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The Easy Ways to Restore Azure VMs From Backup

In this post, Aidan explains the different ways that you can use Azure Backup to restore an Azure virtual machine.

Last Update: Sep 11, 2023

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Disaster Recovery with Azure Backup for SQL Server VMs

Last Update: Sep 11, 2023

Running VMs in the cloud has become a big part of the modernization of IT infrastructure for most businesses. However, even though those VMs that are in the cloud, the backup mechanisms that they use to provide disaster recovery (DR) capabilities are essentially the same as they would use for on-premise VMs. They often use legacy technologies that require a lot of resources and are difficult to scale.

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Azure Bastion Native Client Support – Log Into VMs With the Windows RDP Client

Last Update: Oct 07, 2022

Azure Bastion native client support provides a secure way to log into Windows and Linux virtual machines (VMs) using the Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP) or Secure Shell (SSH). There’s no need to expose the VMs to the Internet, or even to your network. That means you can “air gap” the virtual machines to prevent zero-day…

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Understanding Windows Server 2022 Licensing

Last Update: Jun 26, 2022

Don’t blame yourself if you missed it, because Microsoft quietly released Windows Server 2022 in September of 2021 with very little fanfare or publicity. With the new release, there are always questions about licensing and any changes that Microsoft may have made. So, if you are confused or wondering about Microsoft’s licensing for Windows Server…

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Cloud Computing

Microsoft Adds Ampere ARM CPU Support to Azure Virtual Machines

Microsoft has released a preview version of Arm support on Azure virtual machines (VMs). The company claims that its new Arm-powered Azure VMs should offer up to 50 percent better price-performance compared to similar instances with x86-based processors. “The new Azure Virtual Machines, featuring the Ampere Altra Arm-based processor, further extend our portfolio of compute…

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What’s New with Azure – September 2021

Microsoft recently announced that their Ignite (online only) conference will be running again on November 2-4. That means we are approaching peak season for announcements, new public preview releases, and general availability. “Q3” in announcements and roadmaps will often mean between early September and maybe the third week of October – a code freeze will…

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What’s New with Azure Infrastructure – August 2021 Edition

I think you’ll find that there are quite a few announcements this month. The summer quiet period is over, and we’re into a whole new development/release semester in Microsoft, not to mention the countdown to the usual peak release season for Microsoft Ignite has started – most releases announced at Ignite happen well before Ignite….

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What’s New with Azure – July 2021 Edition

July – a month that many take a vacation in, and it’s the start of the commercial year for Microsoft. That year kicks off with Microsoft Inspire, a conference for the partner community to learn about what Microsoft is launching and how Microsoft wants their partners to sell to customers. Most of the content is…

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What’s New with Azure– June 2021 Edition

July is here and we are halfway through the year. Am I the only one that feels like 2021 is zipping by? I have been working non-stop for the last 6 months preparing for and migrating legacy workloads from a data center to Microsoft Azure and I have barely had time to look up from…

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Everything You Need to Know About Azure Infrastructure – May 2021 Edition

Microsoft’s Build conference was on last week and it gave us lots of AI, Machine Learning, and every other type of “machines doe it better” cloud tech announcements. But there were also a few infrastructure announcements during the month. I’ve become the “Azure networking” person at my job, so it’s no surprise (to me) that…

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