Custom Extension Runner: Execute Entra ID Governance Custom Extensions On-Demand

For some time, I have been thinking about the possibility of creating something that allows me or my colleagues to run Custom extensions in Entra ID Governance manually without the need to navigate to the automation account where the code that gets executed with the Custom extension is hosted or create a Lifecycle workflow to … Read more

Using API-driven user provisioning with an Azure SQL database as a source of truth

Automating API-Driven User Provisioning with an Azure SQL Database. This post guides you through setting up an Azure SQL database and, integrating it with your HR system’s API, and then automating user creation and updates in Active Directory using API-driven provisioning to on-premises Active Directory

Securely storing and retrieving credentials with Azure Key Vault in PowerShell scripts

When you are writing PowerShell scripts to automate various tasks in your everyday life in IT, the hardest part is often how to store the credentials to be used in your code in a secure way. In this blog post I want to show you how you can use an Azure Key Vault to store … Read more

Using Microsoft Entra service principal to run PowerShell script on Azure SQL Database

Microsoft Entra service principals (or App regs.) is nice secure way to connect to Azure SQL Database and then perform queries using PowerShell. This is an ideal alternative to using a local Service Account. The upside to this is that you can authenticate with a secret or with a certificate that you create for yourself … Read more

How to create a Azure SQL server and a Database

So I was asked today to provide my good friend and colleague Martin Bengtsson with an Azure SQL Database (DB) for project regarding reporting from Config manager using Power BI. First thing first, you cannot just create a SQL DB azure, you need to have a SQL server – As-a-Service. Then you can create all … Read more

Add custom domain to Azure App Service

I got a call last night from our in-house developer, he had created a website, to be used the following morning, and he needed to get a Custom domain name setup. Here is how to setup a Custom Domain name for your Azure App Service You need the following The first step is to create … Read more