Azure Marketplace VMs Ship with Broken winget - Use Chocolatey Instead
January 22, 2026
Fresh Windows 11 Enterprise N VMs from Azure Marketplace have broken winget dependencies. Here's the Chocolatey automation that actually works.
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Azure Command Finder - Interactive Troubleshooting Tool
December 09, 2025
Get instant copy-paste commands for Azure admin problems. Interactive tool covers RDP issues, domain join, Group Policy, cost spikes, VM startup failures, and Linux AD integration with step-by-step workflows.
50 Windows Commands for Azure VMs (PowerShell + Active Directory)
December 08, 2025
The essential Windows commands every Azure administrator needs—from PowerShell basics to Active Directory domain join and Group Policy troubleshooting in enterprise environments.
How I Rebranded Microsoft's Azure Resource Inventory Dashboard (Without Corrupting Excel)
November 21, 2025
A dark-mode rebranding tool for Azure dashboards and Excel exports so your reports look as modern as your cloud environment.
PowerShell 7 Migration Guide (Complete Checklist + Time Savings Calculator)
November 03, 2025
PowerShell 7 migration reduces Azure admin workload by 70% through parallel processing. Complete enterprise migration checklist, VS Code setup guide, compatibility testing framework, and ROI calculator. Includes 30-day migration plan and real-world time savings from managing 50+ Azure subscriptions.
I Scraped the Azure Periodic Table to Build a Service Dictionary (And You Can Use It)
October 29, 2025
The Azure Periodic Table is beautiful but not programmatically useful. So I scraped 200+ services into a PowerShell dictionary. Now my inventory tool shows service descriptions, naming conventions, and cost tiers.
Azure Service Inventory Tool: Which of the 397 Services Do You Actually Use?
October 29, 2025
A practical service inventory pattern for Azure: map resources to real business services, owners, and environments so governance and audits stop being guesswork.
Commenting for Continuity: Why My Code Comments Don't Look Like Yours (On Purpose)
October 27, 2025
Most guides say 'comment the why, not the what.' Azure admins need more: comments that double as runbooks, audit trails, and change-board briefs.
Why Your Azure Scripts Break on Fresh Server 2025 (And Why Microsoft Won't Tell You)
October 06, 2025
Your admin workstation still has ISE installed. Server 2025 still ships with PowerShell 5.1. Modern Azure automation needs PowerShell 7. Here's the gap nobody explains.
Why Your Automation Fails on Fresh Azure VMs (And How I Fixed It)
September 29, 2025
Three hours debugging certificate errors on fresh marketplace VMs. The culprit? Microsoft's own infrastructure serving outdated dependencies.