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How to Deploy Traffic Manager for Azure App Services for Disaster Recovery

Last Update: Sep 04, 2024

Aidan explains how to deploy and configure Azure Traffic Manager to redirect clients from a production Azure App Services plan to a failover plan.

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How To Host a DNS Domain in Azure

Last Update: Sep 04, 2024

Aidan explains why and how you can host an external (Internet) DNS domain in Azure using Azure DNS.

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The Easy Ways to Restore Azure VMs From Backup

Last Update: Sep 04, 2024

In this post, Aidan explains the different ways that you can use Azure Backup to restore an Azure virtual machine.

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How To Convert A Virtual Machine’s Disk Tiers

Last Update: Sep 04, 2024

Aidan shows you how you can switch a virtual machine’s disks between the different tiers, such as from Standard HDD to Premium SSD, or from Premium SSD to Standard SSD.

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How to Enable Windows Sandbox

Last Update: Jun 29, 2025

Learn how to enable Windows Sandbox in Windows 10 to help protect against malicious applications.

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Petri’s Top Posts of 2018

Last Update: Dec 03, 2024

With 2019 starting fresh today, it’s time to take one last look at 2018 for Petri. During the year we relaunched our forums, converted our database, updated site mechanics, and prepared the site for even bigger things in 2019.

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Azure AD Authentication for Azure Files

Last Update: Sep 04, 2024

Aidan explains what this new permissions feature for Azure Files shares, powered by Azure AD Domain Services, offers, supports, and does not support.

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Are IT Certifications Worth It?

Last Update: Sep 04, 2024

Russell Smith looks at whether certifications are worth having and how they can help your IT career.

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IT Governance with Azure Policy

Last Update: Sep 04, 2024

Learn how to control the properties users can select when provisioning resources in the Azure cloud.

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Edge (Chromium) for the Enterprise

Last Update: Sep 04, 2024

Russell Smith takes a preliminary look at whether Microsoft’s shift to using Chromium in its Edge browser will affect enterprise adoption.

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