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Troubleshooting site-to-site connection in Azure: error 797, 663.
When I created a site-to-site connection in Azure Networks (classic) and tried to connect to the gateway from my on-premise VPN server running on virtual Windows Server 2012 R2 for the first time I found the following error in Application … Continue reading
Detect whether or not an application is installed on the remote server
When you manage a windows server in core mode you can’t just open Control Panel -> Programs and Features to see whether or not particular application is installed. Here’s the command for it: wmic /node:server product where “Name LIKE ‘%name%'” … Continue reading
How to install PowerShell using PowerShell
This cmdlet is tricky to find in Google because searching for install powershell using powershell won’t give you much. So here it is: Install-WindowsFeature PowerShell or Install-WindowsFeature PowerShell-V2 P.S. How to find exact name of particual Windows Feature to install? … Continue reading
Certificate enrollment policy server URI format
If you’re trying to request a certificate from a non-domain joined computer using Certificates console (CertMgr.msc or CertLM.msc) then you need to install on the server that hosts your Certificate Authority the following components: Certificate Enrollment Policy Web Service Certificate … Continue reading
How to configure RDG behind NAT
This week’s problem was to make working Remote Desktop Gateway located behind a NAT. Here’s the lessons learned: Issue an SSL certificate with the subject matching public DNS name (FQDN) Use the default port 3389/TCP, otherwise SSL certificate’s name won’t … Continue reading
How to start using recently uploaded Azure disk
After you uploaded a vhd and before you can start really using it you must mark it as a data disk or as an OS disk using the following command: Add-AzureDisk -DiskName ‘myvhd.vhd’ -MediaLocation http://example.blob.core.windows.net/container/myvhd.vhd -OS Windows
How to re-create symlinks of VM configs in Hyper-V using PowerShell
Hyper-V keeps VM config at %ProgramData%\Microsoft\Windows\Hyper-V\Virtual Machines\ as a symbolic link (aka symlink) to the original location. You may get them broken due to various reasons, e.g.: Server disaster and then recovery Upgrade to the next version of OS/Hyper-V and … Continue reading
How to select Azure subscription if you have more than one using PowerShell
If you have more than one Azure subscription in your account and try to upload a vhd using the instruction: Get-AzurePublishSettingsFile Import-AzurePublishSettingsFile d:credentials.publishsettings Add-AzureVhd -LocalFilePath d:my.vhd -Destination http://example.com/blob/container You may get an error saying that selected account doesn’t have given … Continue reading
Could not load file or assembly ‘Microsoft.AnalysisServices, Version=11.0.0.0
If you’re getting the following error upgrading TFS 2012 RTM to ver. 2012.3: TF255356: The following error occurred when configuring the Team Foundation databases: TF400711: Error occurred while executing servicing step Upgrade Warehouse for component UpdateWarehouseVersion during FinishInstallUpdates: Could not … Continue reading
How to issue a self-signed certificate
To have a properly working SSL web site you have to assign a SSL certificate to it. A real one costs real money. Easily especially for development to issue a self-signed one. To create certificates I will use MakeCert.exe that … Continue reading
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