Azure

In this “how to” post, Aidan Finn shows you how to use Azure Automation to scale up (increase) or scale down (decrease) the size of an Azure virtual machine.

Learn about Azure’s different options to protect your business-critical data to avoid your next possible outage.

See how SQL Server Stretch Databases can extend your data to the hybrid cloud and it is easy to configure too.

Aidan Finn explains why using FTP isn’t the best way to get your code into an Azure web app and how you can integrate your code management solution into Azure web apps for direct delivery without using FTP.

Aidan Finn discusses Microsoft’s launch of a new version of the F-Series virtual machines aimed at providing Xeon performance for application servers in Azure.

Aidan Finn shows you how you can upload your web content to an Azure web app using FTP.

Microsoft is pushing out a new service into preview that will finally bring location-based services to the cloud platform.

Aidan Finn shares what he thinks about the recent reaction by VMware to Microsoft’s news that they would be enabling customers to run VMware in Azure data centers.

VMware is upset with Microsoft over its new Azure service and will not provide support for the platform.

Aidan Finn explains the role of web app deployment slots in Azure and how to use them.