Posts, a podcast and video series about Microsoft Azure by Marcos Nogueira.https://azurecentric.com/https://azurecentric.com/posts/investigate-a-policy-remediation-task-that-did-not-run/https://azurecentric.com/posts/investigate-a-policy-remediation-task-that-did-not-run/Troubleshoot a stalled Azure Policy remediation task by verifying identity replication, role assignments, and definition prerequisites.Wed, 14 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMToperationsazure-monitortroubleshootingremediationreplicationazure-policymanaged-identitieshttps://azurecentric.com/posts/design-a-dashboard-with-clear-service-ownership/https://azurecentric.com/posts/design-a-dashboard-with-clear-service-ownership/Use Azure Workbooks to clarify service ownership with dynamic parameters and scoped queries.Wed, 01 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMToperationsazure-monitorownershipazure-workbookskqlhttps://azurecentric.com/posts/connect-a-change-record-to-a-useful-monitoring-check/https://azurecentric.com/posts/connect-a-change-record-to-a-useful-monitoring-check/Link change records to monitoring by querying alert instances in a workbook, using Resource Graph and ARM templates.Wed, 06 May 2026 00:00:00 GMToperationsazure-monitoralertsarm-templateschange-managementresource-graphazure-workbookshttps://azurecentric.com/posts/check-a-failed-runbook-using-its-job-evidence/https://azurecentric.com/posts/check-a-failed-runbook-using-its-job-evidence/Diagnose failed Azure Automation runbooks by tracing job status, stream output, and permission scopes.Wed, 11 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMToperationsazure-automationtroubleshootingpermissionsrunbookspowershellhttps://azurecentric.com/posts/plan-permissions-for-an-operations-automation-identity/https://azurecentric.com/posts/plan-permissions-for-an-operations-automation-identity/Separate Automation account operational roles from managed identity resource permissions to enforce least privilege.Sat, 17 Jan 2026 00:00:00 GMToperationsazure-automationmanaged-identitiesleast-privilegehttps://azurecentric.com/posts/apply-diagnostic-settings-consistently-across-azure-resources/https://azurecentric.com/posts/apply-diagnostic-settings-consistently-across-azure-resources/Configure Azure Monitor diagnostic settings consistently using resources, category groups, and automation.Mon, 24 Nov 2025 00:00:00 GMToperationsazure-monitordiagnostic-settingsazure-storagelog-analyticsarm-templatestroubleshootinghttps://azurecentric.com/posts/use-resource-health-information-during-an-incident/https://azurecentric.com/posts/use-resource-health-information-during-an-incident/Configure high-signal Resource Health alerts via portal or ARM template to detect platform incidents and verify resolution in the activity log.Thu, 02 Oct 2025 00:00:00 GMToperationsazure-monitorresource-healthalertsarm-templatesactivity-loghttps://azurecentric.com/posts/review-log-ingestion-cost-alongside-retention-requirements/https://azurecentric.com/posts/review-log-ingestion-cost-alongside-retention-requirements/Control Azure Monitor Logs costs by aligning table plans, retention, and commitment tiers with actual ingestion and query patterns.Sun, 10 Aug 2025 00:00:00 GMToperationsazure-monitordata-retentiontable-planslog-analyticscost-managementhttps://azurecentric.com/posts/investigate-an-alert-that-repeatedly-closes-and-reopens/https://azurecentric.com/posts/investigate-an-alert-that-repeatedly-closes-and-reopens/Investigate why an Azure Monitor alert instance appears to close and reopen by distinguishing between manual status changes, automatic resolution settings, and repeated firings.Sun, 15 Jun 2025 00:00:00 GMToperationsazure-monitortroubleshootingalertshttps://azurecentric.com/posts/schedule-server-updates-with-azure-update-manager/https://azurecentric.com/posts/schedule-server-updates-with-azure-update-manager/How to schedule recurring OS updates for Azure and Arc VMs using Azure Update Manager maintenance configurations.Tue, 22 Apr 2025 00:00:00 GMToperationsazure-update-managerpatch-managementvm-updatesazure-policymaintenance-configurationshttps://azurecentric.com/posts/use-azure-policy-to-report-on-missing-configuration/https://azurecentric.com/posts/use-azure-policy-to-report-on-missing-configuration/Use Azure Policy with an auditing effect to identify non-compliant resources without blocking deployments, then verify the compliance state.Sun, 23 Feb 2025 00:00:00 GMToperationsazure-monitorazure-policyauditcomplianceazure-archttps://azurecentric.com/posts/choose-alert-thresholds-around-an-actionable-response/https://azurecentric.com/posts/choose-alert-thresholds-around-an-actionable-response/Align alert thresholds with response capabilities: static, dynamic, and log search strategies.Sun, 29 Dec 2024 00:00:00 GMToperationsalertsazure-monitorthresholdsdynamic-thresholdslog-searchaction-groupshttps://azurecentric.com/posts/build-an-azure-workbook-around-an-operational-question/https://azurecentric.com/posts/build-an-azure-workbook-around-an-operational-question/Build an Azure workbook around a specific operational question using parameters, queries, and text.Thu, 31 Oct 2024 00:00:00 GMToperationsazure-monitorazure-workbookshttps://azurecentric.com/posts/investigate-a-server-that-stopped-sending-logs/https://azurecentric.com/posts/investigate-a-server-that-stopped-sending-logs/Troubleshoot a Linux server that stopped sending logs by tracing the signal from the agent to the workspace.Thu, 05 Sep 2024 00:00:00 GMToperationsazure-monitortroubleshootinglinuxdata-collection-rulesazure-arcazure-monitor-agenthttps://azurecentric.com/posts/use-data-collection-rules-to-control-server-telemetry/https://azurecentric.com/posts/use-data-collection-rules-to-control-server-telemetry/Control server telemetry by creating and associating Azure Monitor data collection rules with virtual machines.Thu, 11 Jul 2024 00:00:00 GMToperationsazure-monitordata-collection-rulesazure-monitor-agentlog-analyticshttps://azurecentric.com/posts/choose-a-log-analytics-workspace-boundary/https://azurecentric.com/posts/choose-a-log-analytics-workspace-boundary/Decide on Log Analytics workspace boundaries using retention, access, and billing criteria to balance cost and operational simplicity.Sun, 19 May 2024 00:00:00 GMToperationslog-analyticsdata-retentionaccess-controlworkspace-designazure-monitorhttps://azurecentric.com/posts/configure-vm-insights-for-a-group-of-azure-servers/https://azurecentric.com/posts/configure-vm-insights-for-a-group-of-azure-servers/Enable VM insights with Azure Monitor Agent, choose a shared collection rule, and verify guest performance and optional dependency data for each server.Sun, 24 Mar 2024 00:00:00 GMToperationsazure-monitorvm-insightsazure-monitor-agentlog-analyticsdata-collection-ruleshttps://azurecentric.com/posts/build-an-azure-monitor-alert-with-a-useful-action-group/https://azurecentric.com/posts/build-an-azure-monitor-alert-with-a-useful-action-group/Create an actionable Azure Monitor metric alert, test its notification route, and verify the alert condition separately from the action group.Tue, 30 Jan 2024 00:00:00 GMToperationsalertsaction-groupsazure-monitorhttps://azurecentric.com/posts/azure-update-management-for-linux-vms/https://azurecentric.com/posts/azure-update-management-for-linux-vms/Another day, I started to play around with the Update Management, to see how I could automate the patching of Linux VMs on Azure. I’ve been using this feature to patch Windows…Fri, 13 Apr 2018 00:00:00 GMToperationsazure-monitorlinuxpatch-managementhttps://azurecentric.com/posts/multiple-azure-subscriptions-with-one-oms-workspace/https://azurecentric.com/posts/multiple-azure-subscriptions-with-one-oms-workspace/I was this week at one of my costumers, and one of the topics that came to the conversation was, how I can connect several Azure subscriptions within the same tenant to OMS?Wed, 16 Aug 2017 00:00:00 GMToperationslog-analyticsazure-subscriptionshttps://azurecentric.com/posts/how-to-monitor-and-manage-azure-classic-virtual-machines/https://azurecentric.com/posts/how-to-monitor-and-manage-azure-classic-virtual-machines/On the last post, I talked about why you should use the classic virtual machines. Could be a lot of reasons or could be the way that you already started a few years and all of…Sat, 18 Mar 2017 00:00:00 GMToperationsazure-monitorazure-resource-manager