Understanding Windows Server 2022 Licensing

Don’t blame yourself if you missed it, because Microsoft quietly released Windows Server 2022 in September of 2021 with very little fanfare or publicity. With the new release, there are always questions about licensing and any changes that Microsoft may have made. So, if you are confused or wondering about Microsoft’s licensing for Windows Server […] Continue reading Understanding Windows Server 2022 Licensing

Amazon Launches a New AWS Management Console

Amazon started off this new year with one pretty big change for Amazon Web Services (AWS). They updated the AWS Management Console. The AWS Management Console is probably the most frequently used AWS tool. The AWS Management Console is a web application that enables you to access and mange AWS resources. Until this past update […] Continue reading Amazon Launches a New AWS Management Console

Amazon Adds Replication to EFS

Amazon Elastic File System (Amazon EFS) allows EC2 instances, AWS Lambda functions and containers to share access to a fully-managed, high performance and highly available file system. Amazon EFS delivers low-latency performance for a wide variety of workloads and can scale to thousands of concurrent clients or connections. EFS can scale automatically and you only pay for […] Continue reading Amazon Adds Replication to EFS

Regulatory Compliance with Microsoft 365

Making sure your business is in compliance with the various regulatory policies that you need to work with can be challenging. Many companies use Microsoft 365 to work with unstructured personal data that are covered by laws that require your organization to follow different compliance procedures. This includes responding to regulatory requirements, assessing compliance risks, […] Continue reading Regulatory Compliance with Microsoft 365

Disaster Recovery for Kubernetes

A lot of businesses are in the process of modernizing their applications as a part of their digital transformation strategies and the adoption of Kubernetes is a big part of this trend. As businesses have begun migrating toward containers and micros-service type applications, Kubernetes has been quickly becoming the defacto standard for container management and […] Continue reading Disaster Recovery for Kubernetes

AWS re:Post Takes on Stack Overflow

There’s no doubt that the Internet can be a great resource for technical information and solutions to the problems that you face. However, it can also be a source of misinformation, dead ends and a waste of precious time. That’s where AWS re:Post Q&A comes in. Many IT professionals often first turn to a site […] Continue reading AWS re:Post Takes on Stack Overflow

The Ultimate Guide to Installing Windows 11

In this guide you’ll see how to install Windows 11 or perform a Windows 11 upgrade from Windows 10. Installing Windows 11 is quite different than the previous versions of Windows. For the earlier versions, you typically needed to plan for the installation then go get the installation media, insert it into your computer, boot […] Continue reading The Ultimate Guide to Installing Windows 11

AWS US-East Outage Impacts a Wide Range of Sites and Services

It almost seems like the headline could have been “AWS Outage Cancels Christmas”. Underlining the pervasive reliance that so many businesses and services have on cloud computing resources like Amazon AWS, the AWS outage on December 7th, 2021 impacted all sorts of things from streaming services like Disney Plus and Amazon Prime, to games like […] Continue reading AWS US-East Outage Impacts a Wide Range of Sites and Services

Big Announcements at AWS re:Invent 2021

This year’s AWS re:Invent conference is taking place from Nov. 29 through Dec. 3, 2021 at the Venetian Resort & Casino in Las Vegas. The re:Invent conference is the biggest AWS event of the year. Unlike last year’s conference which was only online, this year’s re:Invent is a hybrid event that is both in-person and […] Continue reading Big Announcements at AWS re:Invent 2021

Protecting the Different Types of Microsoft 365 Data

Microsoft 365 is an indispensable collection of tools for businesses. While Microsoft is responsible for the availability and ongoing functionality of all the Microsoft 365 apps, the responsibility for protecting Microsoft 365 data is the customer’s obligation. Let’s take a closer look at the different types of Microsoft 365 data and the kind of protection […] Continue reading Protecting the Different Types of Microsoft 365 Data