An easy way to clone / copy Active Directory database to a server in Azure
Hello,I am not sure whether this is a correct forum, but I could not find better at the moment:We are trying to leverage Azure servers in AD Disaster Recovery practice. The idea is to restore the whole...
View ArticleUnable to Create VM, Select Image can not be used for deployment currently
I am attempting to create a VM in classic mode for Server 2012 with SQL server, however I am getting an error every time I try. The error is that the Image can not be used for deployment currently. Any...
View ArticleError while shutting down and deleting a Windows virtual machine
I have a Windows 2008 R2 VM in a Virtual Network. When I try to shutdown that VM or when I try to delete it, an error occurs. On new portal it does not give any details but on the old portal it...
View ArticleUnable to pass custom data to VHD based ARM deployment. Getting error...
Hi, I am trying to deploy Linux based VHD through ARM templates using xplat-cli (0.9.13). It works fine. But when I add custom data in template, VM creation fails with error ['osProfile' is not...
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The ComputerName is empty (-)
Hi all,We are moving our resources from Azure Service Mangement mode to ARM mode.To do that, i just copied the VHDs to a new V2 storage account.I than used Powershell + JSON to create a new virtual...
View ArticleRPD Connection Closes Automatically When Logged in with xrdp
From Christian Tippner @ChrisTippner via Twitter Followed provided instructions to add RDP endpoints to a Linux VM through the Classic Azure Portal. Here: aka.ms/d881062But the RDP connection is...
View ArticleUnable to RDP Windows Azure VM after restarting it through Azure Console
Hello - I am unable to RDP Azure based VM after recently restarting it through the Azure Console. I have tried stopping the VM, restarting it several times but still no luck. All other VM's on the same...
View ArticleNeed another NIC for Windows VM (A2 Machine)
From Daryl Clune (@CluneNZ) via Twitter who tweets:“I have an issue with my Windows VM. Deployment ID [PII removed]. It is a Standard A2 Machine and I need to add another NIC. How can I upgrade to a...
View Articlesite to site vpn in new portal (and a rant about the new portal)
I'm having a heck of a time trying to connect our local network with azure for AD. Why are the VPN settings so inflexible? IPSEC vpn's have been around forever. The cradlepoint mbr1200's i have...
View ArticleBusiness application hosted on virtual machine with multiple users
Hi,i have a business applications that runs on windows that is currently hosted on a citrix platform, i want to move it to a vm and allow around 50 users access, what is the best way to achieve this? I...
View ArticlePublic Access to load balanced sets
I have a load balanced set with Ubuntu running node.js and an app that has an enpoint on port 8080. The public endpoint for the load balanced set is on 80 but I can't access it. I can only reach it on...
View ArticlePassword Authentication Issue on Linux VM
Hi,I have created a linux VM in azure cloud and was able to access it till yesterday.Was doing some configuration settings,and don't know why now the same password is not getting recognised and I am...
View ArticleRDP Access Open to the Internet
Hi,It seems that most queries on here about RDP into an Azure VM are about people being unable to connect. Mine is quite the reverse - despite the RDP endpoint on my VM having the usual random public...
View ArticleBest practice for creating a Skype for Business Server 2015 test lab
Having just created our Azure account today I am looking to set up a Skype for Business test lab, so please tolerate this simple question :-) To do this I need a WinSrv2012 VM (which I have created...
View ArticleConfigure autoscaling, how to set the default instance count?
We have an internal load balancer where is configured with 10 VMs, questions, it seems the auto-scaling can only be configured through the old management portal, is this correct? Is there a way to set...
View ArticleAzure VM Migration between Classic Portal and New Portal ARM
Is there any way how to migrate Azure VM from Azure Classic Poral to the New Portal ARM?
View ArticleSingle VM, 2 NIC, 2 Static IPs bound to NICs
I've been browsing the forums and may have stumbled onto a very special use case. We want to use a single VM, within its own Cloud Service that has 2 NICs, each NIC with its own static IP. Goal being...
View ArticleEnabling turbo boost on D1 v2 VM
I have provisioned a D1 v2 vm, which should support Intel Turbo Boost. I have run the following commands: Powercfg -setacvalueindex scheme_max sub_processor PERFBOOSTMODE 1 Powercfg -setactive...
View ArticleIs it possible to have multiple static IPs assigned to a VM, or the cloud...
Hi, the use case I am after is I would have multiple services on a VM all requiring their own static public IP and a unique internal IP each. The internal IP is mapped to the service in the...
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Deployment errors with NetScaler VPX
Saurabh Rai (@raisaurabh777) via Twitter who tweets:“When I try to deploy #Citrix #NetScaler VPX on Microsoft Azure, deployment always fails stating VM agent not running. How do I tackle this? Customer...
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