Reinstall Azure Backup Windows Workload to fix UserErrorSQL NoSysadminMembership for SQL Server in Azure VM

In the last couple of days I try to optimize some Azure environments from security and cost perspective. One customer has a SQL Server Express installed inside an Azure VM. The backup was configured for the hole VM, but there is no need to backup the Datadisk which contains the SQL databases. In this article …

Speaking at Cloud Eight Conference about 7 Best Practices for Azure File Sync

Update 1 on 22/06/2021 The recording of the session is now available on Youtube. I have added the link at the end of the article. I am glad to announce that I was invited as a speaker to the Cloudeight conference. This is the 3rd edition of this conference and the conference is grown to …

Azure VM Best Practices

Last year Gregor Suttie and Richard Hooper launched the Azure Advent Calendar and I got to support with a session on Azure Bastion. This year they improved on the idea with the Festive Tech Calendar. I’m happy to be back with an article on Azure VM best practices. I hope you find the article helpful …

My favorite Azure Announcements from the Microsoft Ignite 2020

The Microsoft Ignite 2020 has moved to a free, virtual conference with a lots of online sessions about the Microsoft Product world like Azure, Microsoft 365 and more. As every year Microsoft announced new services and new features for existing services. In this blog post I will report about my highlights of the last 48 …

Move Azure VMs between Azure Global Regions

In the last couple of days I get a lot of question how to move Azure VMs between regions. So I decided to write a blog post about this question. First of all it is really important to understand which topics this article covers and which not. To understand the article right, keep the follow …

Backup SQL Server Datenbanken in Azure IaaS VMs #AzureBackup

Eines der häufigsten Azure VMs die ich bei Kunden antreffe ist die Installation eines oder mehrere SQL Instanzen innerhalb der VMs. Um die Datenbanken zu sichern waren bisher immer Umwege über MABS, DPM oder 3rd Party Backup Programme notwendig. Dabei ist bereits seit der Ignite 2017 das Azure Backup Feature „Backup SQL Server in Azure …

Microsoft Azure Backup v2 verfügbar

Wer bisher Erfahrungen mit Azure Backup gesammelt hat, kannte auch die bisherige Einschränkung, kein Support für Windows Server 2016 weder als Host noch als Backup-Quelle. Diese Einschränkung gilt nicht mehr. Microsoft hat gestern Azure Backup Server v2 frei gegeben. Microsoft Azure Backup Server (MABS) in v1 basierte auf DPM 2012 R2 und damit auf WS2012R2 …