Azure

In today’s Ask the Admin, Russell Smith shows you how to set up Puppet Enterprise Master in Azure and provision Windows Server so that it bootstraps with the Puppet agent installed.

Aidan Finn tells you about a service in Azure called Key Vault, which you can think of as secret storage/handling-as-a-service.

Aidan Finn discusses Azure DevTest Labs, a way to provide self-service for developers and testers with helpful automation but budge control for the business.

See how the cloud can enhance your backup and DR capabilities and make sure that you are prepared for the next interruption to your environment.

There are five things every business should know about the hybrid cloud before you move to maximize your efforts.

Aidan Finn explains how Azure automatically protects any databases you create with the Azure SQL service.

In this Ask the Admin, Russell Smith looks at how the solution works and why you should use it when it reaches general availability.

Aidan Finn shares the results of some stress tests that were run on the Azure virtual machines with and without the Accelerated Networking feature enabled.

Aidan Finn describes a preview feature of Network Security Groups, called Application Security Groups, which allows you dynamically assign firewall policies to groups of Azure virtual machines.

Aidan Finn discusses things you should consider when designing an Azure App Service deployment.