Stefanos Evangelou 
Azure service directory overview All Microsoft Azure service categories are browsable from the following URL: https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/services/. You can also explore all features and technical details of all available Azure services at: https://portal.azure.com/#allservices. Microsoft Azure organizes available services under the following general categories: All Azure service documentation is available at Microsoft Docs at: Outside of the ... Read more
Migrating .NET apps and SQL databases to Azure When planning a migration of .NET apps with associated SQL databases to Azure, you generally have two options: It is important to take the time to carry out proper planning and actively engage with the software development and systems engineering teams from the very beginning, in order ... Read more
Introduction This post is part of a series of Stefanos Cloud blog posts covering Azure App Service design considerations. Part 1: In this first part of Azure App Service design considerations (https://stefanos.cloud/azure-app-service-design-considerations-part-1/) we cover all the initial design considerations for Azure App Service PaaS. Also refer to the following freely downloadable .pdf document which includes ... Read more
Azure database for MySQL zone and region disaster recovery The Azure database for MySQL instance can be scaled up and down depending on your organization requirements without downtime, as described at: . This article describes all possible failure events (except for region-level failure), which are automatically managed by the Azure database for MySQL service, without ... Read more
Introduction As discussed in a previous blog post regarding Azure load balancing service options, Azure Front Door (AFD) is one of the many available load balancing options in Azure, the alternative options being the following: Azure Front Door allows for a truly global service which includes Web Application Firewall (WAF), Content Delivery Network (CDN) and ... Read more
Introduction This article provides a high-level description of Azure App Service zone and region disaster recovery options. When running a single instance of an Azure App Service, you are at risk of downtime if your service goes down for any reason. You need at least two instances of the Azure App service to be covered ... Read more
Introduction This article provides a high-level overview of services for hosting SQL Server workloads in the Azure Cloud. Microsoft Azure offers a handful of cloud services for hosting your SQL as well as NoSQL databases and in-memory databases. The supported SQL databases are SQL Server, Oracle database, MySQL, PostGreSQL and MariaDB. Hosting SQL databses in ... Read more
Introduction This article describes at high-level the Google Cloud Platform federation options in Azure Active Directory. You may come across an implementation scenario in which you will need to utilize the customer's Google Cloud Platform (GCP) directory as an Identity Provider when consuming Azure services. This contradicts to the default case in which Azure AD ... Read more
Microsoft Azure free training resources This article provides a compilation of Microsoft Azure free training resources: A few more important notes to keep in mind around free Azure training and resources:
This article provides a high-level analysis of the Microsoft 365 troubleshooting tools. When providing technical support to your end users in a Microsoft 365 infrastructure, it is good to have in mind the following list of useful Microsoft 365 troubleshooting tools:
