Category: Scripting | Andy Kemp Consulting

13 Aug 2025 12 min read Updated 1 Feb 2026

Self-Hosted WordPress Made Simple

Introduction In a previous post, I walked through the step-by-step process of setting up a LAMP stack and deploying WordPress on Ubuntu. While that approach is great for learnin...

GitHub Scripting Self-Hosting Ubuntu Virtual Web Development WordPress #Apache #Blogging #Hosting #LAMP #Ubuntu #Virtual #Wordpress #automation

11 Aug 2025 6 min read

Automate Your Elgato Key Light Air with Microsoft Teams Presence

Introduction If you’re anything like me, you’ve probably joined a video call only to realise your lighting isn’t quite right. I use an Elgato Key Light Air, and I wanted…

Automation Azure Entra Mac OS Microsoft Graph Python Scripting Ubuntu #Azure #Elgato Keylight Air #Entra ID #Microsoft Graph #Scripting #Ubuntu #linux #python

15 Jul 2025 10 min read Updated 17 Jul 2025

Secure Dynamic DNS Updates to Azure with AzureDNSSync

Introduction Like many home users, my broadband connection comes with a dynamically assigned public IP address. This means that my IP can change at any time sometimes without no...

Automation Azure GitHub Networking Scripting Ubuntu #Ubuntu #azure-automation #azure-dns #certificate-authentication #cron #dns-management #dynamic-dns #entra-id #home-networking #linux #python #self-hosting

8 Jun 2025 9 min read

Deploying Azure Virtual Desktop – A Modular, Automated Approach

Introduction Azure Virtual Desktop (AVD) is Microsoft’s comprehensive Desktop-as-a-Service platform, enabling secure remote access to Windows desktops and apps from virtually an...

Automation Azure Azure Virtual Desktop Entra Infrastructure as Code Intune Microsoft Microsoft Graph PowerShell Scripting Virtual #AVD #Azure #Conditional Access #Entra ID #Microsoft #Microsoft Graph #PowerShell #Virtual #automation #azure-ad #bicep #dns #enterprise #fslogix #hybrid-join #identity #infrastructure-as-code #rbac #remote-desktop #storage

30 May 2025 7 min read

Windows Image Prep Tool for Microsoft Surface Laptop 7th Edition

Introduction A while back I wrote a post about my experience with getting my Microsoft Surface Laptop 7th Edition working with a clean install of Windows 11, you can see…

AI Copilot GitHub Microsoft PowerShell Scripting Windows 11 #GitHub #Microsoft #PowerShell #Windows11

23 Mar 2025 6 min read

Virtual PAW – Part 4 – Completing the basic setup

So this is part 4 of my multi part series on my journey with Bicep and ARM Templates and deploying AVD as a PAW.. Introduction In this part I’ll go…

Azure Azure Virtual Desktop Entra Microsoft Microsoft Graph PowerShell Privileged Access Privileged Identity Scripting Uncategorized Virtual #Azure #Entra ID #Hosting #Microsoft #Microsoft Graph #PowerShell #Privileged Access #Privileged Identity #Virtual

27 Feb 2025 7 min read

Virtual PAW – Part 3 – Deploying the session hosts

So this is the 3rd part of a multi part series on my journey with Bicep and ARM Templates and deploying AVD as a PAW.. Introduction Welcome to the 3rd…

Azure Azure Virtual Desktop Entra Microsoft PowerShell Privileged Access Privileged Identity Scripting Virtual #Azure #Entra ID #Microsoft #PowerShell #Privileged Access #Privileged Identity #Virtual

18 Feb 2025 6 min read

Virtual PAW – Part 2 – Core Components

So this is the 2nd part of a multi part series on my journey with Bicep and ARM Templates and deploying AVD as a PAW. Part One was the high…

Azure Azure Virtual Desktop Microsoft Privileged Access Privileged Identity Scripting Uncategorized Virtual #Azure #Microsoft #Privileged Access #Privileged Identity #Virtual

14 Feb 2025 7 min read Updated 18 Feb 2025

Virtual PAW – Part 1 – A high level overview

I have decided to create this as a multi part post to hopefully make it easier to understand. Introduction So Following on from my last post I thought I’d share…

Azure Azure Virtual Desktop Entra Microsoft Privileged Access Privileged Identity Scripting Uncategorized Virtual #Azure #Azure Virtual Desktop #Entra ID #Microsoft #Privileged Access #Privileged Identity #Virtual

24 May 2024 3 min read

Creating Multiple Security Groups in Microsoft Entra

I was recently asked if there was a quick way to create 180 plus Security Groups in Microsoft Entra. I used to do a lot of PowerShell Scripting but not…

Microsoft Microsoft Graph PowerShell Scripting #Entra ID #Microsoft #Microsoft Graph #PowerShell #Scripting