In this guide, you'll learn how to:
✅ Set up Application Insights on an IIS-based web farm.
✅ Configure Log Analytics, Data Collection Rules, and Data Collection Endpoints.
✅ Use PowerShell to install the Application Insights agent.
✅ Monitor live metrics, failures, performance, and logs in real-time.
By the end, you'll have a fully monitored IIS-based web farm using Azure! 🎯
Managing software across an enterprise can be a headache, especially when it comes to removing outdated applications. Recently, I needed to uninstall the PaperCut MF Client from multiple Windows PCs in my environment. The challenge? Ensuring a clean removal without user intervention and no leftover files.
Rather than relying on manual uninstallation, we used Microsoft Intune to deploy a PowerShell script that handles the removal automatically. This blog post details the full process, from script development to deployment and testing.
Using the method detailed in this post, I successfully passed the AZ-400 exam while creating a reusable study system. This approach helped me transform 34+ hours of MSLearn content into structured, searchable revision notes that I could quickly reference during my exam preparation.
Let me walk you through how I developed this system and how you can apply it to your own certification journey.
As infrastructure becomes more complex, ensuring automation, security, and compliance is crucial. This blog post walks through setting up a GitOps pipeline that simplifies AWS infrastructure management using Terraform and GitHub Actions. Whether you're an engineer looking to automate deployments or a security-conscious DevOps professional, this guide provides a structured approach to implementing Infrastructure as Code (IaC) best practices.
This blog post documents my experience with the MoreThanCertified GitOps Minicamp, where students set up a fully automated GitOps pipeline to manage AWS infrastructure using Terraform and GitHub Actions. The goal is to implement Infrastructure as Code (IaC) best practices, enforce security policies, and automate infrastructure deployment.
This tutorial is meant as an overview "at-a-glance" summary of the steps I took to implement the pipeline from project start, to resource deployment. The MoreThanCertified GitOps Minicamp goes into a lot more detail and covers all the topics in this post in more depth. I would highly recommend checking the course out if you haven't already.
Once you've set up your MkDocs blog, it's time to personalize it. In this post, I'll cover various customizations, including social media sharing hooks, changing the blog icon and favicon, adding authors, and using tags. These modifications will make your blog more interactive and visually appealing.
All of the steps covered in this guide are available in the MKDocs Documentation or via the superb video tutorials created by James Willett
Once I set up my MkDocs blog, I wanted to personalize it by adding navigation links, social media icons, an announcement bar, and a custom footer. These enhancements improve user experience, branding, and site functionality. This post walks through each customization step with code examples and configurations.
If you're looking for a simple yet powerful way to create and manage your documentation or blog, MkDocs is a fantastic option. MkDocs is a fast, static site generator that's geared towards building project documentation but works wonderfully for blogs too! In this post, I'll walk you through the steps to set up MkDocs with the popular Material theme and get it hosted on GitHub Pages.
All of the steps covered in this guide are available in the MkDocs Documentation or via the superb video tutorials created by James Willett.
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Life has been ticking along — work, learning, personal projects. Nothing dramatic, but I thought I’d put down some thoughts on what I’ve been up to. Mostly for my own benefit, but if anyone else finds it useful, all the better.