Microsoft made a lot of announcements with their Microsoft Build 2020 event that kicked off today. The event included TONS of updates and...
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Should Microsoft acquire Canonical / Ubuntu?
Microsoft's adoption of Linux today is something that appeared to never be possible only a few years ago. It was not even twenty years ago when...
Saving Money with Azure Dev/Test Subscriptions
Did you know that you can have significant savings on Dev/Test environments in Azure? I'm working with the Azure Dev/Test team on a project right...
Linux is Most Used OS in Microsoft Azure – over 50 percent of VM cores
For the last few years, Microsoft has stated during event keynotes and in other places that Linux is a rapidly growing operating system (OS) being...
CompTIA Linux+ XK0-004 Certification Exam
In the modern world of IT, Linux has been growing in popularity and use. This is especially something we are seeing in the cloud, where even...
Upgrading Ubuntu to 20.04 LTS Focal Fossa
There are several ways to upgrade a Linux installation. With Ubuntu, the recommended upgrade method is to use the do-release-upgrade command. This...
Block Ads, Trackers, and NSFW Sites on Your Network using Pi-hole and Raspberry Pi
Pi-hole is free and open source software for setting up a DNS (Domain Name Service) and DHCP (Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol) server with...
Jumpstart: Open the Network Connections Tab in Windows
TLDR: Start-->Run-->ncpa.cpl Have you ever lost 6 minutes of your life trying to find a network adapter in Windows? Yeah, me too. Windows...
Policy-Based Routing on Unifi USG PRO 4
As an Azure MVP, I spent a lot of time teaching and giving webinars on the topic of moving to the cloud. A few months ago, I started to experience...
Microsoft Cleared as Winner of DoD JEDI Contract; sorry Amazon
Back in November 2019, Amazon filed a lawsuit, basically claiming that the DoD JEDI contract being awarded to Microsoft was unjustly influenced by...
Azure PowerShell: Create Azure Storage Account and Containers
One of the core services within Microsoft Azure is the Storage Account service. There are many service that utilize Storage Accounts for storing...
Administrator’s Introduction to Azure IoT
The Internet of Things (IoT) industry has continued to grow and become more pervasive in people's everyday lives these last few years. There are...
Host Private Video Meetings in Azure with Jitsi
In the current time of the Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic many more people are working and meeting online. Many of those people have moved to using...
Azure Kung Fu Toolkit
Welcome to Az Kung Fu, grasshopper! Scripting is the only way to ensure that your environments are the same every time and remove the risk of human...
Byte Conversion Calculator from KB, MB, GB, TB, PB
A common conversion that's done when setting storage size is to calculate the correct number of Bytes and other values from the base, desired...
Properly Shutdown Azure VM to Save Money
There are 2 options to "shutdown" a Virtual Machine (VM) running in Microsoft Azure. Each of the two methods have different affects on the cost of...
Attend Microsoft Linux Conference (WSLConf) Virtual Event March 10-11, 2020
Microsoft's first WSLConf Linux Conference is being held this week, March 10 - 11, 2020. Originally, it was going to be an onsite event at Microsoft...
Windows Server and SQL Server Certifications are Gone
Embedded within Microsoft's announcement of retiring ALL of the MCSE, MCSD, and MCSA certifications (and their associated exams) is the fact that...
Az Kung Fu VM – Master Tools for Azure Administrators
Have you ever spent hours building a machine to use as an admin workstation for Azure? What about installing the Windows Subsystem for Linux? Well,...
Microsoft for Startups: Free Azure and Other Benefits
Awhile back Microsoft had the BizSpark program that offered free Microsoft software for startups. A couple of my own startups were able to get free...
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