Archive for the ‘Azure’ Category

AWS to Azure Services Comparison

Great comparison of services at a high level, excerpts from the article as below: Azure and AWS for multicloud solutions As the leading public cloud platforms, Azure and AWS each offer businesses a broad and deep set of capabilities with global coverage. Yet many organizations choose to use both platforms together for greater choice and […]

October 25, 2017 · Rahul Desai · No Comments
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Azure AD authentication extensions for Azure SQL DB and SQL DW tools

  With the latest SQL server tools release we extended the Azure AD authentication support for SQL DB and DW tools for token-based authentication (Universal authentication) with MFA support.   Azure AD authentication extensions for Azure SQL DB and SQL DW tools

September 5, 2017 · Rahul Desai · No Comments
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Azure TCO Calculator | Microsoft

  Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) Calculator Preview Azure TCO Calculator | Microsoft

August 9, 2017 · Rahul Desai · No Comments
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Security, Privacy and Compliance information for Microsoft Cloud Services

  Third party independent audit and GRC assessment reports for Microsoft cloud services. Stay up to date on how Microsoft cloud services comply with global standards that matter to your organization. Service Trust Preview –

August 2, 2017 · Rahul Desai · No Comments
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Run a high availability SharePoint Server 2016 farm in Azure

  This reference architecture shows a set of proven practices for setting up a high availability SharePoint Server 2016 farm on Azure, using MinRole topology and SQL Server Always On availability groups. The SharePoint farm is deployed in a secured virtual network with no Internet-facing endpoint or presence. Deploy this solution. Run a high availability […]

August 1, 2017 · Rahul Desai · No Comments
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Magic Quadrant for Cloud Infrastructure as a Service- Gartner Reprint

The market for cloud IaaS is dominated by two leading service providers. Other service providers have responded by launching new offerings, but customers must carefully manage the risks of adopting less-mature offerings. More at the link: Gartner Reprint

July 5, 2017 · Rahul Desai · No Comments
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What is group-based licensing in Azure Active Directory?

The azure AD team has announced a service offering to dynamically license users based off group membership, excerpts from the post: Microsoft cloud services, such as Office 365, Enterprise Mobility + Security, Dynamics CRM, and other similar products, require licenses. These licenses are assigned to each user who needs access to these services. To manage […]

April 28, 2017 · Rahul Desai · No Comments
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Azure Reference Architectures | Microsoft Docs

The official channel for Architectural guidance, Patterns and proven practices for building solutions on Microsoft Azure Platform…. Azure Reference Architectures | Microsoft Docs

April 24, 2017 · Rahul Desai · No Comments
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Microsoft ALM VM | Microsoft Visual Studio ALM Virtual Machine

  The Microsoft Visual Studio ALM Virtual Machine is a virtual machine pre-installed with Visual Studio & Team Foundation server along with other supporting software coming pre-configured with sample projects, users, data and a set of hands-on-labs/demo scripts to get started with all the ALM Capabilities that Microsoft Visual Studio Team Foundation Server/Visual Studio Team […]

March 14, 2017 · Rahul Desai · No Comments
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Use Azure ExpressRoute to get a dedicated, private connection to Microsoft Dynamics 365 for Operations

  Use Azure ExpressRoute to get a dedicated, private connection to Microsoft Dynamics 365 for Operations – Microsoft Dynamics AX Community https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/expressroute/expressroute-introduction

November 22, 2016 · Rahul Desai · No Comments
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