Some advanced ADFS 4.0 branding customization

23rd of May, 2018 / / No Comments

As you are aware that you can use some of the PowerShell commands to update the logo, banner/illustration images as well as home, privacy and other links of the ADFS 4.0 home realm discovery or sign in page. Below is an example of doing so
Set-AdfsWebTheme -TargetName custom -Logo @{path=”P:\Theme\Logo\logo.png”}

The above command would update the current logo image on the custom theme.
Set-AdfsGlobalWebContent -HomeLink https://{www.YourWebsite.Com}/ -HomeLinkText Home

Above command would update the “Home” link on all pages of your ADFS theme.… [Keep reading] “Some advanced ADFS 4.0 branding customization”

Creating your own PowerShell modules for Azure Automation – Part 2

23rd of May, 2018 / / 1 Comment

In my previous article I explained the basic steps for creating a PowerShell module that you can upload to Azure Automation. Now, being pedantic by nature, I see a lot of scripts of really poor quality and as I write modules quite regularly, I want to share some useful tips to turn a rubbish module into something significantly better.
Previously, I wrote a basic module that looks like this:

You can run the module by using the command new-compliment -name “someone”.… [Keep reading] “Creating your own PowerShell modules for Azure Automation – Part 2”

Creating your own PowerShell modules for Azure Automation – Part 1

23rd of May, 2018 / / 1 Comment

Creating a PowerShell module is an easy way to create scripts you can use over and over again. If you Google  this you’ll find that to create a module is as simple as creating a PowerShell Script with the psm1 extension. However, that won’t work for Azure. Azure loads modules automatically, so you need to write your module to load automatically as well. To ensure a module loads correctly, you’ll need to create a module manifest file.… [Keep reading] “Creating your own PowerShell modules for Azure Automation – Part 1”

Exporting IoT Device Information from Azure IoT Hub(s) using PowerShell

22nd of May, 2018 / / No Comments

Introduction

I have a number of Azure IoT Hubs each with a number of devices configured on them. I wanted to export the details for each IoT Device. This can’t be done via the Azure Portal (May 2018) so I looked to leverage the Azure.IoTHub New-AzureRmIotHubExportDevices cmdlet.
Now the documentation for New-AzureRmIotHubExportDevices is a little light on. When I was running the New-AzureRmIotHubExportDevices I kept getting the error ‘Operation returned an invalid status code ‘InternalServerError’.… [Keep reading] “Exporting IoT Device Information from Azure IoT Hub(s) using PowerShell”

'Strong Name Verification' Issue with adding new Connectors in AAD Connect

21st of May, 2018 / / No Comments

I’ve been updating and installing the latest versions of AAD Connect recently (v1.1.750.0 to the latest v1.1.819.0) and noticed that I could not create a brand new custom ‘Connector’ using any of the following out of the box Connector templates:

  • Generic SQL
  • Generic LDAP (didn’t happen to me but I’ve seen reports it’s impacting others)
  • PowerShell
  • Web Service

The message in the AAD Connect Synchronisation Engine would appear as:
“The extension could not be loaded”
each time I tried to create a Connector with any of the above templates.… [Keep reading] “'Strong Name Verification' Issue with adding new Connectors in AAD Connect”

Notes From The Field – Enabling GAL Segmentation in Exchange Online

17th of May, 2018 / / 1 Comment

First published at https://nivleshc.wordpress.com

Introduction

A few weeks back, I was tasked with configuring Global Address List (GAL) Segmentation for one of my clients. GAL Segmentation is not a new concept, and if you were to Google it (as you would do in this day and age), you will find numerous posts on it.
However, during my research, I didn’t find any ONE article that helped me. Instead I had to rely on multiple articles/blogposts to guide me into reaching the result.… [Keep reading] “Notes From The Field – Enabling GAL Segmentation in Exchange Online”

Removing Specific Azure Tags – PowerShell

17th of May, 2018 / / 2 Comments

Azure Tags

You apply tags to your Azure resources to logically organize them by categories. Each tag consists of a name and a value. For example, you can apply the name “Environment” and the value “Production” to all the resources in production.
After you apply tags, you can retrieve all the resources in your subscription with that tag name and value. Tags enable you to retrieve related resources from different resource groups. This approach is helpful when you need to organize resources for billing or management.… [Keep reading] “Removing Specific Azure Tags – PowerShell”

Automation and Creation of Office 365 groups using Flow, Microsoft Graph and Azure Function – Part 2

16th of May, 2018 / / No Comments

In the Part 1 blog here, we discussed an approach for the Group creation process and important considerations for provisioning groups. In this blog, we will look at getting a Graph App ID and App secret for invoking the graph service and then implementation of the group provisioning process.
MS Graph App Set up
Before we start creating groups we will need to set up a Graph App that will be used to create the group in the Office 365 tenancy.… [Keep reading] “Automation and Creation of Office 365 groups using Flow, Microsoft Graph and Azure Function – Part 2”

ViewModel-first approach in Xamarin forms

15th of May, 2018 / / No Comments

There are primarily 3 patterns to choose when developing mobile applications. They are MVC, MVVM and MVP. For a detailed discussion about them check Xamarin application architecture.
The focus of this post will be around MVVM pattern. One of the earliest and most stable MVVM libraries for Xamarin has been the MVVM Cross library Like most libraries, this also followed a ViewModel-first approach. What this means, that the focus of the developer is always on the ViewModel and the data in the application.… [Keep reading] “ViewModel-first approach in Xamarin forms”

Key Vault Secrets and ARM Templates

15th of May, 2018 / / No Comments

What is Azure Key Vault

Azure Key Vault helps safeguard cryptographic keys and secrets used by cloud applications and services. By using Key Vault, you can encrypt keys and secrets (such as authentication keys, storage account keys, data encryption keys, .PFX files, and passwords) using keys protected by hardware security modules (HSMs).
Key Vault streamlines the key management process and enables you to maintain control of keys that access and encrypt your data. Developers can create keys for development and testing in minutes, and then seamlessly migrate them to production keys.… [Keep reading] “Key Vault Secrets and ARM Templates”