Azure Virtual Machines
An Azure service that is used to provision Windows and Linux virtual machines.
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Limits on VM NICs? and or FW help
I am asking this question because I have searched through many pages/blogs/MS documentation and cannot find what the limit of network cards you can add to a VM. Reason for this is, I am using a firewall virtual appliance and the only way I can see…
asked 2020-02-28T19:25:13.883+00:00
Goofoff
91
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answered 2020-03-02T08:45:54.497+00:00
jakaruna-MSFT
596
Reputation points Microsoft Employee
3 answers
Azure VM suddenly went down occasionally
Hi everybody, I've just registered for the Azure 12-month trial and is very excited to try it out! The only thing that bothered me right now is that Ubuntu VM for wordpress sometime have a hiccup such as: The wordpress blog suddenly went down…
asked 2020-02-28T11:37:18.8+00:00
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Khanh Tung
1
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answered 2020-03-02T04:29:53.323+00:00
Khanh Tung
1
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1 answer
Trying to block SQL access with an NSG.
Hi there, I am trying to block my WebServer from accessing a SQL instance hosted on my DBServer. I have included a topology of my network to possibly make troubleshooting easier. I have added an incoming rule to my NSG that is associated…
asked 2020-02-25T20:02:29.697+00:00
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Byron Viljoen
1
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answered 2020-03-02T00:16:14.257+00:00
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Jonel M Rienton
1
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Azure SQL Server Connection Error Despite Correct Credentials - Error Number:18456,State:1,Class:14
I have created a new SQL Database on Azure, and have copied the connection string directly from the Azure Portal. On my .NET application, when I am trying to run 'Update-Database' command in Package Manager Console to commit the migration, I receive…
asked 2020-02-27T20:17:26.997+00:00
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Ben Hayward
6
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answered 2020-03-02T00:11:03.547+00:00
Jonel M Rienton
1
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1 answer
Difference between Disk Read operations / OS Disk Read operations / Data Disk Read operations
Need help in understanding the difference between (1)DataDisk Read operations/sec (2)OS Disk Read operations/sec (3)Disk Read operation/sec -> under Azure Monitoring Metrics > METRIC
asked 2020-02-29T14:48:40.14+00:00
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Gollu Venkata Shyam Swaroop
6
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answered 2020-02-29T22:23:26.457+00:00
Ronen Ariely
15,096
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1 answer
Periodic Remote Session issue with Azure VMs
Hello all, I'm running a PowerShell script with the Az Module locally that creates a Resource Group (with all the bells & whistles), deploys a Windows Server 2016 image, and runs a remote session to start prepping the machine after spinning it…
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How to connect a joystick USB.
How can I connect a joystick USB from my main pc to the VM I have already tired the local resources tab for the USBs, but that unticks it every time I connect. Thanks in advance.
asked 2020-02-25T14:48:10.377+00:00
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Toby Allan
1
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answered 2020-02-26T18:03:11.233+00:00
Toby Allan
1
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4 answers
I can’t check for updates on Win Server 2016 VM
Hello when I try to check for updates on my windows server 2016 VM i get the following error “there were some problems installing updates, but we’ll try again later. If you keep seeing this and want to search the web or contact supoort for…
asked 2020-02-24T16:07:59.17+00:00
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Cristóbal Arévalo
1
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commented 2020-02-25T22:38:23.29+00:00
Gustavo Ferrari
6
Reputation points
1 answer
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Are there protected / unchangeable settings in Azure VMs? I have an issue
Ok simply put, we. have an environment that the customer RDPs into a few servers. We have one of our gpo security policies that disables certain things ( Powershell, cmd line, restricts browsers, no control panel, etc..) that is refusing to apply. I…
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Azure Linux VM hang with 100 CPU and cannot SSH
Hi experts, I just got a issue with my Ubuntu VM, all starts from few days back I changed the MTU value for the default eth0, then I cannot use "netstat" anymore. Issued a netstat command will never return any output and after few mins the…
asked 2020-02-24T04:27:51.993+00:00
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Joshua Tu
1
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commented 2020-02-25T15:22:37.507+00:00
Adeel Aleem
1
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2 answers
One of the answers was accepted by the question author.
Creating a managed disk with IOPS and Throughout using the Azure Java-SDK
Hi, I am trying to connect to Azure and create a managed disk with custom IOPS and Throughput (for Ultra Disks) using the Azure Java SDK. I am on the following SDK version: 1.31.0 I am able to create a managed disk of different types with custom…
asked 2020-02-20T18:40:32.98+00:00
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Shabir Abdul Samadh
96
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accepted 2020-02-21T03:10:23.873+00:00
Shabir Abdul Samadh
96
Reputation points
1 answer
Azure VM Failover Clustering
We're trying to do a standard failover cluster for an application we have installed on Azure VM's. Is there a way to present a single disk to more than one VM in Azure?
asked 2020-02-04T18:18:35.373+00:00
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Benjamin Billups
1
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answered 2020-02-19T06:28:56.887+00:00
vipullag-MSFT
25,291
Reputation points
1 answer
Retrieve data from expired subscription
Hi, My VM recently expired and I would like to know if its possible to retrieve some data (1 file in particular) when the VM will not start. Thank you.
asked 2020-02-18T12:15:09.803+00:00
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SpeedyCraftah
1
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answered 2020-02-18T23:47:45.79+00:00
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Mark E
161
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1 answer
Azure Hybrid Benefit and Visual Studio Subscription
I have a Visual Studio Enterprise subscription which obviously includes all kinds of licensing including Windows Server. Can I use that licensing in my VMs as part of the Azure Hybrid Benefit? This is for Dev/Test workloads anyway. I would assume that…
asked 2020-02-18T15:46:25.467+00:00
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George
1
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answered 2020-02-18T15:54:39.887+00:00
Dave Patrick
426.3K
Reputation points MVP
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Limited access to Azure ressources depending on the tags
Hi, I would like to limit/allow access to certain ressources depending on the tag. For example the group of users "Dev" can only modify and access the ressources (VM for example) with the tag and the value "environnement : dev" etc…
asked 2020-02-17T10:50:48.063+00:00
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Axel BEINER
1
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answered 2020-02-17T13:51:23.733+00:00
Sam Cogan
10,327
Reputation points MVP
1 answer
Azure VM-hosted JupyterLab networking config help
I'm worked my way through Quickstart: Set up the Data Science Virtual Machine for Linux (Ubuntu) which is deceptively simple, and am running into a network config problem that is not referenced on the page. I've confirmed I have Data Science…
asked 2020-02-09T17:38:27.207+00:00
B Birdsell
6
Reputation points
commented 2020-02-17T02:24:15.257+00:00
msrini-MSFT
9,261
Reputation points Microsoft Employee
1 answer
Azure deployment cfn-signal equivalent?
I am utilizing cloud-init for my deployments both in AWS and Azure. In AWS I can signal success/failure using cfn-signal to my CloudFormation stack. In Azure I have not found anything similar. Example cloud-init: #cloud-config write_files: -…
asked 2020-02-12T09:33:28.377+00:00
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Alex Olshanetsky
6
Reputation points
answered 2020-02-14T05:32:04.403+00:00
jakaruna-MSFT
596
Reputation points Microsoft Employee
1 answer
Monitoring Solution for Azure Virtual Machines
Hi Community, I want to set up monitoring for our VM's regarding CPU load, disk load, disk space and os restarts. This is for multiple VM's in multiple subscriptions. What would be the best approach and some steps please.
asked 2020-02-13T10:27:35.383+00:00
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Anonymous
answered 2020-02-13T22:16:02.363+00:00
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KarishmaTiwari-MSFT
18,647
Reputation points Microsoft Employee
3 answers
One of the answers was accepted by the question author.
3rd party software License is detecting hardware changes every restart
I have installed a software with licensing security for hardware footprint we are currently in pay as you go subscription. everytime we restart the virtual machine it is detecting that the hardware was changed. is there anyway i can set it up with…
asked 2020-02-11T21:44:30.04+00:00
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Peejay Mallari
21
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answered 2020-02-13T00:47:38.63+00:00
Peejay Mallari
21
Reputation points
2 answers
Best way to automate actions on newly created VMs
Hello experts, I would like for some guidance regarding the best ways to automate actions on newly created virtual machines. What I would like to do is to develop someway to automate the creation of managed system identities, install certain…
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