Previously I showed you how you can use Bicep to deploy Log Analytics, App Insights, Azure Sentinel, Azure Monitor for VMs, Azure Monitor for Containers. As well as linked Automation Accounts for Change Tracking and Update Management. This week I have several Bicep templates for you. Data collection for Log Analytics, as well as saved …
When deploying resources to Azure, you have several options, the Azure Portal, PowerShell, Azure Resource Management (ARM) Templates, and now we have Bicep templates. In this post I’ll share a Bicep template I’ve made to help you deploy Log Analytics, the backbone of Azure Monitor, Sentinel and Security Center. For the operations monitoring Application Insights, …
In this latest post in Donnie and I’s Migrating from Orchestrator series, I’ll show you how to setup Hybrid Connection for PowerShell Azure Functions. This will allow you to perform automation tasks on-prem with Function Apps using PowerShell Core. Requirements App Service Plan Azure Function in my case I’m using PowerShell Core You’ll need a …
In this post I’ll show you how I collect my solar production data from the SolarEdge API and send it to Log Analytics. Notice I said collect and not monitor. While the SolarEdge API is actually fairly well documented, the API is limited to calls at a 15 minute interval. In the SolarEdge App and …
You may have seen my previous post on collecting weather data from WeatherUnderground. With this post I will show you how to collect Ambient Weather data from the API with Azure Functions. Why a new post? A few reasons. One, that post was with the experimental Windows PowerShell Azure Functions, which are no longer available. …
My next post in our Migrating from Orchestrator series with MVP Donnie Taylor. In my last post I showed you how to setup Action Groups for Azure Automation, LogicApps and Azure Functions for Azure Monitor Alerts. In a previous post I’ve shown how you can Parse an Azure Monitor Alert with Azure Functions and PowerShell …
This is my second post in our Migrating from Orchestrator series. In Donnie’s last post he showed you how you can trigger automation with EventGrid. In this post I’ll show you how you can trigger automations from Azure Monitor Alerts. Triggering Orchestrator runbooks from SCOM Alerts was one of the more popular type of triggers …