Shaun Wilkinson is an IT professional and system administrator from the Isle of Skye, Scotland, specializing in Azure, SharePoint, and Dynamics CRM.
19 articles from this blog
PowerShell script to export all Azure Availability Test URLs from a subscription, helping migrate from URL ping tests to external monitoring.
Guide to bulk-migrating Azure DevOps Service Connections to Microsoft Entra issuer before the 2027 deadline.
Guide to cross-tenant Azure authentication using Managed Identity and Federated Identity Credentials, avoiding secrets and the AADSTS700236 error.
Microsoft is retiring GPv1 and legacy Blob storage accounts by Oct 2026, with auto-migration that could raise costs for chatty workloads.
Guide to moving Azure Front Door between subscriptions without downtime, focusing on zero-downtime migration and handling customer-managed certificates.
Guide to requesting higher Azure Storage Account limits for egress, ingress, capacity, or IOPS via Azure Portal.
PowerShell script to automatically set Log Analytics daily cap and alert rules to control Azure costs.
Explains that new Entra admin roles are not automatically protected by Conditional Access policies, creating a security gap.
A PowerShell script to rename Azure tag keys across subscriptions and resources, improving tag consistency for cost and policy management.
Azure's free Classic Ping Tests are being retired, potentially causing major cost increases. Learn how to estimate impact and migrate to Standard Web Tests.
A guide to using Connect-MgGraph PowerShell cmdlet for authenticating and automating Microsoft Graph API access, covering app registration and authentication flows.
A PowerShell script tutorial for identifying and reporting empty Azure Resource Groups to reduce maintenance overhead.
Guide to adding a right-click menu option in Linux Mint's Nemo file manager to convert images to the WebP format for significant file size reduction.
A PowerShell guide for migrating Azure Key Vault secrets between tenants and subscriptions, including a detailed script.
Guide to setting up a global keyboard shortcut for media control on Linux using the playerctl command-line utility.
A PowerShell script tutorial for exporting Azure App Configuration key-values to a CSV file for analysis and migration.
Explains the cost-saving difference between stopping and deallocating Azure VMs, with practical guides for proper deallocation.
Introduces the Azure Services Retirement Workbook, a Power BI tool from Microsoft to help cloud admins track and manage retiring Azure services.
A PowerShell script to identify Azure Function Apps running on deprecated or unsupported runtime versions, ensuring security and compliance.
