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Aidan Finn describes some of the significant changes to Windows Server licensing that are coming with Windows Server 2016, that are sure to catch most of you by surprise.
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This post will discuss the recent announcement that Microsoft has added support for backing up VMware virtual machines using System Center Data Protection Manager (DPM) 2012 R2.
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It is clear from Microsoft’s publicity about Windows Server 2016 that the corporation believes that the default choice for installing a new server is Nano Server. Do you agree with that view? In this opinion post, I discuss the merits of both sides of the argument, share my take on the matter, and ask what you think.
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Microsoft has launched a preview for a new set of NVIDIA-powered virtual machines in Azure that can be used for compute-intensive and graphic-intensive workloads. See the specs, pricing and availability.
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Aidan explains a bit of the history of how System Center Advisor (SCA) has evolved into Azure Log Analytics (OMS). Microsoft is rapidly adding solutions to Log Analytics (OMS) so it can eventually replace SCOM.
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This article generally describes how Azure Security Center works, lists which types of virtual machines it supports, and describes two Azure Security Center plans.
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In late July and into August 2016, Microsoft is releasing new IaaS features and making improvements for Microsoft Azure that will interest IT pros. Aidan summarizes some of the most interesting ones.
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Aidan walks through how to use the built-in tools for troubleshooting faulty virtual machines in Azure: diagnose tools, activity logs, resource health, boot diagnostics, reset password, redeploy, and support request.
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Learn to use migAz to move Classic / Service Management / SM Azure IaaS virtual machine deployments to Azure Resource Manager / ARM in another subscription.
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Microsoft recently announced further expansion of the number of Azure regions (datacenter locations) and ExpressRoute (WAN) points of presence around the world. New Regions In the parlance of Microsoft Azure, a region is a geographic location with one or more data centers that Microsoft uses to run the Azure public cloud. When you deploy something […]
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