Azure Automation is Faster Than Me

The original title of this post was suppose to be “Strategy on Running Runbooks in Azure Automation” and wanted to write it for more than a month. Why the title changed during this period? Simple – there was some limitation on running runbooks in Azure Automation and that limitation was significantly  increased which pushed me to change the title. Let me explain in detail what was the limitation, what has happened and what is that strategy I had that you might still need and it is always good to implement. Continue reading “Azure Automation is Faster Than Me”

Microsoft Azure Operational Insights Preview Series – Collecting Logs from Azure Diagnostics (Part 16)

Previously on Microsoft Azure Operational Insights Preview Series:

This blog post is about a feature you may know or may not know about OpInsights. Besides ingesting data trough agents or SCOM OpInsights can ingest data trough Azure Storage as well. And you can place data in Azure Storage trough a Azure feature like Azure Diagnostics. So lets see how all this works. Continue reading “Microsoft Azure Operational Insights Preview Series – Collecting Logs from Azure Diagnostics (Part 16)”

Microsoft Azure Operational Insights Preview Series – Plans and Retention (Part 15)

Previously on Microsoft Azure Operational Insights Preview Series:

Currently in Azure Operational Insights Preview we have available 3 plans:

  • Free
  • Standard
  • Premium

Continue reading “Microsoft Azure Operational Insights Preview Series – Plans and Retention (Part 15)”

Microsoft Azure Operational Insights Preview Series – New Onboarding User Experience (Part 14)

Previously on Microsoft Azure Operational Insights Preview Series:

I was checking my Operational Insights Workspace today and I’ve noticed there is a new tile named Settings: Continue reading “Microsoft Azure Operational Insights Preview Series – New Onboarding User Experience (Part 14)”

Microsoft Azure Operational Insights Preview Series – Removing Legacy Configuration Assessment (Part 13)

Previously on Microsoft Azure Operational Insights Preview Series:

To be honest I do not use the legacy Configuration Assessment in Azure Operational Insights. It is just not relevant for me at this time. I do not know if this function will be removed in the future but what seems that it will be replaced in the future by other Intelligence Packs. In the past I’ve disabled that feature by simply deselecting all rules in it: Continue reading “Microsoft Azure Operational Insights Preview Series – Removing Legacy Configuration Assessment (Part 13)”