When Is Azure Hybrid Cloud a Good Fit?

For enterprises that are getting into cloud computing for the first time, or jumping in deeper after getting some cloud experience, the Microsoft Azure hybrid cloud can be a great fit to bring it all together. To start, a major benefit to using Azure hybrid cloud is that enterprises which already have a deep Microsoft infrastructure will…

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Hyper-V: How To Backup Virtual Machines

If you’re new to Hyper-V and wondering how to back up your virtual machines (VMs), there are different ways you can approach the task. But like most things—some options are better than others. Below are the most common ways Hyper-V users attempt to preserve data on their VMs, with one caveat: Some of these methods…

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Azure Migration: A 6-Step Checklist

In most cases, a lift-and-shift cloud migration does little more than provide basic redundancy. A better approach—that offers better efficiency and better value—is to move cloud-ready workloads over to Azure, keep legacy applications on-premise, and set up orchestration to manage cloud recovery and backup. Following general evaluation and planning, when you reach consensus from each…

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Microsoft Build 2018 – Announcements

This year's Build 2018 conference brings the world to understand that Microsoft is not a just a Windows company anymore. Build 2018 is about cutting-edge techs, like artificial intelligence (AI) systems, machine learning, edge-computing tools and the big move to integrate with other platforms including iOS, Android, and Amazon Alexa(Yes, you heard me right, Alexa!).…

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Hacking Hypervisors

Virtual machines pose a significant cybersecurity risk – their underlying applications and data are consumed outside the network by customers, partners, consultants, and LOB workers. Malicious actors who target these individuals and their business systems understand the native security limitations of the virtual network. Prevent your next security breach by educating users, adopting best practices…

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MVP ITPro Podcast – Ep2 – A Talk with Vijay Tewari about Microsoft Azure Stack

Join us for episode 2 of the new MVP IT Pro Podcast, featuring your hosts Andy Syrewicze @asyrewicze from Altaro Software and Rob Corradini @netwatch from 5Nine! https://youtu.be/etLlpI5wDN0  #specialguest @vtango #AzureStack #MVPBuzz

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Azure Container Service – What It Is and How It Helps Enterprise Cloud

Running containerized applications in production is still relatively new within enterprise IT infrastructures, but Microsoft’s Azure Container Service aims at making the process simpler and less worrisome for IT leaders. Azure Container Service provides simplified configurations of proven open source container technology and optimizes it all for the cloud, according to Microsoft. The Azure Container…

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Simplify Software Defined Networking (SDN) Across Private and Public Clouds

Software Defined Networking (SDN) provides the speed, agility and flexibility enterprises need to successfully implement digital transformation initiatives. Until next time, Rob

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