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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.

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Microsoft Surface Turns a Corner

Last Update: Nov 19, 2024

Aidan Finn shares his thoughts on how Microsoft turned its Surface business from a billion dollar lost into a multi-billion dollar business.

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Use Azure as Virtual DR Site for VMware and Physical Servers

Last Update: Sep 04, 2024

Learn more about Microsoft Azure’s in-the-cloud disaster recovery (DRaaS) solution for VMware virtual machines and physical servers.

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Azure Backup of IaaS VMs Generally Available

Last Update: Sep 04, 2024

Microsoft has made Azure Backup for IaaS virtual machines generally available. Learn about the improvements made to this vital service with this release.

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Microsoft heads back to court on September 9th

Last Update: Sep 04, 2024

September 9th is the day when Microsoft goes to the 2nd Circuit Court of Appeals to argue that non-Microsoft data residing in Microsoft datacenter in a non-US jurisdiction should not be subject to US warrants.

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Hyper-V Dynamic Memory Versus Virtual NUMA

Last Update: Sep 04, 2024

Aidan Finn describes how Dynamic Memory and guest-aware NUMA offer different benefits and are mutually exclusive.

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A Look at Microsoft’s New Hybrid Cloud Features

Last Update: Sep 04, 2024

Learn about Microsoft’s recent enhancements made to on-premises and in-cloud monitoring, online backup, and backing up VMware virtual machines.

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Azure Virtual Machines SLA: A Primer

Last Update: Sep 04, 2024

Aidan Finn explains how you can deploy virtual machines to meet the system requirements for Microsoft’s 99.95% SLA on Azure VMs.

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Windows 10’s Continuum Killed the Personal Computer

Last Update: Sep 04, 2024

The dream is no longer a PC in every home. Aidan Finn believes that Windows 10 Continuum has the potential to kill off the PC as we know it.

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Budgeting Struggles with Cloud Computing

Last Update: Nov 19, 2024

Cloud computing doesn’t always mean cheap. Learn about the challenges around planning IT budgets for cloud computing in this informative post by Aidan Finn.

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Why Does Hyper-V Have Network Issues with 1 GbE NICs?

Last Update: Nov 19, 2024

A common cause of network-related crashes and performance issues on Hyper-V is VMQ. Find out why you should disable VMQ on all of your 1 GbE NICs.

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Microsoft’s Project Venus: Extending Azure Backup Features

Last Update: Sep 04, 2024

Aidan Finn gives us a look at Microsoft’s new Project Venus, which is a multi-step project that will quickly add desired features to Azure Backup.

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Bye Windows Server 2003, In Remembrance

Last Update: Jun 27, 2025

Aidan Finn looks back on his experience when he first deployed Windows Server 2003 and considers what might have happened in the future.

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