Category Archives: Hack Job

Secure RDP – Using SSH Tunneling With Built-In Windows Features

Posted on 01/22/2020 by scomurr | Permalink 0

So… Who knew? I didn’t. This is the screen for Settings -> Apps and Features -> Optional Features for both Windows Server 2019 as well as Windows 10. [..]

Hack Job, Security, Uncategorized

MCAS Lab – Auto Updating Discovery Data with Sample Data

Posted on 11/13/2019 by scomurr | Permalink 0

Maybe you have a need to demo Microsoft Cloud App Security to your customers. Maybe you have a need for a lab that has constantly updated discovery data. [..]

Automation, Hack Job, MCAS, PowerShell, Security

ARM – Recreating VM Off Existing VHDs

Posted on 11/19/2015 by scomurr | Permalink 0

Note – This blog pertains to the November 2015 release of Azure PowerShell At some point, I apparently told Azure Resource Manager to delete the VM that runs [..]

ARM, Azure, Hack Job

Hyper-V on Windows 8 – VM Will Not Start

Posted on 01/14/2013 by scomurr | Permalink 0

This isn’t related to System Center, but I wanted to stick this out there in case someone else runs into the same issue. Scenario: My lab runs on [..]

Hack Job

SCOM 2012 – SDK Service Failover

Posted on 01/07/2013 by scomurr | Permalink 0

To ensure high availability for your SCOrch solutions that connect to SCOM, failover of the SDK service needs to be managed in the event the SCOM management server [..]

Hack Job, SC Operations Manager, SC Orchestrator