MS Graph for Aliens

If somebody would have to build the users and groups of the whole galaxy into a single AzureAD, group memberships would play a big role. For an alien it would then be easy to understand who is member of what part of the galaxy. Lets take a little – not too serious – example: How… Read more MS Graph for Aliens

Use Microsoft Graph with REST and PowerShell 7

Personally, i like REST-API´s, especially when they are the direct layer between me and the datasource i want to access. As a PowerShell MVP i often use REST and PowerShell, today i needed to get some data from Microsoft Graph. The question i needed to answer was: „Which groups is a user member of in… Read more Use Microsoft Graph with REST and PowerShell 7

Az. Module 1.0 released

Microsoft has announced the general availability of the Az. PowerShell Modules. They are compatible with PSCore, and are the future for scripting, automating Azure tasks. The AZureRM Modules, will only receive Bugfixes, but no new features anymore. Azure Automation will be able to use Az. Modules around March 2019 Read more here: https://github.com/Azure/azure-powershell/blob/master/documentation/announcing-az-module.md Give them… Read more Az. Module 1.0 released

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Azure Resource Graph IV – „Where“ and string operators

Querying data needs always filtering capabilities. ARG, has a powerful query language that allows complex queries with just a few characters of typework.  Knowing how to filter data is importtant, so that you can use the power of the ARG engine before you retrieve the data to your session (PowerShell in that case), especially with… Read more Azure Resource Graph IV – „Where“ and string operators

Azure DevOps – Whats new ?

Microsoft announced Azure DevOps yesterday (Sept 10, 2018). Below find a summary of changes. 1.) URL´s change: contoso.visualstudioonline.com gets dev.azure.com/contoso (with autoredirection of old links) 2.) Pipelines now support GitHub and any git repo 3.) Boards seem to have new enhancements, but i couldnt figure out the difference between VSTS and Azure DevOps. Maybe you… Read more Azure DevOps – Whats new ?

Use a Raspberry PI to trigger Azure Automation runbooks

Dear all ! We hear so much about IoT and the Cloud so I thought, a practical example of how to  combine one of the most popular IoT devices, the Raspberry PI, with Azure Automation is appreciated. Whats the use case? When building this, you will have a Raspberry PI with a push-button, and when… Read more Use a Raspberry PI to trigger Azure Automation runbooks