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Author Archives: Marcel Zehner
Visualization Options for OMS Log Search Results
When using search queries in OMS, a list view is used to display all the results one after the other. The advantage of this view is, that you can easily access all the available properties of the collected events.
Posted in Azure
Tagged MSOMS, oi, oms, operational insights, output, results, views, visuals
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Conditional views in OMS using data-flow verification
In an OMS view you can enable data-flow verification and define a query that should be executed when someone accesses the OMS website. If the query returns no data, you can display a message that informs the user that there … Continue reading
Posted in Azure
Tagged conditional, custom data, data, data-flow, MSOMS, oms, temporary, view, view designer
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Speaking at geekmania 2016
For many years – since 2007 – I have been a speaker at the annual technical conference “geekmania” in Switzerland. It’s the time of the year again when the geeky conference comes to live! This year in the Pathé Cinema … Continue reading
Posted in Events/Speaking
Tagged 2016, ARM, azure, azure resource manager, azure stack, bi, cloud, community, datacenter, event, geek, geekmania, hybrid, hyper-v, MSOMS, oms, operations management suite, power, PowerBI, private, public, s2d, sofs, spaces, storage, System Center (without SCSM), windows server, wssc
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Webinar “OMS Log Analytics” in German
On October 20 2016, 2pm CEST I will present a webinar in German on OMS log analytics where I will demonstrate how to collect, analyze and visualize data from different sources. OMS Log Analytics helps you to understand what’s going … Continue reading
Posted in Events/Speaking
Tagged bi, dashboard, http data collector, log analytics, oms, operations management suite, PowerBI, view designer
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Azure Resource Locks
In my last post I described how to use Azure Resource Policies to keep your environment clean. However, Azure Resource Policies do not protect you from unwanted modifications or even deletions of critical resources. This is where Azure Resource Locks … Continue reading
Posted in Azure
Tagged delete, deletion, lock, modification, policies, protection, read-only, resource, resource group, safe, secure, subscription
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Azure Resource Policies – a complete walkthrough
When companies use Azure to deploy and use resources, they should use strict guidelines to safeguard their subscriptions and keep the quality at a high level. They need to make sure that resources are placed in the correct resource groups, … Continue reading
Posted in Azure, DevOps
Tagged ARM, azure resource manager, azure resource policy, condition, Control, effect, if, json, then, visual studio
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Visualize OMS Log Analytics data with PowerBI
In my last blog post I demonstrated how to collect and visualize Tesla Supercharger data with OMS Log Analytics. Now let’s take the next step and check out how this data can be forwarded to PowerBI to create interactive reports … Continue reading
Collect and visualize custom data with Microsoft OMS Log Analytics
The OMS HTTP data collector allows you to collect any data from any source and send it over to OMS. Using the OMS view designer you can then visualize the data. Curious how this works? Read on!
Surface Hub Monitoring with OMS/Azure Log Analytics
Some days ago we received our first Surface Hub device for our headquarters in Bern. After using it for some days, we decided to order another one for our second office in Glattbrugg. Why? Because the device is absolutely amazing! … Continue reading
Posted in Azure
Tagged activesync, log analytics, mma, monitoring, monitoring agent, oms, surface, surface hub
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GitHub Source Control for your Visual Studio projects
In my last post I explained how you can use GitHub as a platform for Azure Automation runbook versioning and source control. Another tool IT Pros (like myself) use more and more is Visual Studio. This article walks you through … Continue reading
Posted in Azure, DevOps
Tagged Control, git, github, source, tfs, Versioning, visual studio, vso
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