Making a disk larger on Azure is a simple process in the Azure portal. You just stop the machine, edit the disk, enter a new size and hit “Save”. When you try to make a disk smaller, though, you’ll be told “new disk size should be greater than 1024 GiB. Disks can only be resizedContinue reading “Make Azure Virtual Machine Disks Smaller”
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Reduce Costs by 12x on Azure
I’m in the process of writing a little test app that I’d like to run on Azure to keep an eye on a suite of 1,000 websites. It’s a .NET Core app that replaces a test pack written with JMeter that has been manually “push-button” executed in the past. It means the tests can runContinue reading “Reduce Costs by 12x on Azure”
Start and Stop an Azure App Service on a Schedule with Azure Logic Apps
Although starting and stopping a web app doesn’t in itself save you a great deal of cash, in situations where you have Web Jobs running and a serverless database, you can effectively run a “business hours” app at a lower cost if you stop it outside of business hours. Start an App Service Each WeekContinue reading “Start and Stop an Azure App Service on a Schedule with Azure Logic Apps”
Export a List of All Azure Resources to CSV
There’s a handy PowerShell command that you can use to export a list of all Azure resources to a CSV. It is part of the AzureRM PowerShell module, which you can find on GitHub along with installers to get you on the latest version. Azure Login There’s a two-step process for exporting the data, theContinue reading “Export a List of All Azure Resources to CSV”