Month: August 2019

In this manual I will explain step by step how to migrate your users from their personal drive to OneDrive using bulk migration in SharePoint Migration tool. This includes preparing the users OneDrive, granting permissions, and setup SharePoint Migration tool. Prerequisites Before we begin, we will need a migration...

Last few weeks I’ve been busy with migrating file servers to SharePoint and OneDrive. For this I’ve used the SharePoint Migration tool from Microsoft. Download: LinkWith just a few easy steps you are able to migrate your data to SharePoint or OneDrive. In this manual we will focus on...

For very high demanding workloads, storage wise, Azure has released Ultra Disk performance tier for production use. I’ve already written about it in a previous post ( Slow IOPS in Azure VM’s? not anymore!) But now is the time to take a deeper look. Which disk types do we...

When moving your applications to the cloud, it makes sense to start using Azure Services to get the best service, highest availability (SLA) and worry free maintenance provided by Azure. The next step is to use Azure AD identities with Azure SQL Database. Within a few steps you will...

This simple manual has been created to create an user in Azure SQL and assign appropriate permissions. First connect to your SQL server. Either use and AAD admin account or the SQL Admin account. Once connected, open a New Query window and run the following command on the Master...

Azure Application Gateway is an advance type of load-balancer. Where an Azure Load-balancer routes traffic on the transport layer (OSI Layer 4 | TCP + UDP) the Application Gateway is a way more advanced load-balancer. It can route based on URL as well on path’s. On top of that...

Last week I came across another post about Azure Heatmap. Every time when I need to find out what’s new on a specific feature in Azure, I will use Azure Heatmap. Awesome tool, I would recommend it to everybody! Also, check out the new region lookup function to find...

With Azure Lighthouse it is possible to manage your customers portals from one portal. Microsoft has added cross-tenant management for Security Center making it easy to overview customer security status and settings. This way Service providers can leverage security from their own tenant. If you want to learn more...

Tonight I was honored to give a masterclass in Azure Basics. By going over the Azure Basics using lab exercises everybody learned how to: Manage Azure subscriptions and resources Configure and manage virtual networks Manage identities  Deploy and manage virtual machines (VMs)  Implement and manage storage Special thanks to...

Last week I received the question from a customer where to get the SQL license key… By default you will see the key during SQL installation, but with an Azure deployed SQL virtual machine you will never get to see the key, as its deployed from the Azure Portal....

If you still have doubts about moving to Azure because of compliance and regulatory requirements, they will now be gone with Azure Dedicated hosts. Still in preview but ready for testing. Azure dedicated hosts are physical machines that are single-tenant configured where you can run your Linux and Windows...

Last 2 months I’ve been working on renewing my Office 365 and Azure certifications. 4 years ago I already passed the “old” exams: 533, 534, 345, 346 and 347. This saved me a few exams. I was able to upgrade to Azure Administrator and Messaging administrator by passing the...