Bash: Syntax error: redirection unexpected
If you’ve encountered the error message “Syntax error: redirection unexpected” while running a script in Ubuntu Linux, you’re not alone. This error can be a…
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Create Linux VM in Microsoft Azure
There are many reasons to create a Linux Virtual Machine (VM) in Azure; like hosting a web server, database, or many other uses for VMs.…
IBM Should Spinoff Cloud as Separate Business Named Red Hat Cloud
What if IBM is spinning off the wrong business?… Amongst the growing pressures to compete in the Cloud business, IBM has announced plans to spinoff…
Microsoft Edge Browser Coming to Linux
Microsoft has been increasingly supporting Linux, and the latest application coming to Linux is the Microsoft Edge web browser. About a year ago we saw…
Sysinternals ProcDump for Linux
Sysinternals are very widely used tools from Microsoft in the Windows world, and now the ProcDump utility has been ported over to Linux as an…
Run Office 365 Apps on Ubuntu with an Open Source Web App Wrapper
Microsoft has already brought Microsoft Teams to Linux as the first Microsoft Office app to officially be supported on Linux. We are still waiting for…
Add New Root User to Ubuntu Linux Server using Bash
When installing Ubuntu, or any Linux distro, a root user will be created. However, there are many times when you need to create additional users…
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…
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…
Upgrading Ubuntu Linux Version
There are several ways to upgrade a Linux installation. With Ubuntu, the recommended upgrade method is to use the do-release-upgrade command. This command is the…
Linux Lift and Shift Hands-on Lab – Microsoft Cloud Workshop
In this hands-on lab, you will migrate an on-premises based help desk application called OsTicket, to Azure. This will be a two-phase project to lift-and-shift…
What is an Ubuntu LTS Release? Long Term Support
Ubuntu is one of the most popular Linux distributions available. The Ubuntu Linux operating system has releases published regularly on an interval of every six…
Microsoft Teams is First Office App for Linux
It may not be the “Year of the Linux Desktop” yet, but Microsoft has released its first Office App for Linux. Microsoft Team is now…
How to check the Ubuntu Server Version Installed/Running
With the increasing use of Linux, and specifically Ubuntu Server, in the Microsoft Azure ecosystem, it’s getting more important to know what version of the…
Microsoft Linux Conference WSLconf Coming March 2020
Microsoft announced they are going to be hosting the first Microsoft Linux conference, named WSLconf 1, on March 10 – 11, 2020. The new WSLconf…
How to Setup an Ubuntu Linux VM in Azure with Remote Desktop (RDP) Access
Some time back I wrote about doing Visual Studio development with an Azure Virtual Machine (VM). In that article, I showed how you can setup…
MCSA: Linux on Azure Certification (RETIRED)
Among the various Microsoft MCSA certification, the MCSA: Linux on Azure is certainly a little of it’s own league. This is the only Microsoft certification…
LFCS: Linux Foundation Certified System Administrator Certification
The Linux Foundation Certified System Administrator (LFCS) certification from The Linux Foundation is a full Linux certification for verifying and validating your Linux Operating System…
Deploy Docker Containers to Azure Web Apps on Linux
The PaaS (Platform as a Service) offerings within Microsoft Azure have been getting expanded out pretty impressively lately. The “extreme PaaS” that is the serverless…
PowerShell now Open Source AND Cross-Platform! Linux, macOS, Windows
Windows PowerShell the new Shell (first released in 2006) for Windows that provides the ability to implement Task Automation, and Configuration Management via a Command-Line…