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Day 0: A Prologue

Published by Tan Chun Siong on August 6, 2018

Prerequisite and Requirements Welcome to 30 Days of Azure challenge site. There are no prizes when you complete this challenge. Aww…. Nonetheless things will start…

Azure Portal Metrics Graph / Metric Chart always showing 0 or dips at the end due to averaging.

Azure Portal Metrics Graph / Metric Chart always showing 0 or dips at the end due to averaging.

Published by Tan Chun Siong on July 26, 2018

If you are a frequent user of the Azure Portal, you might have realized it is a common sighting to see some metrics such…

Setting up SQL Always On Cluster with Azure Active Directory Domain Services AAD DS and Dedicated NIC on Azure

Published by Tan Chun Siong on March 22, 2018

I refer to various guides ranging from SQL Always On Cluster Setup Guide, and brief documentation on SQL Always On with AAD Domain Services and…

Migrating VM from HDD Storage to SSD Premium Storage on Azure for ARM

Published by Tan Chun Siong on May 11, 2017

$cred = Get-Credential

Add-AzureRmAccount -Credential $cred

$ResourceGroupName  = "__yourvalues__"
$vmname = "__yourvalues__"

# maybe this should be another task altogether #
Get-AzureRmVM -ResourceGroupName $ResourceGroupName -Name $vmname | Stop-AzureRmVM -force

Select-AzureSubscription "yoursubscriptionname" 
Set-AzureSubscription -SubscriptionName "yoursubscriptionname" -CurrentStorageAccount "__yourvalues__"

# VHD blob to copy #
$blobName = "__yourvalues__.vhd" 

# Source Storage Account Information #
$sourceStorageAccountName = "__yourvalues__"
$sourceKey = "__yourvalues__"
$sourceContext = New-AzureStorageContext –StorageAccountName $sourceStorageAccountName -StorageAccountKey $sourceKey  
$sourceContainer = "__yourvalues__"

# Destination Storage Account Information #
$destinationStorageAccountName = "__yourvalues__" 
$destinationKey = "__yourvalues__"
$destinationContext = New-AzureStorageContext –StorageAccountName $destinationStorageAccountName -StorageAccountKey $destinationKey  

# Create the destination container #
$destinationContainerName = "vhds"

# Copy the blob # 
$blobCopy = Start-AzureStorageBlobCopy -DestContainer $destinationContainerName `
                        -DestContext $destinationContext `
                        -SrcBlob $blobName `
                        -Context $sourceContext `
                        -SrcContainer $sourceContainer -Force


while(($blobCopy | Get-AzureStorageBlobCopyState).Status -eq "Pending")
{
    Start-Sleep -s 30
    $blobCopy | Get-AzureStorageBlobCopyState
}

# maybe this should be another task altogether #
Get-AzureVM -ServiceName $servicename -Name $vmname | Start-AzureVM

# set as a disk #
$AzureVHD = 'https://' + $destinationStorageAccountName + '.blob.core.windows.net/' + $destinationContainerName + '/' + $blobName

$vnet = Get-AzureRmVirtualNetwork -name  __yourvalues__-ResourceGroupName __yourvalues__

$nic = New-AzureRmNetworkInterface -Name "__yourvalues__" -ResourceGroupName __yourvalues__ -Location "SouthEast Asia" -SubnetId $vnet.Subnets[0].Id 

$VirtualMachine = New-AzureRmVMConfig -VMName "__yourvalues__" -VMSize "Standard_DS1_v2"
$VirtualMachine = Add-AzureRmVMNetworkInterface -VM $VirtualMachine -Id $nic.Id
$VirtualMachine = Set-AzureRmVMOSDisk -VM $VirtualMachine -Name $blobName -VhdUri $AzureVHD -CreateOption Attach -Windows
New-AzureRmVM -VM $VirtualMachine -ResourceGroupName "__yourvalues__" -location 'SouthEast Asia'

$cred = Get-Credential

Add-AzureRmAccount -Credential $cred

$ResourceGroupName = "__yourvalues__"

$vmname = "__yourvalues__"

# maybe this should be another task altogether #

Get-AzureRmVM -ResourceGroupName $ResourceGroupName -Name $vmname | Stop-AzureRmVM -force

Select-AzureSubscription "yoursubscriptionname"

Set-AzureSubscription -SubscriptionName "yoursubscriptionname" -CurrentStorageAccount "__yourvalues__"

# VHD blob to copy #

$blobName = "__yourvalues__.vhd"

# Source Storage Account Information #

$sourceStorageAccountName = "__yourvalues__"

$sourceKey = "__yourvalues__"

$sourceContext = New-AzureStorageContext –StorageAccountName $sourceStorageAccountName -StorageAccountKey $sourceKey

$sourceContainer = "__yourvalues__"

# Destination Storage Account Information #

$destinationStorageAccountName = "__yourvalues__"

$destinationKey = "__yourvalues__"

$destinationContext = New-AzureStorageContext –StorageAccountName $destinationStorageAccountName -StorageAccountKey $destinationKey

# Create the destination container #

$destinationContainerName = "vhds"

# Copy the blob #

$blobCopy = Start-AzureStorageBlobCopy -DestContainer $destinationContainerName `

-DestContext $destinationContext `

-SrcBlob $blobName `

-Context $sourceContext `

-SrcContainer $sourceContainer -Force

while(($blobCopy | Get-AzureStorageBlobCopyState).Status -eq "Pending")

{

Start-Sleep -s 30

$blobCopy | Get-AzureStorageBlobCopyState

}

# maybe this should be another task altogether #

Get-AzureVM -ServiceName $servicename -Name $vmname | Start-AzureVM

# set as a disk #

$AzureVHD = 'https://' + $destinationStorageAccountName + '.blob.core.windows.net/' + $destinationContainerName + '/' + $blobName

$vnet = Get-AzureRmVirtualNetwork -name __yourvalues__-ResourceGroupName __yourvalues__

$nic = New-AzureRmNetworkInterface -Name "__yourvalues__" -ResourceGroupName __yourvalues__ -Location "SouthEast Asia" -SubnetId $vnet.Subnets[0].Id

$VirtualMachine = New-AzureRmVMConfig -VMName "__yourvalues__" -VMSize "Standard_DS1_v2"

$VirtualMachine = Add-AzureRmVMNetworkInterface -VM $VirtualMachine -Id $nic.Id

$VirtualMachine = Set-AzureRmVMOSDisk -VM $VirtualMachine -Name $blobName -VhdUri $AzureVHD -CreateOption Attach -Windows

New-AzureRmVM -VM $VirtualMachine -ResourceGroupName "__yourvalues__" -location 'SouthEast Asia'

Migrating VM from HDD Storage to SSD Premium Storage on Azure for ASM

Published by Tan Chun Siong on April 27, 2017

$username = "userid@yourtenantname.onmicrosoft.com"
$password =  ConvertTo-SecureString "yourpassword" -AsPlainText -Force
$cred = new-object -typename System.Management.Automation.PSCredential `
         -argumentlist $username, $password

Add-AzureAccount -Credential $cred

$servicename = "yourservicename"
$vmname = "yourvmname"

# maybe this should be another task altogether #
Get-AzureVM -ServiceName $servicename -Name $vmname | Stop-AzureVM -force

Select-AzureSubscription "yoursubscriptionname" 
Set-AzureSubscription -SubscriptionName "yoursubscriptionname" -CurrentStorageAccount "portalvhdssomethingsource"

# VHD blob to copy #
$blobName = "yourvhdname.vhd" 

# Source Storage Account Information #
$sourceStorageAccountName = "portalvhdssomethingsource"
$sourceKey = "yourkey"
$sourceContext = New-AzureStorageContext –StorageAccountName $sourceStorageAccountName -StorageAccountKey $sourceKey  
$sourceContainer = "vhds"

# Destination Storage Account Information #
$destinationStorageAccountName = "portalvhdssomethingdestination" 
$destinationKey = "yourkey"
$destinationContext = New-AzureStorageContext –StorageAccountName $destinationStorageAccountName -StorageAccountKey $destinationKey  

# Create the destination container #
$destinationContainerName = "vhds"

# Copy the blob # 
$blobCopy = Start-AzureStorageBlobCopy -DestContainer $destinationContainerName `
                        -DestContext $destinationContext `
                        -SrcBlob $blobName `
                        -Context $sourceContext `
                        -SrcContainer $sourceContainer -Force


while(($blobCopy | Get-AzureStorageBlobCopyState).Status -eq "Pending")
{
    Start-Sleep -s 30
    $blobCopy | Get-AzureStorageBlobCopyState
}

# maybe this should be another task altogether #
Get-AzureVM -ServiceName $servicename -Name $vmname | Start-AzureVM

# set as a disk #
$AzureVHD = 'http://' + $destinationStorageAccountName + '.blob.core.windows.net/' + $destinationContainerName + '/' + $blobName

Add-AzureDisk -DiskName $vmname -MediaLocation $AzureVHD `
    -Label $vmname -OS linux

$username = "userid@yourtenantname.onmicrosoft.com"

$password = ConvertTo-SecureString "yourpassword" -AsPlainText -Force

$cred = new-object -typename System.Management.Automation.PSCredential `

-argumentlist $username, $password

Add-AzureAccount -Credential $cred

$servicename = "yourservicename"

$vmname = "yourvmname"

# maybe this should be another task altogether #

Get-AzureVM -ServiceName $servicename -Name $vmname | Stop-AzureVM -force

Select-AzureSubscription "yoursubscriptionname"

Set-AzureSubscription -SubscriptionName "yoursubscriptionname" -CurrentStorageAccount "portalvhdssomethingsource"

# VHD blob to copy #

$blobName = "yourvhdname.vhd"

# Source Storage Account Information #

$sourceStorageAccountName = "portalvhdssomethingsource"

$sourceKey = "yourkey"

$sourceContext = New-AzureStorageContext –StorageAccountName $sourceStorageAccountName -StorageAccountKey $sourceKey

$sourceContainer = "vhds"

# Destination Storage Account Information #

$destinationStorageAccountName = "portalvhdssomethingdestination"

$destinationKey = "yourkey"

$destinationContext = New-AzureStorageContext –StorageAccountName $destinationStorageAccountName -StorageAccountKey $destinationKey

# Create the destination container #

$destinationContainerName = "vhds"

# Copy the blob #

$blobCopy = Start-AzureStorageBlobCopy -DestContainer $destinationContainerName `

-DestContext $destinationContext `

-SrcBlob $blobName `

-Context $sourceContext `

-SrcContainer $sourceContainer -Force

while(($blobCopy | Get-AzureStorageBlobCopyState).Status -eq "Pending")

{

Start-Sleep -s 30

$blobCopy | Get-AzureStorageBlobCopyState

}

# maybe this should be another task altogether #

Get-AzureVM -ServiceName $servicename -Name $vmname | Start-AzureVM

# set as a disk #

$AzureVHD = 'http://' + $destinationStorageAccountName + '.blob.core.windows.net/' + $destinationContainerName + '/' + $blobName

Add-AzureDisk -DiskName $vmname -MediaLocation $AzureVHD `

-Label $vmname -OS linux

Updating Xiaoyi Weidan M1 Mirrorless Camera Firmware 1.0.17-cn

Published by Tan Chun Siong on November 3, 2016

There are a couple of users who have complained that they are unable to link to their Xiaoyi Weidan M1 Mirrorless Camera via their iPhone…

(Updated) LUIS Announcement: The programmatic API keys will no longer be used in the endpoint starting 31/12/2016!

Published by Tan Chun Siong on October 14, 2016

Users of LUIS, or Language Understanding Intelligent Service on luis.ai might have recently received a message “The programmatic API keys will no longer be used…

OneDrive crashing on Windows 10 Threshold Fix

Published by Tan Chun Siong on November 17, 2014

You might have recently tested the technical preview of Windows 10 and realised that the OneDrive/ Skydrive client fails to start running. Here’s the fix…

Azure Endpoint name ‘xxxx’, property ‘LoadBalancerDistribution’. The value ‘sourceIPProtocol’ does not match ‘ for LB set ‘xxxx’.

Azure Endpoint name ‘xxxx’, property ‘LoadBalancerDistribution’. The value ‘sourceIPProtocol’ does not match ‘ for LB set ‘xxxx’.

Published by Tan Chun Siong on November 10, 2014

I refer to the new feature of sticky session on this article here where you are able to set 2-tuple or 3-tuple affinity in addition…

Skydrive slow syncing solution and fixes

Published by Tan Chun Siong on May 22, 2013

Recently, Skydrive users have complain on various sites and that the sync speed on their Skydrive client is slow, or taking too long to sync a large amount…

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