADDS role on new azure vm using ARM template (extension resource under compute resource). Error – code”: “ResourceDeploymentFailure”, “message”: “The resource operation completed with terminal […]

Azure https trigger powershell functions is showing disabled – (disabled) functionName

February 8, 2018February 8, 2018Arun Sabale

Azure https trigger powershell functions is showing disabled – (disabled) functionName Solution – : The disabled metadata property is in function.json which is suppose to determines whether a function is enabled or disabled. to enable the azure function you need to mobify the value in function.json under the disabled function Below are simple steps to do so :- From […]

Create Azure service fabric cluster with ARM template and powershell

July 29, 2017July 29, 2017Arun Sabale1 Comment

Create Azure service fabric cluster with ARM template and powershell This step-by-step guide walks you through setting up a secure Azure Service Fabric cluster with scale set, storage accounts, load balancer in Azure by using Azure Resource Manager. note – Key vault , Reverse proxy and vm scale set auto scaling is not included in […]

powershell script to create self signed certificate

July 28, 2017May 29, 2020Arun Sabale1 Comment

powershell script to create self signed certificate Problem -> Sometime while performing any application test or configuring test environment it is difficult to buy certificate so better option is to use self sigh certificate. There are multiple ways to generate self sign certificate, Prior to PowerShell 4.0, you needed to download MakeCert.exe or another utility to […]

Powershell to send mail using gmail smtp settings

July 1, 2017May 29, 2020Arun Sabale2 Comments

Powershell to send mail using gmail smtp settings you can send mail from powershell using gmail smtp and email id. There are mail options to automate send mail from powershell but below i am going to show you how to use gmail smtp in Net.Mail.MailMessage . Please check – Gmail SMTP For detail SMTP and […]

PowerShell Tricks- Text to Audio with PowerShell, Text reader in Audio format

April 16, 2017April 16, 2017Arun Sabale

How to read text in Audio using Powershell ? – Text to audio with PowerShell, Text reader in Audio format, text to speech (TTS) Why? Scenario 1: To make a Self Help Audio Guide for custom made applications Scenario 2: Audio guide to awake user and enter input for script Scenario 3: Building some applications with voice output Scenario […]

POWERSHELL TO ENABLE AZURE MFA FOR BULK USER USING BulkUpdateMFASampleFile CSV

April 2, 2017April 2, 2017Arun Sabale1 Comment

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 […]

Powershell to enable Azure multi-factor authentication for bulk user

April 2, 2017April 2, 2017Arun Sabale3 Comments

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 […]

How to redirect errors, warnings, debugging or verbose messages to output stream in powershell

March 28, 2017Arun Sabale

How to redirect errors, warnings, debugging or verbose messages to output stream in powershell? Well, Sometime we dont want to capture output , error, warning, verbose in variable but commands does not support in that case we can use redirection operators to do so. Streams and piping both are different. When we pipe objects from one […]