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Azure PowerShell Module AZ 12.0.0 released

Azure PowerShell Module AZ 12.0.0 released

Andres Bohren
Hi All, A few Hours ago, a new major Version of the AZ (Azure) PowerShell Module has been released to PowerShell Gallery. PowerShell Gallery Az 12.0.0 The Release Notes contains a lot of updates I am using the new PSResourceGet here instead of the PowerShellGet commands. Show installed Versions and what’s available in PowerShell Gallery Get-InstalledPSResource AZ -Scope CurrentUser Find-PSResource AZ Uninstall the old Modules and install the current Modules
Update Microsoft.Graph Modules on Azure Automation with Managed Identity V2

Update Microsoft.Graph Modules on Azure Automation with Managed Identity V2

Andres Bohren
Hi All, Over a Year ago, i wrote an Article on how to Update the Microsoft.Graph PowerShell Modules on Azure Automate with ManagedIdentity Update Microsoft.Graph Modules on Azure Automation with Managed Identity Why do you write an Article again? There has been some improvements. With the AZ 11.2.0 released in January 2024 there was an update with the Az.Automation Module Az.Automation 1.10.0 Updated Module operation cmdlets to support Powershell 7.2 I did publish an Article about that here
Activate PIM Role with Azure Mobile App

Activate PIM Role with Azure Mobile App

Andres Bohren
Hi All, Recently i saw an Info, that Privileged Identity Management (PIM) Roles can now be activated with the Azure mobile app on iOS and Android. Time to test it out. Source: What’s new in Microsoft Entra ID? Azure Mobile App There is now a new “Privileged Identity Management” Feature. I t was way down, so i moved it up with the two bars in the Settings of the Startmenu.
New Azure Connected Machine Agent 1.40 for Azure ARC

New Azure Connected Machine Agent 1.40 for Azure ARC

Andres Bohren
Hi All, Today, i’ve stumbled about an Update of the Azure Connected Machine Agent - that is used for Azure Arc What’s new with Azure Connected Machine agent The first release of the 1.40 agent may impact SQL Server enabled by Azure Arc when configured with least privileges on Windows servers. The 1.40 agent was re-released to address this problem. To check if your server is affected, run azcmagent show and locate the agent version number.
Azure Storage Explorer 1.33.1

Azure Storage Explorer 1.33.1

Andres Bohren
Hi All, Today i’ve seen the notification, that Azure Storage Explorer 1.33.1 has been released. GitHub Release v1.33.1 Fixed Issues Installation Everything went smooth Updated Azure Storage Explorer Details from About Regards Andres Bohren Azure Logo
Deploy MTA-STS with PS.MTA-STS PowerShell Module

Deploy MTA-STS with PS.MTA-STS PowerShell Module

Andres Bohren
Hi All, I’ve explained how “Mail Transfer Agent Strict Transport Security (MTA-STS)” works in this Article Mail Transfer Agent Strict Transport Security (MTA-STS) PS.MTA-STS A Month ago, the PS.MTA-STS PowerShell Module was announced on the Exchange Team Blog Introducing PS.MTA-STS: a PowerShell module to enhance mail flow security with MTA-STS Today a new Version has been released PowerShell Gallery PS.MTA-STS 1.2.0 I’ve tested the Module back then and contacted Jamy Klotzsche and worked with him to improve the Module on GitHub PS.
Azure PowerShell Module AZ 11.5.0 released

Azure PowerShell Module AZ 11.5.0 released

Andres Bohren
Hi All, Yesterday, a new major Version of the AZ (Azure) PowerShell Module has been released to PowerShell Gallery. PowerShell Gallery Az 11.5.0 The Release Notes shows an impressive List of Updates I am using the new PSResourceGet here instead of the PowerShellGet commands. Show installed Versions and what’s available in PowerShell Gallery Get-InstalledPSResource AZ -Scope CurrentUser Find-PSResource AZ Uninstall the old Modules and install the current Modules Uninstall-PSResource AZ -Scope CurrentUser Uninstall-PSResource AZ.
Will Azure DNS soon support DNSSEC

Will Azure DNS soon support DNSSEC

Andres Bohren
Hi All, While writing the Blog Article that Microsoft is moving to New cloud.microsoft Domain for M365 i’ve been stumbled across something very interesting. In the Article from the Exchange Team Blog from Septemer 2023, they have anounced that Inbound DANE will be available between March and July 2024 using a new Domain *.mx.microsoft Implementing Inbound SMTP DANE with DNSSEC for Exchange Online Mail Flow I’ve decided to test DNSSEC with MXToolbox
Move Azure Resources to a new Resource Group

Move Azure Resources to a new Resource Group

Andres Bohren
Hi All, In my Azure Environement i wanted to Move some Resources (Websites in my case) to another Resource group that is located in another Subscription. I’ve prepared the Target Resource group and then selected the Resources i want to move. On top i selected “Move > Move to another resource group” Now i have to select a Subscription and a Resource group Then a validation starts. Not all Resources can be moved and sometimes there are dependencys.
2024-01 Security Update Windows Server fails with 0x80070643

2024-01 Security Update Windows Server fails with 0x80070643

Andres Bohren
Hi All, I have recently played around with Azure Update Manager for VM and ARC. I had Problems installing the “2024-01 Security Update for Microsoft server operating system version 21H2 for x64-based Systems (KB5034439)” on the Windows Server 2022 Azure VM until i found the following Article The January 2024 Windows RE update might fail to install KB5028997: Instructions to manually resize your partition to install the WinRE update The Update failed to install