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Pulumi and Azure Setup • February 15, 2020

I had an idea for an application I wanted to build and deploy to Azure. This was the perfect time to try out Pulumi to provision the Azure resources I would need. I read the getting started guide but I found it too open. I wanted to restrict the Service Principal to a single Resource Group. After setting up the Service Principal and restricting it to the Resource Group, I ran into an issue. The account was unable to register the resource providers. I did some searching and found this article that explained what was happening and the solution. I deleted my setup and tried again. This is what I did…

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Managing servers with Windows Admin Center • February 18, 2019

I have a lab machine that I use to play around with different technology. It runs virtual machines (VM) and backups. The operating system was Windows 2012 R2. If I wanted to manage the VM’s or the backup, I would remote desktop (RDP) to the machine or connect through Hyper-V Manager.

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Azure timer function to scan for any pwned email addresses and store pwned items in SharePoint list • November 01, 2017

I wrote an Azure timer function that pulls email addresses from Azure AD using the Microsoft Graph API. Those email addresses are submitted to HaveIBeenPwned.com. If any results are returned, they are stored in a SharePoint list, again using the Microsoft Graph API. Finally, I created a Flow workflow on the SharePoint list to send a notification to a Microsoft Teams channel any time a new item is added to the SharePoint list.

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