The latest Linux kernel is now available, and it comes with some important new features. Linux Kernel 6.3 is a minor release and it shouldn’t cause any major problems when you get round to upgrading. But like any change you introduce into your environment, it should be properly tested. So, let’s look at the most...
Last Update: Aug 01, 2022
Aidan details another surprise service announcement from Microsoft Ignite, Azure Front Door, answering what this thing is, and dealing with the fear of “version 1.0”.
Windows 11 is generally available this week on October 5th. But while some have dismissed it as just Windows 10 with a fresh coat of paint, there are changes that Microsoft says lead to improved performance, reliability, and security. In this article, I’m going to look at Windows 11’s new features and how Microsoft’s new…
Aidan breaks down some Azure features that allow you to obtain better disk performance with virtual machines.
Despite Microsoft’s claim that its Edge browser in Windows 10 is faster than Mozilla Firefox and Google Chrome, putting Edge through its paces in several different benchmark tests shows that it is slower in those that simulate real-world usage.
In today’s Ask the Admin, I’ll look at how you can use the Reliability Monitor in Windows 10 to solve problems.
In a recent post on the Google Cloud Platform blog, Google announced the beta availability of their new Cloud TPUs, which were designed to speed up various machine learning processes that use the TensorFlow framework.
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 discusses things you should consider when designing an Azure App Service deployment.
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.