Category Archives: Microsoft Azure

Microsoft Azure Key Vault Automated Key Rotation Now in Public Preview

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Microsoft has announced that the automated key rotation feature in Azure Key Vault is available in public preview. The service was originally announced back in March, and it allows IT admins to set up an auto-rotation policy that rotates their customer-managed key (CMK) stored in Azure Key Vault after a specified period. “Automated key rotation […] Continue reading Microsoft Azure Key Vault Automated Key Rotation Now in Public Preview→

Microsoft Announces Secured-Core Hardware for Windows Server 2022 and Azure Stack HCI

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Earlier this year, Microsoft unveiled its plans to expand the Secured-Core initiative to its server products to help protect organizations from firmware attacks. The company has recently unveiled its plans to expand the Secured-Core initiative are now available for enterprise customers. “Partnering with leading original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) and silicon vendors, Secured-core servers use industry-standard […] Continue reading Microsoft Announces Secured-Core Hardware for Windows Server 2022 and Azure Stack HCI→

Azure Bicep Brings Easier Infrastructure as Code to Azure Resource Management

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Azure Project Bicep, or just Bicep as Microsoft sometimes refers to it, is a new domain-specific language (DSL) for deploying cloud resources using infrastructure as code. If this sounds like Azure Resource Manager (ARM) templates, then you’d be right. ARM templates can now be authored in Bicep or JSON. Infrastructure as code and ARM templates […] Continue reading Azure Bicep Brings Easier Infrastructure as Code to Azure Resource Management→

Microsoft Says There Will Be No Hyper-V Server 2022 Free Edition

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Microsoft has released a special ‘Hyper-V Server‘ core edition with every release of Windows Server Long-Term Servicing Channel (LTSC 2012 R2, 2016, 2019). This past summer, while Windows Server 2022 was being developed and finalized, questions arose amongst IT Pros (hey, that rhymes…someone set that to music right away) about the possibility of Hyper-V Server […] Continue reading Microsoft Says There Will Be No Hyper-V Server 2022 Free Edition→

Cloudflare joins Microsoft 365 Networking Partner Program to optimize user connectivity

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Cloudflare announced it has joined the Microsoft 365 Networking Partner Program (NPP). Customers of Cloudflare’s Zero Trust platform, Cloudflare One, will now benefit from enhanced connectivity to Microsoft 365 services, enabling them to get faster per… Continue reading Cloudflare joins Microsoft 365 Networking Partner Program to optimize user connectivity→

Windows Server Hot Patching Coming to On-Premises Azure Stack HCI

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Microsoft announced the availability of hotpatching – aka rebootless patching –  in Windows Server Azure Edition earlier this year. At Ignite in November 2021, Microsoft announced that rebootless patching is coming to Windows Server on-premises via Azure Stack HCI. Azure Stack HCI, Microsoft’s hyperconverged infrastructure (HCI) operating system, which is delivered as an Azure service, […] Continue reading Windows Server Hot Patching Coming to On-Premises Azure Stack HCI→

Enterprises are embracing the multicloud, turning to providers for strategy

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Enterprises in the U.S. are increasingly embracing multicloud operating models and are looking to cloud service providers to help them choose the right clouds for the right workloads, according to a report published by Information Services Group (ISG)…. Continue reading Enterprises are embracing the multicloud, turning to providers for strategy→

Protecting the Different Types of Microsoft 365 Data

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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→

Microsoft Patches Azure Active Directory Private Key Data Vulnerability

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Microsoft recently made changes to Azure Active Directory (Azure AD) to mitigate an issue where private key data stored in an Azure AD application or service principal could be read in clear text. Some Azure services were incorrectly storing private key data in Azure AD in the keyCredentials property when creating applications for customers. Microsoft […] Continue reading Microsoft Patches Azure Active Directory Private Key Data Vulnerability→