Deploy Windows 365 via Powershell

Stefan Dingemanse and I built a Powershell Module to deploy Windows 365 more easily. We wanted a new challenge. Stefan looked at the Powershell Gallery and there wasn’t a Windows 365 module. So, we decided to build one. The module is available at the Powershell Gallery Full documentation is available on Github. The Github page … Read more

Register Windows 365 Images in Azure

I am currently deploying Windows 365 and want to use a custom image. Firstly, I used the Azure Marketplace Windows 11 22h2 enterprise image. The performance was terrible. I checked again, but I couldn’t find it. I got a hint that you must register the Windows 365 Cloud PC images in your Azure environment. This … Read more

View All API Permissions Microsoft Graph

I couldn’t find this myself quickly in the Microsoft docs. So I decided to write a quick blog about it. This blog is about how to view all API Permissions available for Microsoft Graph via Powershell. It is a quick short blog. So, I’ll cut to the chase. You can view all the API permissions … Read more

Set PageFile via CustomScriptExtension and Bicep

I got inspired by a session from Ryan Mangan, who told me about the importance of the page file for an Azure Virtual Desktop VM. So, after that, I started VS Code and created automation to set the PageFile via a CustomScriptExtension and Bicep. So, this blog is about setting the PageFile via CustomScripExtension for … Read more

AzureDiskEncryption via Bicep

This blog post is about using the AzureDiskEncryption VM Extension for Azure via Bicep. I struggled with this for a while. Furthermore, I couldn’t find much information about this topic. So, I decided to write a blog post about it. The VM Extension is the same as, for example, the domain join VM Extension. I … Read more

Intune Backup to Storage Account Pt.2 – The Automation Account

This post is about creating an Intune backup to a storage account Pt.2. You could use this to create a daily backup or even more frequent. The clarify the above. I created a script that creates a backup from your Intune environment and uploads it to a storage account. This part is about running the … Read more

Packer YAML Azure DevOps Pipeline Pt. 2 – Azure Compute Gallery

Packer is a great tool to build images. This blog is about using YAML to build your Packer Azure DevOps Pipeline. When using YAML, it is very easy to replicate your pipeline to other Azure DevOps organizations. This post is about adding the managed image to the Azure Compute Gallery. Prerequisites You need to have … Read more

Packer YAML Azure DevOps Pipeline Pt. 1 – Create the Packer YAML Pipeline

Packer is a great tool to build images. This blog is about using YAML to build your Packer Azure DevOps Pipeline. When using YAML, it is very easy to replicate your pipeline to other Azure DevOps organizations. So, what is the architecture about? Firstly, let’s start with this high level design of a packer build: … Read more

Windows 10 Image Series – Part 3.1 – Deploy test VM

In this series I am going to show you how build a Windows 10 Image via Azure Pipelines and DevOps without 3rd party tooling, welcome to part 3.1! This is a blog which describes how you can deploy a VM from your newly created Shared Image Gallery Image via Bicep. Prerequisites Part 1, 2 & … Read more

Deploy Azure Policy to ManagementGroup with Bicep

I have tinkered with this for a bit. So, I thought let’s share it with the world. This blog is about how to deploy azure policy to a managementgroup using the Bicep language. A management group helps you to assign policy’s to multiple azure subscriptions. Furthermore, new subscriptions can easily be added to the existing … Read more