Emails and other communications sent between Microsoft employees are literally making liquid boil inside a steel holding tank packed with computer servers at this datacenter on the eastern bank of the Columbia River. Unlike water, the fluid inside the couch-shaped tank is harmless to electronic equipment and engineered to boil […]
Introduction Windows 11 has all the power and security of Windows 10 with a redesigned and refreshed look. It also comes with new tools, sounds, and apps. Every detail has been considered. All of it comes together to bring you a refreshing experience on your PC. Windows 11 offers new productivity […]
Azure Lighthouse is a free service which allows Cloud Service Providers and Managed Service Providers to offer management and monitoring services to their customers. Azure Lighthouse allows for cross-tenant management and multi-subscription management from a single pane of glass, whether that be the Azure portal, Azure Powershell, Azure CLI or […]
When planning and designing Microsoft 365 based solutions, including Exchange Online, Exchange Online Protection, Sharepoint Online, Teams, Yammer, Compliance, Security and various other supplementary Microsoft 365 services, such as Sway, it is critical to always take into consideration the resource limits of each Microsoft 365 service. Microsoft 365 service resource […]
Every Azure service has a set of physical limitations by design. When planning and designing Microsoft Azure-based solutions, these Azure service physical limits should always be taken into account. More specifically, Azure has a number of subscription and service limits as well as default quotas and constraints. The following Microsoft […]
The Azure Partner Ecosystem The Microsoft Azure Partner Ecosystem of Microsoft Cloud Service Providers (CSP) comprises the following actors: Platform providers (for example Ingram Micro, creating Web-based platforms for managing governance, provisioning and billing of the end-to-end Azure partner sales lifecycle). Indirect Providers (Distributors utilizing the Azure Platform provided by […]
You can extend on-premises deployments of Windows Server to the cloud by using Azure hybrid services. These cloud services provide an array of useful functions, both for extending on-premises into Azure, and for centrally managing from Azure. Using Azure hybrid services within Windows Admin Center, you can: Protect virtual machines […]
What are Azure reservations? Azure Reservations help you save money by committing to one-year or three-year plans for multiple products. Committing allows you to get a discount on the resources you use. Reservations can significantly reduce your resource costs by up to 72% from pay-as-you-go prices. Reservations provide a billing […]
Mixed reality A lot of progress has been made over the past decade on the following interconnected technologies: virtual reality, augmented reality and mixed reality. Mixed reality comes mostly as a combination of virtual reality and augmented reality. The applications of mixed reality cover a broad spectrum of human activities, […]
Citrix has developed the new Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops Deployment and Adoption Resource Center. Inside this self-service destination, IT administrators and internal launch teams will find all the valuable tools and components they need to drive internal alignment and to ensure your employees, stakeholders, and organization are ready for […]
This post is also available in my podcast. Book introduction Windows Failover Clustering (WFC) is one of the oldest technologies utilized by Windows Server for the high availability of systems and services, whether that be traditional on-premise IT infrastructures or hybrid and multi cloud infrastructures in Microsoft Azure. Failover clustering […]
Open licensing The Open licensing scheme provides an one-off purchase of Windows Server licenses and the customer must buy the Software Assurance (SA) maintenance contract separately on additional cost. The SA is optional but if the customer changes their mind in the future and wish to buy SA at a […]
Microsoft Azure Security Tools Besides the Microsoft Security Response Center (MSRC), Microsoft offers a handful of security related tools and APIs which are available via Web-based consoles, Microsoft Graph API and Powershell. By navigating to https://security.microsoft.com/info, you should be able to utilize all available security tools and consoles as described […]
New Windows Server 2022 announcement On March 2nd 2021 Microsoft announced that Windows Server 2022 is in preview, the next release in our Long-Term Servicing Channel (LTSC), which will be generally available later this calendar year. It builds on Windows Server 2019, our fastest adopted Windows Server ever. This release […]
Honeywell Quantum Solutions has achieved another milestone in its quest to develop the highest-performing quantum computers on the market. This week, the System Model H1 quadrupled its performance in terms of quantum volume and became the first commercial quantum computer to measure 512. It marks the third time in nine […]
