by George Chrysovaladis Grammatikos | Jul 27, 2025 | Azure, Compute
Here’s how to load a PEM private key into PuTTYgen, convert it to a PPK file, and set up PuTTY so you can connect to your Linux virtual machine with SSH key authentication. Step 1. Load the PEM Key in PuTTYgen Open PuTTYgen. At the top of the window, click File, then...
by George Chrysovaladis Grammatikos | May 1, 2021 | Azure, Compute, DevOps, General, Identity, IT
In this post, we will read how to sign in to an Azure VM using an Azure AD account. This way allow us to use our corporate account credentials instead of a local windows account. Prerequisites Before you start to follow the guide steps you must make sure that applies...
by George Chrysovaladis Grammatikos | Jun 21, 2019 | Azure, Compute, DevOps, VM
Microsoft on 18 June 2019 announced a new service called AzureBastion [Preview], this is a service where the users can connect remotely to Azure VM without the danger of exposing RDP or SSH ports. This way critical VM deployments that need to be isolated from the...
by George Chrysovaladis Grammatikos | Jun 27, 2017 | IT, IT-Troubleshooting
To access a VM from a Remote Server you must follow the next steps : 1. Download psexec 2. Run CMD with Administrative privileges 3. Execute the following command : psexec \\ 10.x.x.x cmd -u “USERNAME” -p “PASSWORD” 4. If successfully...
by George Chrysovaladis Grammatikos | May 17, 2017 | IT, IT-Troubleshooting
By using the following command you can check the remaining days of RDS. Open CMD, and run the following command : wmic /namespace:\\root\CIMV2\TerminalServices PATH Win32_TerminalServiceSetting WHERE (__CLASS !=””) CALL...
