In the first part of this blog series, I provided a step-by-step approach to color-code a field in a workbook based upon the value of a text field. In this blog post, we will take that concept a step further by using Kusto to provide the information required to visualize the state of a text…
Recently, while developing a new Azure workbook for visualization we had a requirement to provide color coding based upon specific information that was available only in a text field. Specifically, we had a variety of backup conditions that we checked for in our Kusto query that needed to be visualized either with Red (critical), Yellow…
A while back I blogged on using a variety of ways to use a tethered connection to provide internet connectivity. Recently with a relocation that I did, I ended up needing to work from only a tethered connection for several weeks. On my property, I have consistent internet speeds averaging 5-15 Mbps. My incorrect assumption…
Failing to back up dashboards and workbooks has caused me significant issues several times recently. Most often this is a result of my accidentally closing a browser window or refreshing the page and losing the query(s) that I was working on. This blog post shows a quick method to backup & restore both dashboards and…
Recently as part of an initiative to decrease the number of subscriptions in use, we moved one of our Log Analytics workspaces to a different subscription. As a result of the move, the existing Azure dashboard we had in place would no longer function. To address this, we took the following steps to move…
How well does one know Microsoft Azure and all of its main capabilities? In my blog below I’ve stumbled upon a new trick that I wanted to share with our Catapult community. One of the best things about Azure is that you never know what new functionality you will have when you log in daily.…
This is the first of a two-part series that showcases step-by-step processes to query data from other sources when you are writing a Log Analytics query. For this example, we will query data that is stored in Azure blob storage and use that data in a Log Analytics query. In this example, I will be…
In the first part of this series, we discussed how you can use a tethered internet connection to provide a backup when your primary internet connection goes down. In the second part of this series, we discussed the concept of developing a backup internet alliance. In this blog post, we will finish out this series…
Is your Plex service on Windows dropping occasionally? If so, check out this quick trick and find out how to automatically restart Plex services. A while back my Plex server started having issues where the service would crash, and it wouldn’t come back online automatically. To avoid having to go and visit the system or…
Welcome to the “Introducing” series (check here for the full list of blog posts in this series). In the previous three blog posts, we introduced Azure and what services it provides, next we introduced certifications for Azure and how to get started with Azure and most recently we introduced the structure of Azure. In this blog…
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