Tibor Kiss

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2017 04 20

AzCopy – behind proxy

Tibor Kiss AzCopy, Azure, Cloud azcopy, Azure, vhd, vmdk 0

There are some days in your life when you feel you would like to do something different in Azure than other days such as you want to create and upload your own VHD to Azure (instead of using VM images from marketplace). It seems this is a very hard challenge because you need a local virtualization environment (VMWare, Hyper-V, etc), you have to prepare your custom VM for Azure somehow, etc. But finally you are happy because you merely have to upload the VHD file to Azure and you can use your customized VM there.

2017 04 07

Good news: default Windows OS disk size is 30 GB from now in Azure

Tibor Kiss Azure, Cloud, Server Azure, Windows 0

From the beginning I was sad because when I created a Windows Server in Azure the OS disk size was 128GB which generates higher cost and to tell the truth regularly we do not need this huge space on OS disk.

2017 02 15

Azure-Cli 0.10.9 bug – time to downgrade

Tibor Kiss Azure, Linux, Windows Server 2016 Azure, Azure-Cli, Linux, Scripting, Windows Server 2016 0

In the past I posted an article which describes how you can install the Azure-Cli to your Linux machine. Then I had created some bash scripts and I used the advantages of this kind of Azure management. And on 3rd of February in 2017 the latest version arrived. This is the 0.10.9.

2016 12 19

Azure command-line interface on Linux

Tibor Kiss Azure, Cloud, Linux Azure, Linux, Scripting 0

A day you will meet that situation when you should manage your VMs from a Linux based environment but your Linux skills are not on the top yet. 🙂

Of course Microsoft provides a very good description for Azure-Cli installation, some important Linux side configuration and prerequisites steps are missing from that. Nevertheless you are not in trouble because merely node.js which is required to install.

2016 12 12

Visual Studio Code for Azure templates

Tibor Kiss Azure, Cloud, JSON Azure, JSON, Scripting, Visual Studio 0

Since I have been working with Azure ARM, I have looked for an easy-to-use, familiar and free JSON viewer and editor for Azure ARM templates modify and creation. I downloaded some free software according to Google suggestions and I tried the JSON plugin to Notepad++ but they are not suitable for me.

2016 11 09

When you cannot connect to an Azure Environment

Tibor Kiss Azure, Cloud, PowerShell Azure, PowerShell, Scripting 0

The Azure is a continuously growing “monster” and sometimes you have no chance to follow it or a new environment is hide yet (but you know the name of this environment).

2016 11 03

10 Steps to Be Successful with Enterprise Search by Agnes Molnar, Search Explained

Tibor Kiss O365, Search, SharePoint O365, SharePoint 2013, SharePoint Search 0

On 3rd of November 2016. was a fantastic webinar about SharePoint Search: 10 Steps to Be Successful with Enterprise Search webinar with Agnes Molnar, Search Explained. If you want to watch it again, we got you covered though with a recorded replay of the webinar. You can access it below.

Webinar Link (and registration to watch it)

https://searchexplained.webinarninja.co/my/webinarpage/webinar?webinar_id=40996

2016 10 04

Lower Azure pricing from October

Tibor Kiss Azure, Cloud Azure, Cloud 0

Microsoft informed us “New lower Azure pricing effective October 1, 2016”

2016 06 07

The Future of SharePoint by Penelope Coventry

Tibor Kiss Event, Meetup, Server, SharePoint SharePoint 2016, Windows Server 2012 R2 0

There was a fantastic presentation on HUNSUG at IT-Services Hungary, Infopark. On this event Penelope Coventry showed us the future of SharePoint. #FutureOfSharePoint

You can download the presentation material here:
HUNSUG 2016.06.02. – FutureOfSharePoint

2016 04 27

WS2016 Technical Preview 5 Now Available

Tibor Kiss Containers, Docker, PowerShell, Server Windows Server 2016, Windows Server 2016 TP5 0

Some hours ago the newest Technical Preview (TP5) of Windows Server 2016 has been arrived.

You can download from here: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/evalcenter/evaluate-windows-server-technical-preview

And what’s new in this technical preview? https://mva.microsoft.com/en-US/training-courses/what-s-new-in-windows-server-2016-preview-12592

Here is some docker related things: https://blog.docker.com/2016/04/docker-windows-server-tp5

Let’s go to check the new features…

2016 03 24

Presentation: Docker on Windows – How to avoid traps

Tibor Kiss Containers, Docker, Event, Meetup, PowerShell Containers, Docker, PowerShell, Presentation, Windows Containers, Windows Server 2016 TP4 0

The meetup yesterday was excellent. I was very happy because participants asked many great questions which means they felt this is an interesting topic. I enjoy it too and I would like to say thank you for all who were there and who supported me.

Additionally you can find here the presentation:

2016 03 17

Docker Talk at Budapest Sysadmin Meetup

Tibor Kiss Containers, Docker, Event, Meetup, PowerShell Containers, Docker, Event, Meetup, Windows Containers 0

Wednesday, Mar 23 – Budapest, Hungary

Docker (on Windows) – How to avoid traps by Tibor Kiss Windows Server 2016 is the first windows which natively supports the Containers. I am sure many of you have already met with articles about this topic. Now we would like to provide you an overview regarding: – how can we avoid tumblers at the very first time – how can we cope with difficulties which are provided by the current version – some Docker containers use cases

2016 03 02

Get all parameters of a command

Tibor Kiss PowerShell PowerShell 0

I often use Get-Help command in PowerShell to discover the usage of a specific command. Sometimes I merely want to know the parameters which belong to command. In this case the Get-Help is slow. Instead of it you can use the next Keyboard shortcut:

<CTRL> + <SPACE>

Example:

Type: “Start-Process -” then use the shortcut. Result:

From now on you can speed up scripting. Good luck! 🙂

2016 02 26

Observastions and tips

Tibor Kiss Containers, Docker Containers, Docker, Windows, Windows Containers 0

Here you can find some observations about Docker on Windows.

Observatons and tips about Docker on Windows
After you start a container with the -a switch “docker start -a <container name>” then you want to use “docker exec -it <container name> powershell” although it is enter the container it is frozen. Without -a everithing is fine.
When you create a container pelase rename it with this command: Rename-Computer -NewName $oNewContainerName . Then please restart the docker container. If you miss this your container won’t start any more after a Docker host restart.
Configuration file in Windows: “C:\ProgramData\Docker\Containers\<GUID of container>\config.json” és “C:\ProgramData\Docker\Containers\<GUID of container>\hostconfig.json“
Please make a copy from the configuration files. That could be usefull when yor container does not want to start adfter a Docker host restart. When you meet this message: “Win32 API call returned error r1=2147942452 err=You were not connected because a duplicate name exists on the network. If joining a domain, go to System in Control Panel to change the computer name and try again.” you merely need to overwrite the config files from backup then your container will start correctly. Other workaround to fix your containers: Open config.json to edit Find and delete the next section: “Error”:”<Error message>”, Save config.json Start your docker container
Windows Feature installation. When you want to install/add/enable a new feature in Windows it required the installation media. Especially the SXS dorectory from installation media. In this case the usage of our powershell command: Add-WindowsFeature <comma separated feature list> -Source “<Path of installation media>\sources\sxs”
The DEL does not work in Docker console. You must use Backspace instead of DEL.

Feel free to get in touch with any comment, feedback or questions.

2015 12 27

VPN fine tuning in W10

Tibor Kiss PowerShell, Windows 10 PowerShell, VPN, Windows 0

When you create a VPN connection in W10 you would not like to use this a gateway. In this case you need to clear the tick “Use default gateway” in IPv4 or IPv6 on the VPN adapter. (Network & Sharing Center –> Change Adapter Settings –> My VPN Connection –> Properties –> Networking –> IPv4 or IPv6 ).

2015 11 28

Command basics – Getting started with docker on Windows (2016 TP4)

Tibor Kiss Containers, Docker, PowerShell Containers, Docker, PowerShell, Windows Containers, Windows Server 2016 TP4 0

Since we know the Windows Server 2016 will support the Containers (Docker) we are very happy and exciting. We want to test and see how it works on Windows. Now we can use Windows Server 2016 TP4 as a great foundation.

This article shows some commands which useful when you work with Docker on windows and Windows Containers

2015 08 09

SharePoint 2013 Server – WorkFlow engine installation and configuration on Windows Server 2012R2

Tibor Kiss PowerShell, SharePoint PowerShell, SharePoint 2013 0

One year ago I made an article in Hungarian about the SharePoint 2013 Workflow engine configuration on Windows Server 2012R2. Now I merely translate into English and provide you. 🙂