Backing Up Azure VMs in the Azure Portal

Learn how to configure backup of Azure virtual machines using the Recovery Services vault in the Azure Portal.
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Learn how to configure backup of Azure virtual machines using the Recovery Services vault in the Azure Portal.
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Aidan shows how you can speed up and automate the deployment of Azure RemoteApp, Microsoft’s managed Remote Desktop Services farm in the cloud, using PowerShell. He also shares how you can use PowerShell to publish applications in the app collection and assign users access to those applications.
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Microsoft announced a bunch of information about Windows Server 2016 (WS2016) at the Worldwide Partner Conference on July 12th in Toronto including how Microsoft will service, or release new features, to Windows Server 2016 after general availability.
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How should your company select an Azure virtual machine? Aidan Finn lays out what the series and preset sizes really mean and offers guidelines for getting the most for your budget.
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In this post I will show you how to deploy and configure the Azure Resource Manager (ARM and CSP) network load balancer. The post will cover load balancing Azure virtual machines and creating NAT rules.
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In this post about Azure network security group best practices, Aidan offers tips for creating, configuring, and associating network security groups (NSGs) in Azure Resource Manager or CSP.
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Microsoft recently announced that Azure RemoteApp can be used with Azure AD Domain Services (still in preview) for domain authentication, without running domain controllers as virtual machines in Azure.
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Aidan shows how to migrate your virtual machines from Azure Classic Service Managment (ASM) API to the newer Azure Resource Manager (ARM) API.
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This post provides an overview of Microsoft’s new migration service to move your Azure virtual machines and their dependencies from Classic / Service Management / ASM / Azure V1 to the newer Azure Resource Manager / ARM / Azure V2.
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Aidan explains, using recent statistics, how the nature of attacks has changed from floppy disks and firewall probes, to a more intelligent system that targets human weaknesses.
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