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Azure Readiness – Let’s Talk Network Latency
Understanding your network latency between you and your favourite Azure Region is important. It can be the difference between responsive services hosted inside Azure, and a negative user experience. Especially if you are using Azure VPN and not Express Route services. To understand what region is likely better for you to be working out of,…
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Log Analytics Alerting
Why is alerting from Azure Log Analytics important? We need to be able to create alerts so that administrators can be made aware of potential problems so that they can be investigated and corrected quickly. Sounds simple right? Well, thanks to Azure Log Analytics and Monitoring Alerts in Azure, it is. Keep reading to learn…
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Azure Storage Diagnostics
What is a diagnostic log? A diagnostic log provides information about the operations of a resource – in this case a storage account inside Azure.
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Azure Migrate – Part 2
In my last article, you were introduced to Azure Site Recovery and Azure Migrate. These services allow you to discover, assess, and migrate workloads into Azure quickly using a framework built using the foundations of Azure Site Recovery. We talked a lot about disaster recovery foundations, technical requirements, and some key differences between ASR and…
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Azure Migrate – Intro
Azure Migrate allows you to discover, assess, and migrate workloads into Azure quickly using a framework built using the foundations of Azure Site Recovery. Starting out with ASR is a solid and well-built foundation that allows you to replicate a source environment into Azure. Azure Migrate service is built on top of the foundation elements…
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Azure Maps Weather Services
With an increasing need in all businesses to have the latest and most accurate data, weather is no exception. With Azure Maps Weather Services, you can now integrate weather data into your web or other apps via API. Weather data has been floating around for a while now, but Azure has worked closely with AccuWeather…
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Azure Updates Management
Azure Updates Management helps you keep your virtual machines updated without intervention and using an automated schedule. No need for additional third-party products with all the functionality build right into your Azure subscription. The ability to patch regularly addresses major security concerns and requirements for compliance by reducing risk footprints, patching flaws and bugs, and…
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Azure File Shares Got Bigger
Azure Blog announced this week the General Availability of larger storage and powerful new features for Azure Files. Azure Files is a secure, managed storage option within Azure offering data redundancy options and hybrid capabilities using Azure File Sync. For those that have been waiting for increased capacity and performance, the time is now to…
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Azure CLI Introduction
If you are just getting comfortable using Azure or want to start learning a bit more about how to provision virtual machines using a method that can be automated and repeated quickly – stay tuned as we’ll cover some simple commands on using your free Azure account, connecting to Azure CLI, learning some test and…
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Microsoft Virtual Desktop Service is now Available
Windows Virtual Desktop is a new cloud service that delivers a multi-user Windows 10 experience that is optimized to work with Office 365 Pro Plus. The new offering makes it significantly easier to scale Windows 10 and Office deployments on Azure and comes with built-in security and compliance.