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Wednesday, 30 September 2015

Azure Cloud Service Connecitivity "Remote Desktop can't find the computer "name.cloudapp.net". This might mean that "name.cloudapp.net" does not belong to the specified network.

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Azure Cloud Service Connecitivity "Remote Desktop can't find the computer "name.cloudapp.net". This might mean that ...

Active Directory Ports/Protocols between Firewall's/L3/4 Boundaries

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If for whatever reason you have to have Domain Controllers separated by firewalls you will require the following ports and protocols allowed...
Saturday, 26 September 2015

Azure VM Instance DNS “Default Server” Unknown and Cannot Join the Windows Server 2012 R2 Domain

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Today I run into a strange issue related to DNS with my traditional on premise Active Directory and an Azure VM that was to be promoted to ...
Thursday, 24 September 2015

AD FS 3.0 Configuring SSO for Multiple Domains/UPN Suffixes

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Active Directory Federation Services 3.0 supports SSO for multiple domains by default. In previous versions of AD FS (2.0, and 2.1) a number...
Monday, 7 September 2015

Configure Office 365 Regional and Language Settings Globally

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If you are in the process of adopting or migrating to Office 365, you will probably be looking to automate as much of the process as possib...
Wednesday, 2 September 2015

Configuring Azure Site to Site VPN with Cisco ASA 9.x Firewall

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It is highly likely you will be required to create a site to site VPN from your on-premises network to the Azure public cloud. In order to ...
Monday, 31 August 2015

Cloud Security Alliance CCSK Exam Experience

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This evening I passed the Cloud Security Alliance CCSK exam, version 3.0. I studied for around a week reading the two documents multipl...
Friday, 28 August 2015

Azure Site to Site VPN Hangs “Disconnecting Local Site” & Azure VM Provisioning Hangs “Creating Windows Server 2012 R2 Datacenter” for 1+ Hour

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When you try to drop the Site to Site VPN connection from your data centre to the Azure cloud, it hangs for 30-40 minutes stating “Disconn...
Wednesday, 19 August 2015

Cisco ASA 9.x Static NAT with ASDM “Unable to Reserve Port 443”

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I was trying to configure a static NAT rule to allow HTTPS traffic to a hosted web server. When I entered the last command I received “Unab...
Tuesday, 11 August 2015

Config Cisco ASA as Domestic Broadband Router and NetGear Router as Access Point

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For about the last 6 months I have had a Cisco ASA 5505 I have meant to install into my home network, I bought it when I was studying for C...