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SQL 2014 Install Error: The specified account already exists (Solved)
I was recently attempting to install SQL Server 2012 on Windows Server 2016 and the install kept hanging at the step “Install_sqlncli_Cpu64_Action: PublishProduct. Publishing product information.”...
View ArticleBackup Your Azure Automation Modules
I recently ran into a situation where I had created some custom Azure Automation modules, and I wanted to be able to make a backup of all of them to a centralized location. Since Azure Automation does...
View ArticleInstall Office 2016 OneDrive for All Users
I recently ran into an interesting issue when deploying Office 2016 ProPlus on Windows 7. I discovered that the OneDrive application installs under the user context, and not to the system like the rest...
View ArticleReplacing Verizon’s Message+ for Android
Yesterday while I was working my Message+ application, that I use for text messaging, updated itself to version 6.4.1. I soon discovered the app now requires you to create a public profile. There is no...
View ArticleFix Azure Storage Queue Error 403 from Web App
I recently ran into a problem uploading to an Azure Storage Queue from an Azure App Services web app. The problem began when I moved the web app from one subscription to another. After the move, I...
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Azure Webjob Schedule Deployment Error 409 Conflict
If you receive an Error 409 Conflict, when deploying a scheduled Webjob to Azure there are a few things you’ll want to check. Pricing Tier First, in the Azure Portal navigate to Schedule Job...
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Create Zero-Touch Windows 10 ISO
I’ve recently been doing some testing between the different Windows 10 releases, and wanted to quick way to be able to install new VMs without maintaining a bunch of different VM templates, or using...
View ArticleAzure Storage PowerShell Error: Cannot find an overload
I recently ran into an issue where sometimes when I would attempt to query or write to an Azure Storage table I would receive an error similar to the ones below. Cannot find an overload for “Insert”...
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SCSM Orchestrator Error: An item with the same key has already been added
I recently ran into an issue with the Service Manager integration pack for Orchestrator, not returning object in a particular class. In my class it happened to be the Service Request class, but as I...
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Install ElastiFlow on Ubuntu 18.04 – Part 1: Installing Ubuntu
ElastiFlow is a great open source NetFlow analyzer that works with Elastic Stack (formerly ELK Stack). Of all the netflow tools I’ve tested it has, by far, the best visualizations. However, if like me...
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Install ElastiFlow on Ubuntu 18.04 – Part 2: Installing Elastic Stack
This blog is part of a series. Refer to the links below for the other posts in this series. Part 1: Installing Ubuntu Part 2: Installing Elastic Stack Part 3: Install ElastiFlow Part 4: Solution...
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Install ElastiFlow on Ubuntu 18.04 – Part 3: Installing ElastiFlow
This blog is part of a series. Refer to the links below for the other posts in this series. Part 1: Installing Ubuntu Part 2: Installing Elastic Stack Part 3: Install ElastiFlow Part 4: Solution...
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PowerShell Script Searcher
If you are like me, then you are writing PowerShell scripts for pretty much everything now-a-days, and even if you aren’t like me, chances are you still have a bunch of PowerShell scripts saved on your...
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Create Direct Link to a Log Analytic Query
This post will show you how you can create a URL to a specific Log Analytics query. When navigated to, this URL will automatically open the Log Analytics Query editor, input your query, and execute it....
View ArticleFind and Remove All WSUS Deadlines
Every admin at some point has had the call that an update has just installed on someones machine in the middle of an important meeting or something similar. This can often be caused by deadlines set in...
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Log Analytics: Alert on Domain Time Deviations
As we all know accurate time synchronization in Active Directory domains is a must. I recently ran into a problem where one domain controller’s times was starting to get off. Once it got off by about 8...
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Creating an inexpensive Ping monitor for Azure Monitor
Using Azure Monitor to provide availability of systems works extremely well for most configurations, but what about situations where you can’t install a Log Analytics agent on the system? (whether the...
View ArticleFormat Data Returned from Get-PnPListItem
If you have ever used the SharePoint PnP PowerShell Cmdlets you know that the data returned from the list is not done in the cleanest manor. It is returned as a hashtable and it includes all the...
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Azure Update Management – Fix Failed to Start Status
Over the past couple of months, I’ve experienced an issue where an Azure Update Management deployment will fail to run on several servers. When I look at the deployment history these servers where...
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