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Aidan Finn
Petri ContributorAidan 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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Budgeting Struggles with Cloud Computing
- Jul 28, 2015
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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.
Why Does Hyper-V Have Network Issues with 1 GbE NICs?
- Jul 24, 2015
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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.
Microsoft’s Project Venus: Extending Azure Backup Features
- Jul 20, 2015
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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.
Bye Windows Server 2003, In Remembrance
- Jul 15, 2015
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Aidan Finn looks back on his experience when he first deployed Windows Server 2003 and considers what might have happened in the future.
WPC 2015: 5 Announcements IT Pros Should Care About
- Jul 13, 2015
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Aidan Finn lists five announcements emerging from Microsoft’s 2015 Worldwide Partner Conference that IT pros should care about.
Microsoft Launches New Microsoft Azure VM Pricing Tool
- Jun 24, 2015
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Learn about Microsoft’s new tool for pricing Azure virtual machines and common issues that are associated with pricing VMs.
Does Azure Backup Work?
- Jun 23, 2015
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Aidan Finn shares his experience on how he almost lost his production machine data and reviews whether Azure Backup for Virtual Machine works in the event of data loss.
Enable Distributed BranchCache on a Microsoft Azure File Server
- Jun 22, 2015
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Aidan Finn shows us how to enable distributed BranchCache on a Microsoft Azure file server.
Improving Microsoft Azure File Server Performance with BranchCache
- Jun 19, 2015
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Learn how you can improve file server performance in Azure without adding any additional hardware or virtual machines by using Windows BranchCache.
Create Azure Active Directory Users Using PowerShell
- Jun 18, 2015
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Aidan Finn shows you what you need to know about creating new user accounts in Azure Active Directory and how to give them administrator rights.