The Caveats of ConfigMgr Collection Refresh
Collections. They’re one of the base components of a Microsoft System Center Configuration Manager (ConfigMgr for short) environment and they…
How to re-write Log Analytics records in Flow
While I was working on an updated Flow I ran into a challenge where data which isn’t regularly written to Log…
Office 365, Retention Policies, and Deleted Users
With the creation of O365 scoped Retention Policies its important to understand how policies that “Retain” data actually work.
QuickTricks: Finding a specific string in any tables in a Log Analytics workspace or where does the Upgrade Readiness solution store your user changes
Recently I was working with a colleague and we were trying to track down where specific data had been stored…
Creating next generation of memory KPIs and CPU queries in Log Analytics
Recently we had a requirement to provide more than basic CPU threshold queries for Log Analytics. We have been watching…
Adding alerts and dashboards to the Ping solution for Azure monitor
In this first part of this blog series we introduced our solution for ping monitoring within Azure Monitor via Log…
Creating an inexpensive Ping monitor for Azure Monitor
Using Azure Monitor to provide availability of systems works extremely well for most configurations, but what about situations where you…
How to alert when data is not getting to Azure monitor Log Analytics
Recently we were faced with a modern version of the “monitor-the-monitor” question. For background, “monitor-the-monitor” basically asks – who monitors…
Log Analytics: Alert on Domain Time Deviations
As we all know accurate time synchronization in Active Directory domains is a must. I recently ran into a problem…
Azure Resource Manager Templates – Part One – VM Extensions
Follow up to the first Azure Resource Manager Template blog post, posted by Mick Monk. Please read through as…