I came across a tweet today by Stephen Owen and I just had to test it.
Now you can reset an Azure VM local password directly from the portal.
Now we will need to have security considerations around who can have global admin access. This works for Windows and Linux machines. I have not found any information on the minimum permission levels required to perform this work. This site should be updated soon with this information.
Aaron @aaron2003
New Location below:
This December our User Group will be a Xmas drinks celebration.
Come along and have some drinks, discuss the year and plan for your coming year. We will have some special Microsoft guests from Sydney attending.
A big thank you to this events sponsors, Adam Broadbent from JustPeople and Microsoft. Just People is one of Australia’s leading Executive and Technology Recruitment Companies.
Location: Jimmy’s on the Mall upper deck (opposite Hungry Jacks)
Time: 5:30pm
Date: Tuesday 8th December
Please register here for table bookings and budgeting.
Aaron @aaronw2003
This December our User Group will be a Xmas drinks celebration.
Come along and have some drinks, discuss the year and plan for your coming year. We will have some special Microsoft guests from Sydney attending.
A big thank you to this events sponsor, Adam Broadbent from JustPeople. Just People is one of Australia’s leading Executive and Technology Recruitment Companies.
Location: http://fireflybrisbane.com.au
Time: 5:30pm
Date: Tuesday 8th December
Please register here for table bookings and budgeting.
Aaron @aaronw2003
Firstly lets explore what the two services are and what they offer.
Microsoft Media Services– A cloud media solution for encoding, encrypting, and streaming audio or video at scale, live or on demand. This is fully integrated to Azure’s CDN (Content Delivery Network).
Azure Media Player– Plays Media that you upload to the above media services. You can view this content from the basic Azure media player website or embed this in another website.
I could not find a fully completed blog on this topic, so I was working rather blindly.
Below are my steps:
Firstly I created a media service.
Then I uploaded a video, I found an old short video on my laptop.
Then I selected Process.
I left the options as default except I shortened my output content name from the default name.
Here you can see the encoding task which took several minutes for a 10 second video.
Then I created 1 Streaming Unit.
Now you can see my original and encoded content. Note that the encoded file is 7 times larger. Then I copied the URL for the encoded file.
Then I pasted my video file in the URL field. I then selected update player button and my video started loading and playing. Up the top you will note two orange sections. You can share the URL, or get the code to embed this within your website to deliver this content. As this is a free WordPress blog I was unable to embed it in the site. However I was able to link the content HERE.
Please share any comments and ideas on embedding the video in the WordPress blog below. If any one wants to try to embed the video for testing themselves they can also do that obtaining the link above.
Aaron Whittaker @aaronw2003
Last night Wade Alcorn @WadeAlcorn the Founder of Alcorn Group, a leading security consultancy had all attendees hanging on the edge of their seats.
We learnt about many digital currencies and the underlying methods of the way this technology works. There was so much to cover, we even went into overtime!
We learnt about the Block Chain. The session was definitely an eye opener. Thanks to Adam Broadbent from JustPeople for the Pizza’s and Beers afterwards, and Microsoft for the facilities.
Please contact me if you require the slides.
Aaron Whittaker @aaronw2003
You can see my latest Microsoft TechNet article on “Microsoft Cloud Update” here
Aaron Whittaker @aaronw2003
