Using Custom Email Aliases in Azure Communication Services

If you’ve started experimenting with Azure Communication Services (ACS) Email, you’ve probably noticed a small but annoying limitation in the Azure Portal:
by default, you can only send emails from the DoNotReply@yourdomain.com address.

But what if you want to send newsletters from newsletter@yourdomain.com, or customer notifications from support@yourdomain.com?
Unfortunately, the Azure Portal doesn’t (yet) allow you to configure additional sender aliases.

The Hidden CLI Command

Luckily, this is where the Azure CLI comes to the rescue.
You can create new sender usernames (aliases) directly via the CLI using the following command:

Create Azure SQL Server and Database

This how to will guide you true the steps of creating a simple Azure SQL server and database.

New phone what about Multi Factor Authentication(MFA) in Azure?

Do you know the feeling of loosing your data when buying a new phone? Just before the holidays i decided to buy a new phone. Traditionally i’m a Apple fanboy for year, started with the iPhone

1. My last device was a iPhone 7 with the Apple Watch series
2. After some research in what i actually wanted/needed the OnePlus 6T was the best option for me (cost/performance).

Because i’m using the Microsoft Authenticator for quite some time and have most of my MFA accounts in there it was time to change all of the accounts. I’m using Office365 a lot, so i will describe how to this for your Azure account.

Unable to process this synchronization cycle in Azure Active Directory because the object deletion threshold was met or exceeded

I was using a full sync of my local AD. Later i changed this to use only the Users OU (due to some IDFix issues in other OUs) I noticed updates did not changed anything in my Office365 portal anymore. So i Checked my event viewer on the domain controller and noticed some errors.

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Failure while provisioning entries to Windows Azure Active Directory. More details at http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=787121. Exception: Unexpected exception thrown. Action: ExportV1, Exception: An error occurred. Error Code: 95. Error Description: Unable to process this synchronization cycle in Azure Active Directory because the object deletion threshold was met or exceeded. Tracking ID: acc4bade-2fc6-41cb-9187-32e7b89170e3 Server Name: ..

A Complete List of Microsoft Azure Tools

I just needed all of the Azure links in one page for connecting, troubleshooting etc.. Please let me know if you miss something!

Management & Monitoring Tools

• Azure CLI (by Microsoft) – provides a set of open source, cross-platform commands for working with the Azure Platform. The Azure CLI provides much of the same functionality found in the Azure Management Portal, such as the ability to manage websites, virtual machines, mobile services, SQL Database and other services provided by the Azure platform.
• Azure Management (by Microsoft) – the current version of Microsoft Azure management portal.
• Azure Portal (by Microsoft) – the next version of Microsoft Azure management portal.
• Azure Management Studio (by cerebrata) – one tool to manage your Microsoft Azure cloud storage, diagnostics data and application workflows
• Azure Management PowerShell Cmdlets (by cerebrata) – cmdlets that streamline your Microsoft Azure workflow with PowerShell
• Azure PowerShell (by Microsoft) –  Azure PowerShell is a module that provides cmdlets to manage Azure through Windows PowerShell. You can use the cmdlets to create, test, deploy, and manage solutions and services delivered through the Azure platform.
• Azure Resource Explorer – Azure Resource Explorer is a web site where you can easily discover the Azure Resource Management APIs, get API documentation, and make actual API calls directly in your own subscriptions (read more).
• Azure Script Center
• Bitnami Cloud Tools for Microsoft Azure – Bitnami Cloud Tools will help you manage and monitor your Azure cloud deployments.
• cloudmonix – Monitor, auto-scale and automate Cloud Services, VMs, SQL Databases, Web Apps, Automation, Storage, Service Bus, Virtual Networks and more
• New Relic for Azure – New Relic is now integrated into Microsoft Azure, giving you instant visibility into web and mobile apps, and see insights.

Pricing Tools