IT Knowledgebase Articles

Aidan Finn explains how you can run Azure App Services in an isolated or virtual network-connected deployment and why, despite the price, it was the right choice for some projects he has been working on.

Is Azure SQL highly available? Spoiler alert… Yes, Azure SQL has automated high availability.

In today’s Ask the Admin, Russell Smith shows you how to log in to Puppet master using Secure Shell, accept the certificate from the Windows Server node, and how to test connectivity between agent and master.

In this Ask the Admin, Russell Smith shows you how to disable Fast Startup, explains what it does, and discusses why you might want to disable it.

This month is all about Redstone 4, always-connected PCs, and changes to the SKU lineup and licensing.

Aidan Finn summarizes everything that was announced or changed in the world of Azure infrastructure.

In today’s Ask the Admin, Russell Smith shows you how to set up Puppet Enterprise Master in Azure and provision Windows Server so that it bootstraps with the Puppet agent installed.

GDPR is coming and Office 365 tenants need to be prepared to deal with topics like data spillage and the right to be forgotten. It’s easy to see how to remove someone’s PII from Exchange mailboxes and SharePoint Online, but you might have a bigger challenge dealing with offline data in PSTs and OneDrive-synchronized folders. More to ponder…

Aidan Finn tells you about a service in Azure called Key Vault, which you can think of as secret storage/handling-as-a-service.

Shane Young has already introduced you to building your first Power BI report and your first PowerApps app. Now, he is going to make sure you know about the coolest idea ever, combining the two.