Which Azure Portal do I use?
The Azure Portal duality has been a source of confusion for many almost since the original launch of Microsoft Azure. There’s been 2 separate portals…
Cloud
The “Cloud” refers to a network of remote servers hosted on the internet that store, manage, and process data, rather than relying on local servers or personal computers. This technology enables users to access and utilize computing resources and services, such as storage, databases, software, and analytics, from anywhere with an internet connection. Cloud computing offers scalability, flexibility, and cost-efficiency, allowing individuals and organizations to quickly adapt to changing needs without significant upfront investment in hardware and infrastructure. Popular cloud service providers include Amazon Web Services (AWS), Microsoft Azure, and Google Cloud Platform (GCP).
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Messaging Architecture: What is AMQP?
Messaging has become pretty fundamental with the wider adoption of Microservices and other cloud design pattern. There are many ways to transmit a message. Many messaging…
Azure Stack: Introducing PaaS Services and DevOps Tools
When Microsoft announced the initial Technical Preview release of Azure Stack it was also announced there would be additional services released in the coming weeks. This…
BizSpark: Free Azure usage for Startups
The Microsoft BizSpark program offers FREE stuff to Startups for 3 years. This includes software, service, technical support, as well as Microsoft Azure cloud service…
Free eBook: Fundamentals of Azure
The book “Microsoft Azure Essentials: Fundamentals of Azure” has been made available as a Free eBook from Microsoft Press and Microsoft Virtual Academy. This book…
Azure IoT Hub Now Generally Available
On Feb 3, 2016, Microsoft announced that Microsoft Azure IoT Hub is now Generally Available (GA). Azure IoT Hub service is available stand-alone or as…
Introducing Microsoft Azure Stack
Join Mark Russinovich (Azure CTO) and Jeffrey Snover (Enterprise Cloud Technical Fellow) in learning how Microsoft Azure Stack will help drive innovation by delivering Azure…
Free eBook: Azure Web Apps for Developers
The “Microsoft Azure Essentials: Azure Web Apps for Developers” book written by Rick Rainey has been made available as a Free eBook on the Microsoft Virtual Academy…
What is Azure Stack?
Microsoft Azure Stack is a fairly new feature set to complement the Azure Platform, however, Azure Stack isn’t quite the usual feature addition to the…
Free eBook: Azure Automation
The book “Microsoft Azure Essentials: Azure Automation” written by Michael McKeown is written to target IT Pros and PowerShell developers to help them understand the…
What is Azure IoT Hub?
Security and reliability are 2 huge problem areas to overcome with the Internet of Things (IoT). The Microsoft Azure IoT Hub is the cloud solution…
Free eBook: Azure Machine Learning
The book “Microsoft Azure Essentials: Azure Machine Learning” written by Jeff Barnes, published by Microsoft Press, has been made available as a Free eBook over…
Free eBook: Enterprise Cloud Strategy
Together Microsoft Press and Microsoft Virtual Academy have a number of Free eBooks available for download. The latest released eBook is “Enterprise Cloud Strategy” written…
Azure Storage Explorer now supports Linux and more
When the Microsoft Azure Storage Explorer was first released, it did seem a little odd that Microsoft would neglect supporting Linux. However, they did support…
DocumentDB moving to Regional Pricing Meters on Feb. 1
On February 1st, 2016, Microsoft Azure DocumentDB bill be transitioning away from a Global Pricing Meter to be on Regional Pricing Meters instead. With Global…
Hosting Environment Isolation: How and Why
Automated Builds, Continuous Integrations, DevOps, Oh my!! There are a ton of buzz words surrounding the different methods and ideas for managing hosting environments and deployments.…
Azure Disk Encryption in Public Preview
The new Azure Disk Encryption feature was introduced into Public Preview last November. It allows for Virtual Machines (VMs) hosted within Azure to be encrypted…
Azure IoT Hub in Public Preview
The Microsoft Azure IoT (Internet of Things) Hub is a set of features designed to help control, monitor and connect millions of IoT devices in…
What is Microservices Architecture?
What really is a Microservices Architecture? The term “Microservices” has become fairly popular in recent years, and has coincided largely with the increasingly popular move to…
Azure is the future for Microsoft and the Enterprise
Azure has come along way in regards to features and pretty much every aspect of the service since it’s initial launch in 2010. In the…