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…
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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…
Understanding the CrowdStrike Bug, Impact on Microsoft Azure, and Global Windows Outage
On July 18, 2024, CrowdStrike released a update with a bug that significantly impacted Windows machines globally, including virtual machines (VMs) running on multiple cloud…
What is Kubernetes?
Kubernetes is an open-source platform designed to manage, automate, and scale containerized applications efficiently. It has become the go-to solution for orchestrating containers in cloud…
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…
CrowdStrike Launches Guidance Hub for Dealing with Windows Outage
CrowdStrike, in an effort to mitigate the widespread disruption caused by the recent CrowdStrike content bug, they have launched a comprehensive “Remediation and Guidance Hub.”…
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…
Setup Raspberry Pi with Windows 10 IoT Core
Windows 10 IoT Core is Microsoft’s version of the Windows 10 operating system being built to run Internet of Things (IoT) devices. There are a…
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…
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…
CrowdStrike Crashed 8.5 Million Windows PCs Globally, estimated by Microsoft
The world of cybersecurity faced a catastrophic event recently when a CrowdStrike bug led to the crashing of 8.5 million PCs, approximately 1% of all…
Microsoft Released CrowdStrike Recovery Tool to Help Repair Affected Windows Machines
Microsoft has released a recovery tool designed to aid IT administrators in fixing Windows machines affected by the recent CrowdStrike Falcon agent issue. This problem…
MkeAzure Slides: Getting Started with IoT using Azure, Windows IoT and Raspberry Pi
On Aug 17, 2016 I gave a “Getting Started with IoT” talk at the Milwaukee Azure group. In my talk I covered the basics of…
What is Podman and How Does it Compare to Docker?
Docker has long been the dominant container engine, but it’s not the only one. After all, Kubernetes moved away from Docker several years ago to…
Using Chocolatey with Azure VMs
Automate Everything. That’s my new mantra, and it should be yours… Like many of you, I’m an infrastructure guy and grew up with the crutches…
Windows 10 IoT Core Compatible Boards
There are many IoT hardware boards on the market today. Windows 10 IoT Core has some very specific hardware requirements, so only a few of…
Tutorial: Create Minecraft Server in Azure on an Ubuntu VM
Setting up a Minecraft server generally takes a bit of work from installing the Operating System, installing Java, to setting up the Minecraft Server to…
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…
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.…
Windows IoT Core Anniversary Update and Raspberry Pi 3
The Windows 10 Anniversary Update is a pretty big update for Windows Desktop, and it’s not any different for Windows IoT Core! It’s been an…