Techielass - A blog by Sarah Lean

Microsoft 365 Featured

Enable Microsoft 365 Backups

Enable backups within Microsoft 365 in this how to guide.

Community

Azure Arc-enabled servers Q&A

Join me for a live Q & A session on my YouTube channel.

Azure Arc

Managing extensions for Azure Arc-enabled servers

Azure Arc is a management tool that allows you to extend Azure management features to resources not hosted within Azure. A key feature of Azure Arc-enabled servers is the ability to use virtual machine (VM) extensions to enhance server functionality. These extensions, analogous to those available for Azure VMs, offer

Azure Arc Featured

Windows Server 2012 Arc-enabled servers not installing updates

Troubleshoot why updates are failing to apply to a Windows Server 2012 server.

Azure

Filter Azure costs by Tags

Learn how to use tags in Azure Cost Management to filter and analyse cloud expenses, optimize costs, and streamline budgeting.

Azure

Unlocking Data Insights: A Guide to Azure Dashboards, Workbooks, and Power BI for Effective Visualization

Explore the differences between Azure Dashboards, Workbooks, and Power BI to discover which tool best suits your data visualization needs in this comprehensive guide.

Azure Featured

Maximize Your Savings with Azure Advisor's Cost Optimization Workbook

Let's take a look at how you can visualise your Azure costs and find cost saving recommendations.

Azure Featured

How to check if an Azure Marketplace image is marked for deprecation

How to check if an Azure Marketplace image is marked for deprecation.

Vault

What is HashiCorp Vault?

An introduction to HashiCorp Vault!

Podcasts Featured

Tune In to "Talking Tech with Techielass" – Your Weekly Azure Update in Under 5 Minutes!

Tune In to "Talking Tech with Techielass" – Your Weekly Azure Update in Under 5 Minutes!

Azure Featured

Retrieving API Fields from an Azure Static Web App Using a Bash Script

Learn to automate retrieving detailed config info from Azure Static Web Apps using a simple Bash script!

PowerShell

Querying DNS Records with PowerShell

In this blog post explore how you can use PowerShell to query DNS records.

GitHub Featured

How to push code from VS Code to GitHub

Step by step how to push code from your local machine within VS Code to GitHub

Azure

Azure Hybrid Benefit Dashboard

Get an overview of whether or not your environment is taking advantage of Azure Hybrid Benefit cost savings.

YouTube

Join Me on a Journey with Memberships and Super Thanks on YouTube!

Join Me on a Journey with Memberships and Super Thanks on YouTube!

Terraform

Introduction to Terraform Outputs

An introduction to Terraform outputs and how to configure them.

Terraform

How to use Terraform Console Command

The terraform console command allows you to experiment with Terraform functions and expressions.  In this blog post, we will explore how to use the command.  What is the Terraform console command? The terraform console command is part of the Terraform CLI.  It will open an interactive console where you can

Azure Arc Featured

Introduction to Azure Arc Site Manager

Introduction to the Azure Arc Site Manager new feature to help give you a unified view of your Arc-enabled resources.

github desktop

How to push from GitHub Desktop to GitHub

Learn how to push your code up to GitHub using GitHub Desktop

Terraform Featured

What is Terrascan?

Exploring Terrascan and how it can be used to improve your Infrastructure as Code security and compliance standards.

Azure

What is a large language model (LLM)?

Learn more about what large language models are and what they are used for in various different cloud providers.

Git

Git Clone Branch – How to Clone a Specific Branch

A quick guide to cloning a specific Git branch from a remote repository.

Terraform

Should .terraform.lock.hcl be included in the .gitignore file?

Explore what the .terraform.lock.hcl file is and if you should include it in your version control environment.

Git

How to clone a GitHub repo using GitKraken

In this step by step guide I walk through how to use GitKraken to clone a repository from GitHub your to your local machine.

Azure Arc

How to apply ESU patches to your SQL Server 2012 servers

In this blog post we walk through the process of patching your SQL 2012 servers using Extended Security Updates via Azure Arc.