Aidan Finn

Get an introduction to the syntax of an Azure JSON (JavaScript Object Notation) file, a template that you can use to quickly deploy a repeatable solution in Microsoft Azure.

Aidan explains your options for replacing Azure RemoteApp, which Microsoft plans to terminate in August 2017.

Discover how to use a new mechanism to enable backup of Azure IaaS virtual machines, which reduces the amount of clicking that you will need to do in the Azure Portal.

This guide will show you how to deploy an Azure virtual machine as a domain controller (DC).

I wonder out loud if containers are the future of the cloud, and if other types of infrastructure or platform solutions for running code have a long-term future. Please read what I think and then join the conversation below to let us know your views. How Cloud Is Being Used Now My view of how…

Aidan explains the best practices and support policies for deploying domain controllers (DCs) as virtual machines in Microsoft Azure.

In this post, I will show you how you can prevent delegated administrators from deploying unwanted & expensive large virtual machine sizes, which granting them access to deploy smaller machines. Azure Resource Manager Policy One of the dangers, and understandable fears, about cloud services such as Azure is that IT as a utility makes it…

Microsoft announced that Azure Backup Server (MABS) added support for ESXi 5.5 and 6.0 (with or without vCenter) with the recently released Update 1 for Azure Backup Server. Find out what this means for VMware users.

Aidan Finn introduces you to the new GUI-based tool for deploying Windows Server 2016 (WS2016) Nano Server.

Walk through the troubleshooting steps for when you are unable to log into a Windows virtual machine (VM) in Azure via a remote desktop connection (aka RDP).

Take a look at Microsoft’s newest contribution to the Open Compute Project (OCP), which gives us a peek behind the curtain and suggests what the next generation of Azure hosts will look like.

Microsoft’s cloud backup solution, Azure Backup, has added new protections to defend your data against deliberate attacks. Find out what this means for you.