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Joseph Calev
Joseph Calev
Apr 29, 2024

Introducing Managed RunCommand Artifacts

As most of you may know from the current Managed RunCommand documentation there are multiple ways your script may be specified. However, what ...

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Joseph Calev
Joseph Calev
Apr 3, 2024

Using Managed RunCommand in an ARM Template

Perhaps one of the largest differences between "Action RunCommand" (internally called RunCommand V1) and "Managed RunCommand" (internally called RunCommand V2) ...

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Joseph Calev
Joseph Calev
Jan 5, 2024

When will CustomScript extension re-execute my script?

One of the lesser known differences between RunCommand and CustomScriptExtension is the fact that we do promise to not re-run your script in RunCommand, but no...

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Joseph Calev
Joseph Calev
Dec 11, 2023

The treatFailureAsDeploymentFailure flag

In both VmApplications and RunCommand, we support a property called "treatFailureAsDeploymentFailure". Note that for Managed RunCommand it may not be visible ...

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Joseph Calev
Joseph Calev
Jul 5, 2023

Working with VM Application Names

I admit that VM Application names can be a bit tricky, or at least non-intuitive. The basic issue is this, you have some binary - let's call it MyApp.exe - and ...

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Joseph Calev
Joseph Calev
Jun 19, 2023

Working with unmanaged storage account quotas in VM Applications

While working with VM Applications, it's possible to receive the following error. Operation could not be completed as it results in exceeding approved ...

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Joseph Calev
Joseph Calev
Jun 16, 2023

How to determine if your Runcommand script failed

Today, we're going to cover what can be a maddening issue in just determining whether your script failed. Let's start with a very simple operation. Open a ...

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Joseph Calev
Joseph Calev
Mar 10, 2023

Long running RunCommands

Recently, there's been a bit of confusion involving long running RunCommands. For reference, the default wait time for RunCommand has been 90 minutes - the ...

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Joseph Calev
Joseph Calev
Feb 17, 2023

RunCommand vs Custom Script Extension vs VM Applications

I'm sure that many of you would swear that Microsoft loves to confuse you. Currently, there are not three but four ways to run code on your machine...

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