Category Archives: Tooling

Swapping SSD between Windows 8.1 and Mavericks

Posted on July 8, 2015 by erictummers

The diskspace on my MacBook was running out. I decided that my HP would had the give up his bigger SSD in favor of the MacBook. But now I was swapping disks from different size, different formatting and different OS. … Continue reading →

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Use VPN from host in hyper-v VM

Posted on June 10, 2015 by erictummers

To access Team Foundation Server (TFS) we use a VPN. For a testing scenario I wanted a hyper-v VM to connect to TFS, here’s how I set this up without configuring a VPN inside the VM. First make sure the … Continue reading →

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Billing Alert Service

Posted on June 8, 2015 by erictummers

Azure keeps adding features and most of them first end up as preview features. After this beta phase they become general available. You’ll need to opt-in for the preview features. I’ve signed up for the Billing Alert Service. After being … Continue reading →

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Firewall rule to allow only a certain ip address

Posted on May 25, 2015 by erictummers

For a bug reproduction I created two hyper-v machines. Communication between the machine should be blocked, but communication with my main machine should be allowed. This can be done in the Windows Firewall. First I queried for the ip address … Continue reading →

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Azure billing summary explained

Posted on May 20, 2015 by erictummers

Since I backup my nas to Azure my usage has gone up. The azure portal shows the credit status and offers a more detailed summary. But what do the numbers mean? I’ve made a screenshot of my storage usage. A … Continue reading →

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