There is a difference between shutting down an Azure VM from outside vs from within the VM. Stopping the VM from outside (e.g. from the…
Tag: Windows Azure
Aim: Schedule daily backups of an on-premises SQL Server database & copy it to an Azure virtual machine as part of a Disaster Recovery process. In…
I recently encountered this error when attempting to run Add-AzureAccount using Azure PowerShell on a Windows 8.1 machine. The error occurred regardless of whether I…
Aim: Create a virtual network & machine in Azure to which on-premises SQL Server databases can be backed up as part of a Disaster Recovery process.…
As of early 2016, I find the new Azure portal very unintuitive to navigate & unfortunately the Microsoft documentation seems to be work-in-progress, so I’m starting…
I’m currently doing a Data Science on Coursera (https://www.coursera.org/course/datasci) that requires me to complete assignments using a provided virtual machine. The easiest option for playing the VM…
Aim: Set up a Windows Azure virtual machine to serve as a testing environment for the new features available in SQL Server 2014. Set up a Windows…