Hier bloggen sepago Experten über: Cloud Solutions

Introduction

Microsoft offers with Log Analytics a cloud based big data service. Log Analytics is used by several services (including Azure itself) to log and analyze data. It’s a core component of Azure Monitor and Application Insights.

Log Analytics key facts:

•  Cloud based
• No data aggregation
• Pay per upload and data retention
• Powerful query language (kql: <https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/kusto/>)
• Direct support for visualization on portal.azure.com

I use Log Analytics for several project where data aggregation and analyzation are main tasks.

„Daten sind das Gold kleiner, mittlerer und größerer Unternehmen.“ Mit dieser Aussage haben Florian Stadtfeld und ich in den letzten Monaten so einige Workshops rund um Data, Analytics und AI begonnen. Unterwegs waren wir in unserem Kundenumfeld als auch in der Partnerlandschaft. Was fast schon wie eine Phrase wirkt, scheint im Kontext des Datenschutzes und andere Verordnung manchmal schon als „schwierig“. „Darf man denn das?“ werden wir oft gefragt und wie so oft ist die Antwort: „It depends“.

A few weeks ago, I started an IoT project with a company responsible for a huge amount of different buildings around the world. We deployed several virtual and physical sensors in Azure IoT Hub. Doing this we had three challenges:

• Deploy new IoT devices in Azure IoT hub in a batch
• Generate SAS tokens for these IoT devices
• Generate SAS tokens even if a device still exist in Azure IoT Hub

The requirement of batch processing avoid the use of the Device Explorer to generate SAS token.

More than two years ago, I created my PowerShell module to access OneDrive. This module can be installed with a one-liner from https://www.powershellgallery.com/packages/OneDrive

Again, I was asked to support OneDrive for Business and finally I’m ready: From version 2.0.0 OneDrive for Business is supported.

I provide the complete documentation on GitHub, where I will maintain it: https://github.com/MarcelMeurer/PowerShellGallery-OneDrive

Here is the summary of version 2.0.0:

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The OneDrive PowerShell module is available via PowerShellGallery.com.

In Orlando there have been many announcements as well as new functions in various cloud technologies regarding Microsoft Ignite. The announcement of Win32 App support was especially interesting for me. Until now it was possible to provide single MSI files for Windows 10 clients with Microsoft Intune, excluding .exe files. Unfortunately, only few hosts’ applications unpacked in MSI files exist. Also, the available .exe files could not be provided via MS Intune so far.

So far,

Recently I got some questions on how to work with my PowerShell module for OneDrive. Therefor, I put together some examples.

Remember: The OneDrive module is for OneDrive personal and doesn’t work with OneDrive business / Sharepoint.

First: Register an app (authentication) for OneDrive: https://www.sepago.de/blog/onedrive-powershell-module-new-version-with-improved-authentication/

Authenticate to OneDrive

Show files and folders

Create new folder in OneDrive

Copy files from local to OneDrive

Copy file from OneDrive to local disk

Delete file in OneDrive

The Windows Autopilot, which was initially introduced by the Windows 10 Fall Creators Update (1703), enables IT departments to install a Windows 10 client for the staff’s usage. With Windows Autopilot users are able to arrange their computing devices just by a few clicks and administrators have no need to create custom Windows images any longer.

Some new features of the Windows Autopilot were added to Intune by the Windows 10 Update (1803).

In my last article I introduced the automatic ReDeployment of Windows 10 devices via enrollment page. This feature is still available after the Windows 10 Update (1803), but is complimented by the opportunity to trigger a remote reinstallation of Windows 10 devices with Microsoft Intune in Windows Insider Preview Build 17672 or higher. With Windows Autopilot reset personal applications, data, and settings are removed by the reinstallation of the Windows device. However, the user keeps the Azure AD-Join and the Microsoft Intune registration.

Azure OMS Log Analytics is often used by Azure services. Unfortunately, Azure AD audits and sign-ins are not configurable for log analytics now (I bet this will change soon). But for now, we must work around to archive this.

My favorite way is:

Sending audit logs and sign-ins to event-hubs -> collecting event-hub data from Logic Apps -> transferring data to Log Analytics

Step-by-step
Creating an Event Hub namespace

Create a new event hub namespace in Azure with the Azure Portal.

Sharing access across different tenants in one of the key benefits of Azure AD. My customers appreciate that they can provide azure-based solution to their cooperated users and to guest users as well. Cooperated users include users from the group and subsidiaries. They all can access resources with one identity – on-premises and in the cloud (Same-sign-on, single-sign on).

Guest users can be deployed manually via the Azure portal, via PowerShell or with a connector to another system (like SAP HR).