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Reset Windows Server Azure VM Admin Password

Evan — Mon, 03 Nov 2014 05:28:02 GMT

Don't ask me how, but the password in the CredVault was wrong, and no one was owning up to changing the master admin password.

So this is what you do.

Start Azure PowerShell, login to your Azure Account.

Get-AzureVM -ServiceName [VMHOSTNAME] -Name [VMHOSTNAME] | Set-AzureVMAccessExtension -UserName userNameHere -Password securePassHere | Update-AzureVM

makecert.exe isn't as Spooky as you think

Evan — Mon, 13 Oct 2014 01:07:19 GMT

Using makecert.exe to generate a self-cigned SSL certificate at commandline isn't that bad, but this is a nice GUI wrapper for it anyway.

http://makecertui.codeplex.com/

Bonus: How to create and use Self-Signed Private Certificate on Windows Server 2012 R2:

Step-by-Step - Using a Self-Signed (Private) Certificate (makecert.exe) with Windows Azure Backup Vault and Windows Server 2012 R2

More info for for makecert:

MS Dev Centre
MSDN