Tag: azure
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How to enable System Assigned Managed Identity for Azure VM
Sometimes you need to provide access to the script that runs on the Azure VM but don’t want to store credentials anywhere in the VM. The best choice is to assign a Managed Identity to the VM and provide this identity access to a resource. System-assigned Managed Identity is the easiest way to provide access…
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Azure Backup Server can’t connect to VMware Server (error code: 0x80990EF2)
Recently, I have checked an Azure Backup Server that backups VMs to Azure Recovery Vault. It didn’t work and nobody knew why it stopped to connect to the VMware server. I connected to the backup server and in the console found an error message: VMware version: 7.0.2Error: Data Protection Manager Error ID: 33623Unable to communicate…
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How to reduce VM date disk size using the example of Azure VM
Sometimes you need to change a VM data disk size, but disk expanding is a simple operation. If you need to reduce disk size, it is not an obvious operation. For example, the Azure portal shows you that this operation can’t be performed. ⚠️ Caution ⚠️ Before starting any actions with a disk, make sure…
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Question from AZ-305 #1
One teammate sent me the next question and asked me to explain. You have an Azure subscription that contains a custom application named App1. App1 was developed by an external company. Developers at the external company were assigned role-based access control (RBAC) permissions to the App1 components. All users are licensed for the Microsoft 365…