install software and license
Hi everyone,I am a little bit confused! i reed some articles and posts with different answers!1.can i install any kind of software (for example Adobe Photoshop) on Azure vm? 2.if yes, what type of...
View ArticleAzure Linux VM suddenly lost connectivity
My Centos based Linux VM had been running for 5 weeks and suddenly, inexplicably, all connectivity was dropped at 9:30 UK time on 1 December 2014. SSH, HTTP, mail protocols, nothing works anymore...
View ArticleUnable to setup alert rules on a Red5 Linux VM
Is there any reason why we keep getting a bad request error when trying to setup an alert rule on an azure VM running a RED5 server, which is running a flavour of linux (3.13.0-35-generic)?I have tried...
View ArticleAdd-AzureEndpoint to a Web Role instance for SMTP
I have a WebRole VM in my Azure Account, and I'm trying to open up port 25 for an email server that I installed on the VM. First, I used PowerShell to list the current endpoints:PS C:\> Get-AzureVM...
View ArticleCan't RDP to VM after running sysprep
I have lost quite a bit of time and money on this issue which Microsoft are pretty aware of for a number of years and haven't fixed yet.If I create a Windows Server 2008 R2 VM and run sysprep (part of...
View ArticleVM Keeps crashing at random intervals.
For the last two days one of our VMs (Standard_A7, Windows Server 2012 R2 Datacenter with SQL Server 2014) keeps crashing.In the Local Server - Event Details we see the following...
View ArticleCreating VMs via Azure .Net API - how to enable RDP?
I'm currently working on some proof of concept work for creating and deploying cloud services and virtual machines from code (currently using the .NET Azure Management API). I've so far managed to put...
View ArticleMigrating on-premise web apps to Azure....What about firewall functions?
We are in process of migrating on-premise customer web facing app to Azure cloud. We are currently behind a CISCO ASA for firewall and nat translation. If we move the on-premise servers to cloud vm's,...
View ArticleAzure SSL
Hello, I am wanting to install an ssl in Azure. To me it looks like you get a ssl cert then upload to the endpoint and azure does the rest. I am confused because we use two 2012 r2 servers...
View ArticleGetting Very Poor IOPs from Azure Storage Space
We are having a Datawarehouse application(IAAS).To prevent IO capping, we have created a 8disk(250 GB each) and 3 disk(500GB each) storage pools for keeping data and log files respectively.we have kept...
View ArticleMissing Product Key - Windows Server 2012 R2
Does the price of the Virtual Machine include the Windows Server 2012 R2 License? I selected Windows Server 2012 R2 Datacenter as the image from the Azure Portal. After it was deployed I logged in and...
View ArticleVirtual Machine Autoscaling Behavior
Hello,Being new to Azure and many things Cloud, I am seeking an answer to the behavior of Azure as it relates to autoscaling virtual machines. An example and then the question.Example:I have 4 VMs in...
View ArticleSQL 2012 Express not starting database instances
I recently installed Windows Server 2012 R2 Standard on an Azure server.I am transferring AV and management databases to the new Azure server.I have successfully installed the new instances and want to...
View ArticleDeploy SharePoint 2013 in Azure VM with Azure SQL Database as backend
Hi, We are planning to recommend hosting SharePoint 2013 in Windows Azure using Virtual Machines. Part of the topology, we are recommending to provision the following servers:1. One VM box for...
View ArticleChange Resource Group Location
1. How do we change the location of a Resource Group?2. How do we prevent Azure from changing the location of a Resource Group so we may maintain our environment when we add or change the...
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Windows Server 2012 Datacenter Not Activating - Windows Azure
Hi,My Windows Azure server is stating that it is not activated when I do believe that there activated when we create a new Virtual Server... here is a screenshot of the errorHope someone can...
View ArticleUploading multiple SSH Keys and private keys to Azure Linux VM
Hi,During Azure Linux VM provisioning, .pem file used to provide public key. Can we upload multiple SSH public and private keys to Azure linux vm through Azure portal at once (in one pem or cer...
View ArticleError creating vm in its own cloud service.
Trying to create iaas vms using rest api in central and south central regions.The vms are in their own cloud service. Creating one vm at a time.Its been 3 -4 hours and gui shows deployment is...
View ArticleHow do I upgrade my OS from Windows 2012 to Windows 2012 R2?
You would think I could find an answer to this question after a quick search, but I can't. I have a current Azure server running Windows 2012 and I want to upgraded it to R2. I have seen about 50...
View ArticleWindows Azure VM port 25 blocked
Greetings community!I've recently tried installing a mail server on my Azure VM (Windows Server 2012). The server is already running IIS and MSSQL Express with no problems.The mailserver naturally...
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