Normally we use SDKs to interact with Azure. Things like the Azure .NET SDK, the Azure PowerShell module, or the dozens of other SDKs listed here can be used. These SDKs provide a lot of helpful utilities and validation, but ultimately they will hit the Azure REST API once they need to phone home. Azure’s REST API provides this all-important foundation to write code against the platform.
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PowerShell
How to troubleshoot PowerShell scripts not running under a scheduled task
Situation: you have written a PowerShell script that runs fine when you launch it from PowerShell directly, but fails to start or run when you try to plug it into a schedule task.
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How to enforce PowerShell Remoting (WinRM) settings with Group Policy
Remote connectivity in PowerShell leverages a few different technologies under the hood. For example, cmdlets that provide a -ComputerName parameter usually connect with RPC, WMI, or WinRM.
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Windows event log custom source tips
Good-old Windows event logs are a great location to write events for automation tools and scripts. It may not be flashy, but it provides key functionality for service engineering teams:
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