Microsoft Wins DoD JEDI Contract worth $10 Billion
In the battle over cloud providers, the bid for the United States Department of Defense (DoD) Joint Enterprise Defense Infrastructure (JEDI) contract is a big…
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 Icon Update Coming (New Icon Images) in 2019
Microsoft updates or refreshed the icon images for their software and services every so often to keep them looking fresh and current with modern icon…
Security of Azure Container Registry Image Promotion Flow
In Microsoft Azure, the natural fit to host container images is the Azure Container Registry (ACR) service. Teams implementing immutable container images might stand up…
Remotely Connect Azure ExpressRoute via Satellite
Azure ExpressRoute is a feature of Microsoft Azure that enables you to setup a direct, private connection from your datacenter to the Microsoft Azure backbone.…
Buy Domain Names with Azure App Service Domain
There’s a feature for purchasing Internet Domain Names within Microsoft Azure that’s not very widely known. With the Azure App Service Domain feature, you can…
Azure Portal App for Windows in Preview
If you've been waiting for an Azure Portal Desktop App, then you'll be happy to learn that Microsoft now has an Azure Portal App for Windows in Preview. It's unclear when this first became available, but a quick search reveals it's been available for a few months now. This Azure Portal App allows you to install a desktop experience for the Azure Portal on a Windows machine. It seems to be framing in the Azure Portal website into a desktop app window, but it does feel more native than the browser experience. Plus, it provides all the same features of the Azure Portal; including the Azure Cloud Shell experience!
Azure + AI Conference – Nov 2019 – Chris Pietschmann Speaking on Azure IoT
This year at the Microsoft Azure + AI Conference co-produced by Microsoft and DEVintersection, Chris Pietschmann (the founder of BuildAzure.com) will be presenting. The topics of his sessions at the conference will center around Microsoft Azure and the Internet of Things (IoT) with topics including Azure Sphere and Real-time IoT Stream Processing in Azure. This edition of the Azure + AI Conference is being held November 18th through 21st, 2019 at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas, Nevada. Also, in partnerships with the Azure + AI conference, we are pleased to announce that you can register for the conference with the discount code "BUILDAZURE" to receive a $50 discount.
Book Launch: Ultimate Guide to Microsoft Certification
The Ultimate Guide to Microsoft Certification is your guide and introduction to growing your career through Microsoft certification! It's difficult to decide which certification path to follow, and which suites you best based on your experience and current job role. This book was written as a guide to help you decide which certification(s) to pursue, and it lays out other important information about the Microsoft certification process.
Remote Desktop (RDP) Security Tips: Stop Hackers, Exploits, Reduce Vulnerability
In the current cloud landscape, security has never been more important than it is today. This applies to Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP) security as it…
Detect and Handle a Twitter Outage with Azure Logic Apps
As I’m writing this Twitter is down, and it’s actually been down for at least 20 minutes now. It’s hard to tell exactly how long…
Cloud Design Patterns Infographic
Cloud Design Patterns offer prescriptive guidance to designing and architecting solutions in the cloud. Microsoft patterns and practices has this infographic available to help you…
Microsoft xCloud: Azure Powered Game Streaming
Microsoft is building a game streaming network to unlock console quality gaming on any device. Microsoft has realized that not all gamers are going to…
Azure Bastion: VM RDP & SSH Access within Azure Portal
Recently, a new Remote Desktop (RDP) and SSH remote access service in Microsoft Azure came to my attention. In short, Azure Bastion enables the Azure…
Fix Azure Front Door Error with Azure Web App “Always on” Configuration
Azure Front Door is a Layer 7 (or HTTP(S) layer) load balancer service and provides a number of great features for better running globally available…
ESP32-Azure IoT Kit Development Board from Espressif (ESP32-WROVER-B)
There are certainly lots of different boards that can be used for building and prototyping Internet of Things (IoT) solutions. I’ve posted a few times…
Microsoft Blockchain Confidential Consortium Framework (CCF) Released
It’s been about a year and a half since Microsoft first announced the Coco Framework they’ve been working on. It’s been about a full year…
Azure IoT DevKit Simulator (MXChip AZ3166)
The Azure IoT DevKit (MXChip AZ3166) is a really cool board for prototyping Azure IoT solutions. However, it’s a physical board and having the board…
Azure Blockchain Development Kit for Ethereum Released
Microsoft has been investing a lot into the development of Blockchain based technology. Azure Blockchain is the cloud offering that’s part of making Enterprise Blockchain…
May 2, 2019: Major Azure Outage Due to DNS Migration Issue
A DNS outage affected many services in Microsoft Azure between 19:43 and 22:35 UTC on May 2, 2019. The outage affected many services within Microsoft…
Azure Icon Downloader Chrome Extension
I’ve written previously about the zip download of the Azure Icons available from Microsoft. That download has .png, .svg, and some other formats of many…