Introduction to quality assurance Quality assurance (QA) is an umbrella term which encompasses all application software and infrastructure quality tests which are performed to verify software application and infrastructure functional and non-functional attributes, including performance, scalability, availability and security. Azure infrastructure and application testing is a major part of quality assurance. This article includes a ... Read more
Top 10 sites with Azure news and updates This article contains a quick compilation of the top 10 sites I have found to be extremely useful and informational about all things Azure. I am using an RSS/Atom feed reader to have a single pane view of the content provided by these sites. In a highly ... Read more
This article provides an overview of all Microsoft Cloud fundamentals certification exams. For more detailed information, refer to the Microsoft documentation and Microsoft Learn links provided in this article as well as review the Cloud Computing School Youtube channel free videos. Microsoft provides free guidance on how to prepare for any certification exam, worthwhile reviewing ... Read more
Notable cloud magazines and newsletters I have compiled a collection of notable cloud magazines and newsletters which I would like to share with everyone on this blog. My main topics of interest are the following: Reading a magazine or newsletter on the above topics can be a supplementary means of information to existing highly informative ... Read more
Introduction One of the most common facts in IT organizations worldwide is the lack of cloud skills of both IT administrators and end users. An increasing number of enterprises are starting to realize the importance of investing in Cloud Computing skills training for their employees. Besides the available third party training solutions and educational organizations, ... Read more
I am happy to announce that the Stefanos Cloud Podcast has been released and will be updated with new content on a weekly basis. The Stefanos Cloud podcast utilizes AI-driven Natural Language Processing (NLP) and ports the existing Hybrid Clouds Blog posts into audible posts. The following topics are covered: The Stefanos Cloud Podcast is ... Read more
Introduction to Microsoft TCO calculator When planning your on-premise to Azure migration there are a lot of technical and business factors which need to be taken into account. First off, you need to assess your existing on-premises infrastructure and make decisions as to whether or not to migrate everything to Azure or keep a hybrid ... Read more
Introduction There is an increasing number of customers around the globe in need of migrating to the Cloud. Implementing a migration project can be challenging and planning/designing the proper migration approach is of paramount importance. Microsoft can offer free solution assessment consulting services to its partner organizations implementing a migration project. This article provides an ... Read more
Azure pre-migration assessment tools When designing a migration to a new Azure infrastructure (either green field project or a migration from an existing infrastructure) it is of paramount importance to plan ahead and be proactive. Planning is always almost the 60-70% percent of the work and deployment/execution is the remaining 30-40%. A solid high level ... Read more
Overview Some of TLS protocols (TLS 1.0 and TLS 1.1) as well as ciphers suites (3DES - TLS_RSA_WITH_3DES_EDE_CBC_SHA) are gradually being deprecated from all software systems (client and server). This undoubtably affects Azure services as well. If there is a mismatch in the TLS configuration among the components of your Azure solution, you may encounter ... Read more
