In OMS you are able to collect data from storage account? Why is this useful? Well, there times where you want to store data from different Azure sources for a longer time than provided by Azure itself and then dig into the data using OMS. For example you are able to store IIS Logs, Windows […]
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Power BI – AAD Activity Logs App: The credentials provided for the AADData source are invalid
Power BI used to have Content Packs which were a way to package up your dashboards, reports, Excel workbooks and datasets for Power BI. Microsoft changed it now to so called Apps, probably to be consistent with their Azure terms. There is an interesting App for Azure Active Directory to analyze the Activity Logs. If […]
Quick Post – Azure Updates & Roadmap
Knowing what’s new across all Azure services is a tough job if not almost impossible, BUT I bumped in a useful page called Azure Updates. It let’s you select a service and lists all major updates in a monthly order. In my opinion not all services are equally well maintained, but it gives you a […]
Azure Zurich User Group – Speaker
I am very happy to have a session at the Azure Zurich user group meetup in Zürich, Switzerland. I will have a session about Microsoft Operations Management Suite (OMS) which will give you an overview how OMS works and what it is capable of in a private, hybrid and public cloud scenario. The session is […]
OMS – OMS, is it SCOM in the cloud?
I can recall many instances whilst attending conferences and talking with customers or colleagues whereby misunderstandings have caused a significant amount of confusion. “Operations Management Suite is SCOM in the cloud” This is a one that has been doing the rounds lately, but it is correct? To answer the question we need to do a […]
Quick Post – Azure Services Overview
There is a saying “Can’t see the forest for the trees” this could also apply to Azure and its provided services. I haven’t seen a good overview of Azure and the offered services until today. While browsing the internet, I bumped into this site here http://azureplatform.azurewebsites.net/en-us/ . It is an interactive site which shows the […]
OMS – Error “Run Login-AzureRMAccount to Login” e.g. OMS Cmdlets
I wanted to play with the OMS cmdlets which are part of the AzureRM modules. The OMS / OperationsInsights module itself is called AzureRM.OperationsalInsights. A good place to start with OMS native PowerShell cmdlets is a blog post on the Building Clouds blog. So what is the exact issue? Well, I tried to query my […]
MS Flow – Trigger Azure Automation Webhook
In one of my previous post I showed you how you could trigger a webhook to trigger an Azure Automation runbook using IFTTT (If This Than That) . Well, the great news are that Microsoft is investing a great deal of money into a similar technology called Microsoft Flow. For a short summary and differences […]