70-473 Cloud Data Platform Solutions Exam – June 2017 Update (RETIRED)
The 70-473 Designing and Implementing Cloud Data Platform Solutions certification exam was first published Oct. 27, 2015. A lot of things with Microsoft Azure have…
Microsoft Azure
Microsoft Azure is a cloud computing platform and service provided by Microsoft. It offers a wide range of cloud services, including computing, analytics, storage, and networking. Azure enables businesses and developers to build, deploy, and manage applications through Microsoft’s global network of data centers. With support for various programming languages, tools, and frameworks, Azure provides solutions for infrastructure as a service (IaaS), platform as a service (PaaS), and software as a service (SaaS). Known for its strong integration with Microsoft products and services, Azure is designed to provide secure, scalable, and reliable cloud solutions for enterprises of all sizes.
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Azure IoT Developer Kit Preview Started Shipping
A couple months ago Microsoft announced the availability of the new Azure IoT Developer Kit Board. This is a board that has integrated sensors, buttons,…
Microsoft Azure Stack is ready to Purchase!
In the early days of Microsoft Azure, back in 2010 when it was called Windows Azure, Microsoft had announced plans to make the Azure services…
Designing Globally Resilient Apps with Azure App Service and Cosmos DB
It’s so quick and easy to deploy an application out into Microsoft Azure and make it available for anyone in the world to use. It’s…
Deciding PaaS or SaaS for Building IoT Solutions in Microsoft Azure
Building out an IoT (Internet of Things) solution can be a difficult problem to solve. It sounds easy at first, you just connect a bunch…
Azure Service Fabric Powers Azure PaaS
Microsoft uses their own products to build and host their own products. This is done from the development platform level, all the way into the…
Azure CLI: Quickly Start / Stop ALL VMs
You can easily Start and Stop Virtual Machines (VMs) through the Azure Portal. Previously, I’ve written about the importance of Stopping unused VMs to save money…
Azure CLI 2.0: Reset / Change Azure VM Password
It’s very easy to spin up a Virtual Machine (VM) in Microsoft Azure. You can do it through the Azure Portal or with scripting tools…
Azure CLI: Generate SAS Token for Blob in Azure Storage
Azure Storage is a cloud service at the very center of Microsoft Azure. It provides the foundations for storing data in many services and systems…
Azure IoT DevKit Preview built with Arduino and VSCode
There have been a number of Azure IoT Starter Kits available for some time now. I’ve written about the Starter Kits in the past. Some of…
Microsoft IoT Central Enables SaaS-based IoT Solutions
Many software systems can become fairly complex with many different interconnected and communicating components. Internet of Things (IoT) solutions can especially become complex. Instead of…
Azure CLI: Reset Azure SQL Database Password
The Azure SQL Database service allows you to set an Admin login and password when you provision a database server in the service. However, if…
Azure CLI: Create and Manage Resource Groups
All cloud resources created / provisioned in Microsoft Azure need to be associated with Resource Groups. This is one of the basic features of the…
Azure Portal goes Native on iOS and Android
Since the beginning of Microsoft Azure with the initial General Availability in February 2010, then Azure Portal has always been a Web Application. It’s gone…
Azure Cloud Shell with Azure CLI inside Azure Portal
Here’s a short introduction to the Azure Cloud Shell; a new feature recently released into the Microsoft Azure Portal as part of the many announcements…
CosmosDB: The New DocumentDB NoSQL Database in Microsoft Azure
DocumentDB has been around for awhile now in Microsoft Azure. It’s a Document based, NoSQL database in the cloud. There’s been tons of advancements to…
Announcing Azure IoT Edge
The all new Microsoft Azure IoT Edge brings down the power and capabilities of Azure IoT down to run natively on individual Internet of Things…
How to Compare Azure VM Pricing Across Azure Regions
At first glance, Virtual Machine pricing in Microsoft Azure seems fairly straight forward. However, the different VM pricing tiers actually do vary in price from…
Save Money in Azure Tip 1: Compare Azure Region Pricing
In this video, I show you the specifics on comparing Azure Region pricing information around Virtual Machine hosting. As you can see, the Azure Regions…
Top 10 Tricks to Save Money with Azure Virtual Machines
This post contains 10 tips and tricks you can use to save money on your Virtual Machines (VMs) running in the Microsoft Azure cloud. The…