Azure provides a suite of fully managed load-balancing solutions for your scenarios. Combine this article with my separate articles on Azure migration and Azure App Service design considerations. Azure Front Door Azure Front Door (AFD) works at Layer 7 (HTTP/HTTPS layer) using anycast protocol with split TCP and Microsoft's global network to improve global connectivity. ... Read more
Internet real-time maps The COVID-19 pandemic has changed the way the world lives, works, and connects. TeleGeography is curating news and providing analysis on the impact this is having on global networks. Telegeography has put up a blog with live information collected from hundreds of network operators, datacenter operators and ISPs around the globe which ... Read more
It is a fact that modern workplaces are increasingly coming up with unprecedented challenges for both employers as well as freelancers and employees. New working models are being established, remote working and hybrid working are gaining momentum at a fast pace and globalization of team working is also a common phenomenon. With the advent of ... Read more
Introduction When designing a new file server in a Windows Server environment, you need to take into account a series of design factors in order to properly finalize your implementation. This article provides Windows file server design considerations. Design factors There are a lot of Windows file server design considerations. The following general design factors ... Read more
This post discusses Cloud migration options for software applications. The post is also available in my podcast. You should combine the review of this article with the following related articles: Introduction It is a common theme in various Cloud migration projects to migrate a number of on-premise apps to a public or hybrid cloud infrastructure. ... Read more
Introduction The TCP Optimizer is a free, easy Windows program that provides an intuitive interface for tuning and optimizing your Internet connection. There is no installation required, just download and run as administrator. When optimizing your Windows network connections with TCP Optimizer, take into account my other KB article on how to troubleshoot your Internet ... Read more
This post discusses status pages for cloud service providers. The post is also available in my podcast. Introduction to status pages It is a best practice for every cloud service provider (and more generally any company offering cloud services to end-users, such as an independent cloud software vendor) to operate a Web application called status ... Read more
This post is also available in my podcast. The article discusses Office client compatibility with Microsoft 365. As per Microsoft, starting on October 13, 2020, only these versions of Office will be supported for connecting to Office 365 (and Microsoft 365) services: Microsoft states that they won’t take any active measures to block other versions ... Read more
This post is also available in my podcast. This blog post discusses Windows User Profiles and Folder Redirection options. It is recommended to also review my separate article on Windows File server design considerations. Introduction There are various technologies available in Windows client and server operating systems for managing user profiles and folder redirection in ... Read more
This post discusses recommended services for on-prem virtualization infrastructures. The post is also available in my podcast. When deploying an on-premises virtualization infrastructure (which could also be thought of as a private cloud with the sole customer being the enterprise/organization itself) there are services and server roles which should be considered in order to achieve ... Read more
