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PowerShell DCR Log Analytics for Windows Endpoints Part 1.4: Cost
Introduction: Following my initial three intro articles describing what is collected and how it is displayed, this article will cover the cost of these solutions. In this section we will cover… The Purpose of this Article: In this article, I will specifically be discussing the Log Analytics Ingestion costs of these various collectors and NOT…
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Block Office “Add a Place” Menu 3rd-Party Apps
Here is an interesting one. If you go into Word/Excel/PowerPoint/ETC – there is an option under Save As, Add a Place which has a multitude of 3rd party site options you can use to connect Office apps directly to those locations. As of writing I see Box, Egnyte, OpenText Content Cloud, and ShareFile (Beta). I…
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PowerShell DCR Log Analytics for Windows Endpoints Part 1.2: Admin Inventory Overview
Introduction: Following my initial article in the series, this article will cover an overview of the Admin Inventory component of this collector / workbook with a primary focus on what this tool does for you and how the data is visualized in the workbooks. In this section we will cover… Prior Knowledge Requirement: I don’t want to…
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PowerShell DCR Log Analytics for Windows Endpoints Part 1.1: Application Inventory Overview
Introduction: Following my initial article in the series, this article will cover an overview of the Application Inventory component of this collector / workbook with a primary focus on what this tool does for you and how the data is visualized in the workbooks. In this section we will cover… Prior Knowledge Requirement: I don’t…
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PowerShell DCR Log Analytics for Windows Endpoints Part 1.0: Device Inventory Overview
Introduction: This is the start of something big. Those familiar with my work on Log Analytics probably have realized I seem to know a lot but haven’t put out a ton of useable items yet. Those familiar with the work my work is based on, that being Jan Ketil Skanke of MSEndpointMGR team and his…
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PowerShell DCR Log Analytics for Windows 365 Monitoring Part 2.3: Workbook, Collector Deployment
This will be the last part of this guide. Here we will be deploying and modifying the workbook to match your environment as well as going over the deployment of the collectors and some of the options within them to configure how they function. Note: If you followed the V1 version of this series, you…
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PowerShell DCR Log Analytics for Windows 365 Monitoring Part 2.2: Sample Data, Tables, DCRs, Initial Ingestion
Let’s get right into it. Following our last post, here is how you actually set this monitoring up. This part will cover the creation of the DCR’s, Tables, and initial data ingestion. Setup of the workbook as well as the true deployment of the collector scripts will come in part three. Again, I cannot possibly recommend…
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PowerShell DCR Log Analytics for Windows 365 Monitoring Part 2.1: Overview
Introduction: Following my Log Analytics Learning Series V2, this three-part series will provide you with the resources and information to guide you through the setup of Log Analytics for monitoring a Microsoft Windows 365 (Cloud PC) environment. A big shout out to some friends on the Windows 365 team at Microsoft for helping determine what…
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PowerShell DCR Log Analytics: Part 2.12 – Ongoing Cost Monitoring and Predictions
While I did do a section on cost mainly from an initial prediction standpoint, this section will cover how you can monitor cost going forward once things are setup. I can also guide you in cost prediction to scale the solution up. Unfortunately, this process is a little tricky and I almost considered not writing…
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Bug: Windows 11 KB5027231 + (some) AV is Breaking Google Chrome
Here’s one hot off the presses. Getting right into it, here is what I have to share. I will update this article as the issue and information progresses. What is happening? Today we started seeing a handful of reports that Google Chrome would not launch on devices. As the day went on, this number started…
Azure to the Max 