Archive for the ‘Cloud’ Category
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.
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September 5, 2017
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Tags: Azure, Microsoft, Rahul Desai, SQL Server · Posted in: Azure, Cloud, SQL Server, Tools, Tips & Utilities
Azure TCO Calculator | Microsoft
Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) Calculator Preview
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August 9, 2017
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Tags: Azure, Cloud, Microsoft, Rahul Desai · Posted in: Azure, Cloud, Microsoft, Tools, Tips & Utilities
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.
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August 2, 2017
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Tags: Azure, Cloud, Dynamics 365, Microsoft, Microsoft 365, Office 365, Rahul Desai · Posted in: Azure, Cloud, Digital Services, Dynamics 365, Microsoft 365, Office 365, Tools, Tips & Utilities
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.
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August 1, 2017
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Tags: Architecture Strategy, Azure, Cloud, Microsoft, Rahul Desai, SharePoint · Posted in: Architecture, Azure, Cloud, SharePoint
Introducing Microsoft 365
The workplace is transforming—from changing employee expectations, to more diverse and globally distributed teams, to an increasingly complex threat landscape. From these trends, we are seeing a new culture of work emerging. Our customers are telling us they are looking to empower their people with innovative technology to embrace this modern culture of work.
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July 11, 2017
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Tags: Microsoft, Microsoft 365, Rahul Desai · Posted in: Cloud, Microsoft, Microsoft 365
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.
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July 5, 2017
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Tags: Azure, Cloud, Microsoft, Rahul Desai · Posted in: Azure, Cloud, Microsoft
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 licenses, administrators use one of the management portals (Office or Azure) and PowerShell cmdlets. Azure Active Directory (Azure AD) is the underlying infrastructure that supports identity management for all Microsoft cloud services. Azure AD stores information about license assignment states for users.+
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April 28, 2017
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Tags: Azure, Cloud, Microsoft, Office 365, Rahul Desai · Posted in: Azure, Cloud, Dynamics 365, Microsoft, Office 365, Tools, Tips & Utilities
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
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Tags: Azure, Cloud, Microsoft, Rahul Desai · Posted in: Azure, Cloud, Microsoft
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 Services provides.
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March 14, 2017
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Tags: Microsoft, Rahul Desai, TFS · Posted in: Azure, Cloud, Microsoft, Team Foundation Server, Tools, Tips & Utilities, Training
Accelerate business success with Microsoft FastTrack for Dynamics 365
Originally offered as a one-time onboarding benefit for Office 365 customers, Microsoft FastTrack has rapidly evolved over the past 18 months to become the customer success service that helps businesses onboard and drive adoption of Microsoft Cloud.
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January 23, 2017
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Tags: Dynamics 365, Microsoft, Rahul Desai · Posted in: Cloud, Dynamics 365, Microsoft, Tools, Tips & Utilities