There is no question that many are looking at virtualization alternatives in 2024 and beyond, with the major shakeups happening across the industry in general. With the recent Broadcom changes, many organizations are looking at alternative hypervisors to VMware vSphere. Many hypervisors based on Kernel [...]
Virtual networking is at the core of what makes virtualizing server resources possible. There have been so many exciting developments in the world of networking which is possible through virtualizing and abstracting networking resources from the underlying hardware. Microsoft Windows Server Hyper-V has made many [...]
Azure blob storage is a robust solution that many organizations use for storing data in the hybrid data center. It provides many advantages over traditional infrastructure. However, let's look at one of the core components of Azure Blob storage, the blob storage container. We will [...]
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Many storage options are available in the Azure storage account for storing files and other data. Creating an Azure file share in Azure storage is a great way to have a file share that is accessible and hosted in the cloud. Let's take a look [...]
Quick Bites: The blog discusses the importance of updating and patching Windows Hyper-V hosts and clusters for stability and security It highlights tools like Windows Server Update Services (WSUS), Cluster Aware Updating (CAU), and PowerShell for managing updates effectively Administrators can control update timing, test [...]
Quick Bites: Guest clustering in Hyper-V enables the creation of highly available environments for critical applications by allowing virtual machines to form clusters This blog outlines the steps to create a Hyper-V guest cluster, covering the setup of host virtual machines, configuration of shared storage [...]
One of the skills and technical proficiencies of Azure administrators is managing storage. Azure storage can be managed by a number of ways, including from the Azure portal. However, there are a couple of tools that can be used to manage Azure Storage - Azure [...]
Encryption is one of the basic security mechanisms that can help protect your data from falling into the wrong hands. The Azure storage service offers built-in encryption as part of your Azure storage account. Let's take a look at this AZ-104 configure storage account encryption [...]
When managing Microsoft Entra ID, performing bulk updates allows admins to carry out tasks across many objects much more quickly than updating these one by one. Note that Microsoft has recently gone through a rebranding of Azure Active Directory to Microsoft Entra ID. As part [...]
