How to connect Azure subs subscription from PowerShell?

Option 1
To establish connectivity to Azure subscription from PowerShell you need to first run the command  Get-AzurePublishSettingsFile (start PowerShell in  administrator mode). This will result in downloading PublishSettings to your local machine. You can used this file to establish connection to azure by using another azure command Import-AzurePublishSettingsFile

Step

1.       Open PowerShell in administrator  mode

2.       At the Windows PowerShell command prompt, type the below command, and then press Enter

a.  Get-AzurePublishSettingsFile

3.       A web browser opens at https://windows.azure.com/download/publishprofile.aspx for signing in to Windows Azure.

4.       Sign in to the Windows Azure Management Portal, and then follow the instructions to download your Windows Azure publishing settings. Save the file as a .publishsettings type file to your computer.

5.       In the Windows Azure PowerShell window, at the command prompt, type the following command, and then press Enter.

a.  Import-AzurePublishSettingsFile .publishsettings

Replace with the file name of the publishsettings file that you  downloaded in the previous step.

Detail step can be found here https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dn385850(v=nav.70).aspx


Another method is to go with Interactive log in by using Connect-AzureRmAccount

Option 2

Step

1. Type Connect-AzureRmAccount. You will get dialog box asking for your Azure credentials.
2. Type the email address and password associated with your account. Azure authenticates and saves the credential information, and then closes the window.

Detail step can be found here https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/powershell/azure/authenticate-azureps?view=azurermps-5.7.0

TLS Cipher Suites in Windows

TLS Cipher Suites in Windows

 

Cipher suite is a concept used in Transport Layer Security (TLS) / Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) network protocol. Its a named combination of authentication, encryption, message authentication code (MAC) and key exchange algorithms used to negotiate the security settings.

 

When a TLS connection is established, a handshaking, known as the TLS Handshake Protocol, occurs. Within this handshake, a client hello (ClientHello) and a server hello (ServerHello) message are passed.[4] First, the client sends a list of the cipher suites that it supports, in order of preference. Then the server replies with the cipher suite that it has selected from the client's list.

 

To know what are the cipher supported by server and client , we can use the below site

 

For Client

https://www.ssllabs.com/ssltest/viewMyClient.html

 

For Server

https://www.ssllabs.com/ssltest/index.html

 

Additional detail regarding support of cipher on windows can be forum @  https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/desktop/mt767768(v=vs.85).aspx

How to list certificate installed on my PC using PowerShell.

Use the below code to get the list of certificate installed .

This code gets the children of “Cert:\LocalMachine\my ” , adds the same to an array

$certificates = @{}
Get-ChildItem Cert:\LocalMachine\my | % {
        $cert = $_
        $_.DnsNameList | % {
   
            [string] $dnsName = $_
            $certificates[$dnsName] = $cert.Thumbprint
        }
    }
 $certificates

Configuring an Executable to Run as a Service on Windows Server?

Windows NT Resource Kit provides below two utilities that allow you to run an executable as a service

Instrsrv.exe

Srvany.exe
 

More details regarding the same can be found at the below links.

https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/kb/137890

http://davidjnice.com/windows_server_run_as_service.html

Deploy/Use assemblies which require Unsafe/External Access with CLR and T-SQL

I believe, I don’t have to write anything more, instead redirect you to the below fantastic blog which explains the same in detail

.

http://www.manjuke.com/2011/11/deployuse-assemblies-which-require.html

How to Cast int to enum and back in C#?

How to Cast int to enum and back in C#

To cast an int to enum just do the bellow

MyEnum foo = (MyEnum)myInt;                        

To cast to enum from a string value do the below

MyEnum foo = (MyEnum) Enum.Parse(typeof(MyEnum), myString)

How do I convert byte[] to stream in C#?

The easiest way to convert a byte array to a stream is using the MemoryStream class:

Stream stream = new MemoryStream(byteArray);