New Windows Server 2022 announcement On March 2nd 2021 Microsoft announced that Windows Server 2022 is in preview, the next release in our Long-Term Servicing Channel (LTSC), which will be generally available later this calendar year. It builds on Windows Server 2019, our fastest adopted Windows Server ever. This release includes advanced multi-layer security, hybrid … Read more
Azure provides a suite of fully managed load-balancing solutions for your scenarios. 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. Based on your routing method you can ensure that Front Door will route your client requests … Read more
The Microsoft Pluton processor Microsoft very recently officially announced the new Microsoft Pluton Processor in Microsoft security blog. Pluton is a Microsoft-designed security subsystem that implements a hardware-based root of trust for various Microsoft services. It includes a security processor core, cryptographic engines, a hardware random number generator, public/private key generation, asymmetric and symmetric encryption, … Read more
Introduction The current post attempts to present an overview of the Azure AI and Machine Learning services, as of late October 2020. Given the dynamic nature of public clouds, this list will most likely change soon in the near future but nevertheless acts as a general point of reference when discussing Azure AI and machine … Read more
Summary The implementation of Microsoft’s investment in Greece, amounting to 400 million euros, for a Data Center node in Attica, with the added value reaching 1 billion euros, was announced today by Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis, Microsoft President Brad Smith and Microsoft’s CEO for Greece, Cyprus and Malta, Theodosis Michalopoulos. Microsoft is going to create … Read more
What is Azure Lighthouse? Azure Lighthouse enables cross- and multi-tenant management, allowing for higher automation, scalability, and enhanced governance across resources and tenants. With Azure Lighthouse, service providers can deliver managed services using comprehensive and robust management tooling built into the Azure platform. This offering can also benefit enterprise IT organizations managing resources across multiple … Read more
Power states Azure VM (virtual machines) have various power states available which are related to each VM’s lifecycle. The Azure VM power states are the following: Starting: The VM is being started. Running: The VM is running. Stopping: The VM is being stopped. Stopped: The VM is stopped. Note that VMs in the stopped state … Read more
Microsoft Visio is one of the leading software packages for data center diagram design. A Visio stencil is a collection of masters associated with a particular Microsoft Visio drawing type, or template. By default, stencils that open with a template are docked on the left side of the drawing window. You can open stencil (.vss) … Read more
About modern authentication Modern Authentication is a method of identity management that offers more secure user authentication and authorization. It’s available for Office 365 hybrid deployments of Skype for Business server on-premises and Exchange server on-premises, as well as, split-domain Skype for Business hybrids. Modern authentication is an umbrella term for a combination of authentication … Read more
On April 21, 2018, all communities will come together once again in the sixth great Global Azure Bootcamp event! Each user group will organize their own one day deep dive class on Azure the way they see fit and how it works for their members. The result is that thousands of people get to learn about … Read more
