Aidan Finn writes about Microsoft virtualization for the Petri IT Knowledgebase. He is a Microsoft Valuable Professional with the Virtual Machine (Hyper-V) expertise. Aidan has been working in IT infrastructure since 1996, and is the Technical Sales Lead for MicroWarehouse Ltd., a Microsoft value added distributor in Ireland. He runs the aidanfinn.com blog and has written or co-written books such as Windows Server 2012 Hyper-V Installation And Configuration Guide, Microsoft Private Cloud Computing, and Mastering Hyper-V Deployment.
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At times like this, chatting about cool new features in Azure is a lot less important than what’s surrounding us all, and impacting some of us either directly or indirectly, now. But you know what? A distraction from the fear, worry, or self-imposed incarceration can be a good thing. So let’s crack on with it, and let’s talk about the cool new IaaS features that Azure launched during the last month.
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I did think about calling this the typo edition – I just bought a Microsoft Sculpt ergonomic keyboard and it might be preventing physical strain but my mental state as a result of the change is a whole other matter.
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Last month I kind of wrapped up 2019. But this month I want to look forward. While I would love to talk about things that I might or might know about, such a violation of my non-disclosure agreement would get me in trouble with Redmond. So instead, I want to talk about what I think we IT pros need to learn about in 2020 to stay relevant.
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By the time you read this, it will be 2020. I hope you have had a great holiday season and are feeling all relaxed and ready for a new semester of Azure action.
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Microsoft Ignite 2019 has passed, and as one would expect, there were many Azure announcements. I’m not going to do my usual and list every announcement in this article – I would still be writing this article in 2020!
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As we head towards Ignite, October had a bunch of Azure announcements but there will be even more next month.
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We are now in the middle of the second Azure (and Windows) semester of 2019. Planning for the first semester of 2020 is underway. And now we are just over 1 month away from Ignite, the week that is usually an explosion of announcements for Microsoft’s enterprise products.
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The half-year point has passed meaning that Azure (and Windows/Windows Server) are into a new planning & development cycle.
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It may be the middle of Summer but there is a lot going on with Azure, this is what you need to know about Azure for the month of July.
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Each month Microsoft adds new features and updates existing products for Azure, here's the updates you need to know about for June.
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During May, the month was filled with Azure announcements, here are the key items that you need to know about.
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In my monthly summary, I will summarize all the Azure infrastructure news from April, which appeared to be a month for security announcements.
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As we approach Build, Microsoft is ramping up the Azure announcements; here's everything that happened last month.
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Even though February was a shorter month, there were still a number of significant Azure announcements that you should know about.
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In this post, I will show you how to architect an Azure Firewall deployment where a centralized firewall will inspect traffic that is flowing across a VPN connection before it reaches the Azure virtual network(s) or returns to on-premises. Design Concept The premise of this design is a simple and, probably, a familiar one: anything… Read More