I had a conversation today about custom metrics in Azure. I have worked with customers in the past that have streamed custom metrics into Azure Log Analytics to process them. This was a case where a customer had done more research than me, and had discovered that it’s possible to send custom metrics into Azure […]
Category: Management
Creating nested VM using KVM on Azure
I am working with a customer that has the use case of running nested virtual machines on Azure. They’re using KVM and QEMU today, and I wanted to prove out that it is possible to run VMs using KVM and QEMU on Azure. KVM is a technology that allows you to run full virtual machines […]
Setting up Windows Virtual Desktop in Availability Zones
If you followed along with my writing, you might have noticed I’ve working with Windows Virtual Desktop (WVD) a little. You can read more about setting up WVD, setting up the management tool or how to setup FSLogix. By default, the WVD template deploys the session hosts in an availability set. This will spread the […]
Adding alerts to Azure Storage metrics
For every system you use, monitoring and alerting is critical. This holds true for Azure storage as well. In this quick post I’ll explain how you can setup alert rules for hitting TPS limits. Setting up the alert To set up the alerts, navigate to your storage account, look for Alerts, and hit the “New […]
Setting up the WVD management tool
If you’ve followed along with my experiences, you might have noticed I have been dealing with Windows Virtual Desktop (WVD) for a while. My previous posts describe how to set it up, and how to integrate FSlogix. In this post, I want to explore another item, which is the WVD management tool. Currently, the management […]