
Managing Hybrid Runbook Worker At Scale
Hello readers , The Azure Automation question of today is: how can we manage (registration or de-registration) the Hybrid Runbook Workers (HRW) at scale? In this automated world, it is fool to think that we need to go each computer ... continue reading
How to Automate a PKI Configuration for an Existing Azure VM in Microsoft Azure
Jessica, our (fictitious) cloud engineer at our (fictitious) Adatum consulting firm, has just built an Azure development lab environment using Infrastructure-As-Code, and feels quite pleased, but now her team lead Jason is asking her what their plan is for development ... continue reading
Turn Off “Automatically Dismiss Lock Screen When Face is Recognized” At Scale
Introduction Windows Hello in Windows 10 is a biometric means of recognizing a user and authenticating them to a device using a fingerprint, secure PIN, or face recognition. If a personal or corporate device is capable of face recognition, it ... continue reading
Desired State Configuration code: How to troubleshoot the extension
Hello folks! If you have made it this far, know I think you’re amazing and one of a kind! If you are just tuning in now and would like to see the full blog series daisy chained together, take note ... continue reading
Desired State Configuration Extension and the Replica Domain Controller ARM Template
By now, you have probably examined my code (if not, please click the link). If you are familiar with ARM Templates, the code should seem relatively straightforward. There is one piece that may seem foreign though: the Desired State Configuration ... continue reading
Digging into the Replica Domain Controller ARM Template Code
If you are here because you want some automation built into your world vs. manual domain controller builds + configuration, then you’ve arrived at the right place! Two hot topics come into view when discussing ARM Templates: Configuration Management and ... continue reading
How to Build an Azure Automation Lab
Hello fellow IT industry professionals! I’m Preston K. Parsard, and I’m truly excited to bring you some awesome automation opportunities, so to start, let’s consider these scenarios: 1. You’re an IT professional and to stay competitive, relevant and enhance your ... continue reading
Az Update: Azure Dedicated Host News, Azure Stack Edge with GPU and govern your hybrid servers
With all the changes in Azure, it is sometimes hard to keep track, that's why I thought I would give you a quick update on two exciting things I learned this week. In this update, I want to share a ... continue reading
How to Manage and Govern Hybrid Servers with Azure Arc
A couple of days ago, I wrote a blog post on how you can onboard a server to Azure Arc. Azure Arc for servers extends Azure Resource Manager to allow you to manage machines that are outside of Azure, using ... continue reading
Azure DSC for Zero Trust Windows 10 Devices Managed by Intune
Introduction Zero Trust is defined by Microsoft as model that “assumes breach and verifies each request as though it originates from an open network. Regardless of where the request originates or what resource it accesses, Zero Trust teaches us to ... continue reading
Azure Hybrid Cloud

An agile hybrid cloud allows you to quickly scale to your company’s needs.
View Solution