CLOUDY MUSINGS

Like all my previous blogs, code to accompany this post exists here . If you have ever tried to answer the question “what kind of Azure subscription is this?” using automation, you probably assumed there was a clean, authoritative answer somewhere. An API call. A property. A single source of truth. And if you have spent any real time with Azure billing or FinOps work, you already know how quickly that assumption falls apart. Most people eventually land on Offer ID. The Azure

All sample PowerShell companion code for this blog can be found here . Azure has plenty of tools that do one thing really well, and Azure Resource Mover fits right into that category. If you need to move supported resources across regions without rebuilding from scratch, this is your tool. The trick is knowing what it was built for, what it refuses to touch, and how to use it without creating a surprise outage. This guide walks through what Resource Mover is good at, what it

Like a lot of my posts lately, this one kicked off with a customer question. An innocent question at that, but the kind that makes you...

The journey to FinOps maturity is a transformative process for many (if not all) organizations adopting cloud financial management...

Azure Policy allows you to create, assign, and manage policies in Azure (that definition feels a little like one of those awful...

If you've been following my blog, you know I often write about the environments I manage for demo purposes. I definitely cut corners and...

In my last post, I built out a quick script to remove Internet Explorer from Windows servers. Now that Internet Explorer has effectively...

With Internet Explorer finally retiring after a lengthy 27 year career, it came time for removal within the servers I maintain for demos....

When it comes to Azure, Azure Active Directory is usually one of the easiest services to spin up quickly. Overall, integration into the...

Hey folks! As you find yourself doing more and more with PowerShell, you may want to automate some tasks on servers you're running...

Now that I have your attention, know I've started digging into Bicep. It only makes sense, as I'm pretty deep into ARM Templates and...