Automation Archives - One admin's notes https://www.kondaurov.me/tag/automation/ PowerShell, Office 365, Azure and automation Tue, 18 Jul 2023 16:12:50 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.6.2 https://www.kondaurov.me/wp-content/uploads/ms-icon-310x310-150x150.png Automation Archives - One admin's notes https://www.kondaurov.me/tag/automation/ 32 32 Provision Azure Traffic Manager with Terraform https://www.kondaurov.me/2021/provision-azure-traffic-manager-with-terraform/ https://www.kondaurov.me/2021/provision-azure-traffic-manager-with-terraform/#respond Sat, 09 Oct 2021 12:22:29 +0000 https://www.kondaurov.me/?p=410 These days Terraform is the infrastructure as a code standard (IaC). Terraform can be used with various platforms, while I am writing about Azure here. One can provision almost any resource in Azure by Terraform. Terraform is a great tool for a resource provisioning automation and a cornerstone for DevOps. HashiCorp develops …

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]]> https://www.kondaurov.me/2021/provision-azure-traffic-manager-with-terraform/feed/ 0 Add Windows local users and admins by PowerShell https://www.kondaurov.me/2021/add-windows-local-users-and-admins-by-powershell/ https://www.kondaurov.me/2021/add-windows-local-users-and-admins-by-powershell/#respond Fri, 16 Jul 2021 10:07:48 +0000 https://www.kondaurov.me/?p=396 Once I got a task to create Windows Server local users on 10 machines and give them Admin permissions. I’ve found that I’d rather automate and be effective. I prefer to spend 10 minutes writing a script and 10 minutes running it rather than spending 30 minutes for manual job. This small …

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]]> https://www.kondaurov.me/2021/add-windows-local-users-and-admins-by-powershell/feed/ 0 Azure File Sync: Synchronize files with your own schedule https://www.kondaurov.me/2021/azure-file-sync-run-with-your-own-schedule/ https://www.kondaurov.me/2021/azure-file-sync-run-with-your-own-schedule/#respond Thu, 01 Jul 2021 09:30:55 +0000 https://www.kondaurov.me/?p=378 When I was implementing Azure Storage File Sync solution, I found that it worked pretty quick with the files to be uploaded from a server to the cloud storage. The reason for it is the agent installed on the server checks for file changes. Unfortunately, when a file needs to be downloaded …

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]]> https://www.kondaurov.me/2021/azure-file-sync-run-with-your-own-schedule/feed/ 0 AD DC replication test using PowerShell https://www.kondaurov.me/2021/ad-dc-replication-test-powershell-script/ https://www.kondaurov.me/2021/ad-dc-replication-test-powershell-script/#respond Mon, 05 Apr 2021 13:15:37 +0000 https://www.kondaurov.me/?p=223 I believe that every server, and a Domain Controller especially, should be tested after a restart or another kind of maintenance job. The task to test AD DC replication test using PowerShell needs to be executed on each DC in AD. My team asked me if there is a way to automate Active …

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]]> https://www.kondaurov.me/2021/ad-dc-replication-test-powershell-script/feed/ 0 Packer on VMWare : Collection of errors https://www.kondaurov.me/2020/packer-on-vmware-collection-of-errors/ https://www.kondaurov.me/2020/packer-on-vmware-collection-of-errors/#respond Thu, 10 Sep 2020 04:51:11 +0000 https://www.kondaurov.me/?p=186 When I was doing a configuration for Packer to build VM templates on VMWare I spent quite a while troubleshooting the solution. Please see my collection of errors. Hope that helps you to find your way out. I was using “vsphere-iso” driver.  If you are looking for a good explanation with all …

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