Michael Otey

The AWS re:Invent 2022 conference is the main AWS technical conference that’s put on by Amazon this year. Unlike most recent tech conferences which have been virtual, this year’s AWS re:Invent 2022 will be an in-person event in Las Vegas from November 28 to December 2. Attended by approximately 50,000 to 60,000 IT professionals, AWS…

VB.NET is a Windows-only technology. So, moving these applications to other platforms can be difficult. But Amazon has come to the rescue with its new AWS Porting Assistant. Over the years a lot of businesses have developed all sorts of applications in VB.NET. And today, many of them are looking for ways to modernize these…

SQL Server is Microsoft’s premier enterprise database platform. But in today’s world of rapid-fire releases and continuous updates, the new SQL Server 2022 release seems like it has been a long time in coming. But it includes some great new features. SQL Server 2019 was the last major release of SQL Server. With every release,…

Depending on what part of the country you’re in, coping with power outages and having backup power may or may not play a big part in your disaster recovery plans. While it’s often overlooked, power is the one thing that all computing activities require, whether it is desktops, datacenters, or cloud computing. Backup power supplies…

This past July 6, 2022, Amazon announced the release of two new technologies that enable the streamlined deployment of .NET applications on Amazon Web Services. The new AWS Toolkit for Visual Studio as well as the new AWS Deploy Tool for the .NET CLI enable you to get your .NET application up and running in…

At its past re:MARS conference last week, Amazon announced that Amazon CodeWhisperer is now available in preview. Amazon CodeWhisperer is a code development tool that uses machine learning (ML) and artificial intelligence (AI) to help developers write better code and reduce routine and repetitive work. Thinking back to my early developer days, I remember how…

First introduced back in November 2021 at AWS re:Invent, Amazon announced the general availability of AWS Mainframe Modernization this past June 8th 2022. The new service enables you to migrate and modernize your on-premises mainframe workloads to a managed runtime environment on the Amazon Web Services cloud. It seems incredible to believe, but the venerable…

Amazon announced a couple of weeks ago that AWS DataSync now supports moving data between AWS, Google Cloud, and Microsoft Azure. This release expands the number of supported storage locations from 10 to 12, which is significant as it now includes two of the major cloud providers. For those unfamiliar, AWS DataSync is Amazon’s enterprise-grade…

Windows 10 offers many ways for you to reset a forgotten password. However, the steps you’re required to follow to reset your password are different depending on whether you’re using a local account or a Microsoft account. Whether you’re using one or the other, here’s how to reset your password in a few easy steps….

Security ranks pretty high on everyone’s lists nowadays and that’s definitely true for Amazon Web Services as well. Earlier this month, Amazon announced that Amazon EC2 instances now support both NitroTPM and UEFI Secure Boot. The announcement was originally made back in December during Amazon’s re:Invent 2021 event, where the company detailed new innovations coming…

AWS Snowball customers can now manage their connected Snowball Edge devices remotely. IT Pros can now operate these devices from AWS OpsHub or the AWS Command Line Interface (CLI), even when these devices are geographically dispersed. The AWS Snow Family is designed for business customers that need computing power and storage in non-data center environments where…

While there are some limitations, there’s a lot that you can do to make the Windows 11 Start menu and taskbar more like Windows 10, but you can also personalize them in other ways. Let’s take a closer look at some of the ways you can configure the Windows 11 Start menu and taskbar to…