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
It was another busy month for Azure, here’s a wrap-up of what you need to know for January.

Last Update: Jun 04, 2025
Aidan explains what the three types of rules that are in the Azure Firewall, what they do, and how they are different from each other.

Last Update: Sep 04, 2024
Microsoft has finally made Windows Server 2019 (WS2019) generally available for IaaS virtual machines on their public cloud, Microsoft Azure.

Last Update: Sep 04, 2024
Aidan shows you how to host a static website on an Azure storage account – a great way to host websites with a small budget.

Last Update: Sep 04, 2024
Aidan explains how to deploy and configure Azure Traffic Manager to redirect clients from a production Azure App Services plan to a failover plan.

Last Update: Sep 04, 2024
Aidan explains why and how you can host an external (Internet) DNS domain in Azure using Azure DNS.

Last Update: Sep 04, 2024
In this post, Aidan explains the different ways that you can use Azure Backup to restore an Azure virtual machine.

Last Update: Sep 04, 2024
Aidan shows you how you can switch a virtual machine’s disks between the different tiers, such as from Standard HDD to Premium SSD, or from Premium SSD to Standard SSD.

Last Update: Sep 04, 2024
We’re closing in on the end of 2018, so let’s see what goodies Microsoft is leaving with us in Azure Infrastructure this month.

Last Update: Sep 04, 2024
Aidan explains what this new permissions feature for Azure Files shares, powered by Azure AD Domain Services, offers, supports, and does not support.

Last Update: Apr 01, 2025
Aidan breaks down what you need to know before choosing an Azure virtual machine.

Last Update: Sep 04, 2024
In this post, I will explain how you can implement disaster recovery failover for an application that has been built on Azure’s App Services and Azure SQL. Business Continuity One of the great things about Azure is how easy it can be to solve some of the old business & technology challenges, especially if you…