Aidan Finn, Microsoft Most Valuable Professional (MVP), has been working in IT since 1996. He has worked as a consultant and administrator for the likes of Innofactor Norway, Amdahl DMR, Fujitsu, Barclays and Hypo Real Estate Bank International where he dealt with large and complex IT infrastructures and MicroWarehouse Ltd. where he worked with Microsoft partners in the small/medium business space.

Last Update: Sep 04, 2024
Aidan Finn outlines the different ways businesses can use Microsoft Azure Backup.

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Aidan Finn provides his take on why Microsoft’s is releasing its SQL Server platform to the open source Linux platform.

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Aidan Finn gives his thoughts on why backup is so hard and difficult for IT professionals.

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As an IT pro facing the mammoth size and immense possibilities of Azure, trying to figure out what you should start doing in the cloud is… a challenge.

Last Update: Sep 04, 2024
In this introductory article, Aidan Finn explains what Microsoft Azure is and isn’t, along with key features of the service.

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See how performance improves when you add additional data disks based on Premium Storage to an Azure virtual machine.

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Learn what’s new in Azure AD Connect 1.1, plus reasons why you should upgrade to the latest version.

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Aidan Finn performs several different tests to determine performance of aggregating standard data disks in Microsoft Azure.

Last Update: Nov 19, 2024
Aidan Finn plays with the biggest virtual machine in Microsoft Azure, the GS5, and explains the cost and performance implications for using it.

Last Update: Sep 04, 2024
Aidan Finn explains how Microsoft is simplifying Azure Site Recovery for vSphere, which should make Microsoft’s DR site in the cloud much more attractive.

Last Update: Sep 04, 2024
Microsoft has announced the first public preview of Microsoft Azure Stack. Learn about this new service and whether it’s right for you.

Last Update: Nov 19, 2024
Aidan Finn tests whether it’s possible to achieve 50,000 IOPS with a Microsoft Azure VM.