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Building the @BotJurassic Twitter Bot using Logic Apps - Part 2

In Part 1, we outlined our goals for the @BotJurassic Twitter Bot, along with setting up the underlying data structure required for the Logic App. In this part, we'll actually go about creating the Logic App, using those data sources to craft randomly generated Tweets. The Logic AppOverview of the

twitter

Building the @BotJurassic Twitter Bot using Logic Apps - Part 1

OverviewI've caught the bot bug. I've been following @ChloeCondon on Twitter for a while now, mainly for her puns and Clippy related tweets, but also for her series' on Microsoft Reactor called Got Bots? Have you ever wanted to learn about bots, but don't know where to start? 🤖 If you're

powershell

Send a Notification to Microsoft Teams via PowerShell

If you're not interested in all the words below, you can jump straight to the script here - https://github.com/mikeconjoice/Scripts Having recently moved internally, to Microsoft Teams from Slack, we needed to adapt our scripts and monitoring solutions to send our alerts to our new endpoint. I've

sql

Upgrade SQL Express to SQL Standard

If you'd like to upgrade a SQL Express instance to a SQL Standard instance via an in place upgrade, it's nice and easy to do through the inbuilt wizard within the SQL Setup GUI. Select Edition Upgrade from the Maintenance menu Click Next Enter the SQL product key Accept the

windows

Rename Windows Server Domain Controllers

To rename a DC with the name from SERVER-DC01 in the domain.local domain to SERVER-DC02 follow the next steps: Open Command Prompt as an Administrator and type: NETDOM computername SERVER-DC01.domain.local /add:SERVER-DC02.domain.local Ensure the computer account updates and DNS registrations are completed, then type: NETDOM

hyper-v

Hyper-V Storage Migration Failed

Whilst trying to migrate the storage location of a 2012 Hyper-V VM, you may encounter the following error: Storage Migration “Operation not allowed for VM because Hyper-V State is yet to be initialized from Virtual Machine Configuration” (0x80070015) To resolve the issue, simply restart the VM Management Service on the

powershell

PowerShell script to find all plugged in USB drives across the environment

veeam

VeeamON 2017 Roundup Part 1 - What is VeeamON?

So after a week of recovery from the wonders VeeamOn and New Orleans had for me, I thought I'd put together some brief posts to outline the major announcements that Veeam had for us at VeeamON this year. Firstly, what is VeeamON? VeeamON is Veeam's annual conference, coined as The

powershell

Bulk Change UPN by Powershell

A simple PowerShell script to iterate through all AD User objects and change the default UPN.

azure

Reset Azure VPN Gateway

If you lose connectivity across your S2S Azure VPN, you can reset the gateway device using the following PowerShell script. Resource Manager Deployment Model Classic Deployment Model

dell

Dell 12G Server Stuck at "Initializing Firmware Interfaces...

We've recently experienced an issue with an old Dell PowerEdge T320 which was taking a long time (30-45 minutes) to boot. If you look at the progress of the server through the iDrac, it appears to have hung during the initial POST at "Initializing Firmware Interfaces..." In our

powershell

Windows Server Core Error - SWbemObjectEx: Invalid index

When trying to edit the network settings of an adapter through sconfig, the following error message is received when selecting the interface index required. C:\Windows\system32\en-US\sconfig.vbs (696, 21) SWbemObjectEx: Invalid index After some investigation, it appears sconfig will throw this error if IPv6 is disabled on

veeam

HTML Report of all Veeam Backup Copy Jobs in Powershell

Due to the way our infrastructure operates, we have a number of remote sites backing up to a central Veeam repository (~300 branches at present) We get a number of requests from the network team on bandwidth usage issues which is always finger pointed at the Veeam Backup Copy jobs.

esxi

A Simple Way to Upgrade Your Standalone or Clustered ESXi Servers

Important Note - update your VCSA before your ESXi Servers! Open an SSH session to your ESXi server Put your system into Maintenance Mode and allow the VMs to migrate or suspend esxcli system maintenanceMode set --enable true Show available images from the VMware update server and select the one

2010

Speed Up The Exchange Management Console

BE ADVISED THAT THE FOLLOWING IS A SECURITY RISK. IF YOU WISH TO PROCEED, DISABLE IT ONLY FROM THE MACHINE WHERE YOU ARE USING THE EXCHANGE MANAGEMENT CONSOLE IN A SECURE ENVIRONMENT AND NOT ON THE EXCHANGE SERVERS THEMSELVES. On startup, the Exchange Management Console (EMC), and the Exchange Management

2010

Maximum number of Exchange accounts in an Outlook profile

Beginning with Microsoft Outlook 2010, you can open more than one Exchange account in your Outlook profile. Microsoft Outlook 2010 supports up to 15 accounts in your profiles. But, by default it is limited to 5 accounts. In Outlook 2013 the default is 10 accounts and the maximum allowed is

sonicwall

Enabling Password Saving on SonicWall Global VPN Client

If your users are complaining about having to type in their username and password each time they want to connect to your corporate network, there is a simple solution. By default, when users access the Properties page of their VPN connection, then click on the User Authentication tab, they’ll