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Reviewing Your Backup Checklist

Last Update: Sep 07, 2023

With World Backup Day just behind us (and yes there really is such a thing – it was March 31st), now would be a good time to review your backup checklist to ensure your critical data has the protection that your organization requires. The following backup checklist can help guide you through the process of…

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What’s Different about Backup to the Cloud?

Last Update: Sep 07, 2023

A lot of businesses have begun to incorporate the cloud into their backup processes and most businesses that haven’t done so yet are looking into the process. Using the cloud as a backup target has a lot of advantages; Cloud services have matured and provide extremely high levels of availability.

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Understanding Azure Storage: Storage Types and Redundancy

Last Update: Sep 07, 2023

Learn about the different storage services and redundancy settings in Azure Storage.

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The Dirty Truth About IT Offboarding Automation

Last Update: Aug 25, 2023

Every system administrator dreams of building the perfect Rube Goldberg machine of IT automation to manage the employee IT lifecycle, end to end, including IT offboarding. A new hire joins the company, HR files a ticket, and BAM! In an instant, all of the birthright accounts, access, and permissions are granted in a glorious cascade…

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First Ring Daily: AI Boom Helps Nvidia Double its Quarterly Revenue

In this episode of First Ring Daily, Brad Sams and Paul Thurrott discuss Nvidia doubling its revenue in Q2 thanks to high demand for AI chips, and Microsoft not planning to cut prices for Xbox hardware.

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First Ring Daily: Bing Isn’t Growing, But AI Still Has a Place

In this episode of First Ring Daily, Brad Sams and Paul Thurrott discuss Bing’s stagnating market share despite Microsoft investing over 10 billion dollars into OpenAI.

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What is Azure Data Studio?

Azure Data Studio is a database management tool from Microsoft. It offers a modern and user-friendly UI for performing several database operations and building customizable dashboards. In this article, I’ll explain how Azure Data Studio works, how it differs from SQL Server Management Studio, and how you can download and install it on your PC….

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Microsoft Revises Cloud Licensing Policies for Running Office on AWS

Last Update: Aug 04, 2023

Microsoft is making some minor changes to its cloud licensing policies for specific customers that run Microsoft Office on AWS. This move comes a week after the European Commission opened an antitrust investigation of Microsoft Teams bundling with Office 365/Microsoft 365 subscriptions. In 2019, Microsoft announced new licensing terms that made it more expensive to…

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Microsoft Confirms Recent Cloud Outages Caused By Storm-1359 DDoS Attacks

Last Update: Aug 02, 2023

Earlier this month, Microsoft confirmed a major outage that affected Azure, Outlook, Teams, and other Microsoft 365 services. The company has now acknowledged that the disruption to its services was caused by a distributed denial of service (DDoS) attack. On June 5th, Microsoft tweeted about an outage that prevented thousands of users from accessing its…

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Microsoft Managed Desktop Service to Retire in July 2024

Microsoft is planning to sunset its Microsoft Managed Desktop service next year. The company has quietly updated its support document to indicate that the service will be deprecated on July 31, 2024. Microsoft Managed Desktop (MMD) is a cloud-based device management service that includes Windows 10/11 Enterprise and Microsoft Office apps. It provides a simplified…

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