Stefanos Evangelou 
Introduction In today's digital age, effective data archival is crucial for businesses to ensure compliance, data protection, and efficient information management. Microsoft 365 Exchange Online offers a range of data archival options designed to meet diverse organizational needs. In a separate article, I have outlined the out-of-the-box available methods for data protection in Microsoft 365 ... Read more
I have asked OpenAI ChatGPT 4 LLM a prompt about the top 100 practical applications of AI in every day life. Here is what i got in response. This article presents the top 100 practical applications of AI in every day life. Here is a list of Top 100 practical applications of AI in every ... Read more
Setting the ground for Microsoft 365 configuration best practices It is very common for Microsoft 365 customers to request external consultation on how to properly setup a new Microsoft 365 tenant and subscriptions or re-configure their existing subscription(s) according to Microsoft best practices. This article attempts to put together a Microsoft 365 configuration best practices ... Read more
Introduction The purpose of this article is to present Microsoft 365 external sharing design considerations. When designing your Microsoft 365 tenant, you need to consider a number of factors for allowing or prohibiting access to your Microsoft 365 applications and data to a number of internal and external users. This article discusses the following design ... Read more
Introduction to VPN and Zero Trust clients VPN (Virtual Private Network) and Zero Trust are both approaches to network security, but they differ in their underlying principles and methods of securing network connections. VPN (Virtual Private Network) A VPN is a network technology that creates a secure and encrypted connection over a public network, such ... Read more
My technical blog is available at https://stefanos.cloud. This version is the Stefanos cloud blog RELOADED. It introduces a new development phase of this online project and aspires to offer more in-depth and more up-to-date KB articles and design or operations articles about cloud computing and edge computing, fog computing and hybrid cloud technologies. The new ... Read more
Introduction A gateway is a networking resource which handles network traffic while traversing different segments of the same ISO OSI network layer, for example a default gateway is a layer 3 domain (broadcast) gateway for routing purposes. The term gateway can also signify an application layer appliance which handles traffic for specialized application traffic scenarios, ... Read more
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Introduction to discontinued services in Microsoft Azure This article provides a list of discontinued services in Microsoft Azure, as per the Azure service lifecycle. This includes services and features which have been discontinued, retired or deprecated. The below list shall be continuously be updated with latest updates from the Azure side. Many of these services ... Read more
The international phonetic alphabet This is a must for any IT professional, when communicating alphanumerical strings over a voice communication. Details about the phonetic alphabet can be found at https://www.wikiwand.com/en/NATO_phonetic_alphabet. Symbol Code word IPA respelling A Alfa B Bravo C Charlie D Delta ... Read more
