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Keys to Ensuring Availability in a Hybrid Cloud Environment

Last Update: Sep 04, 2024

Ensuring the availability of hybrid cloud resources has different challenges than implementing on-premises HADR implementations. Check out the primary factors you should consider when you are modernizing your hybrid cloud availability environment.

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Visual Studio 2017 Is Not Supported on All Versions of Windows 10

Last Update: Sep 04, 2024

If you are planning on installing Visual Studio 2017 on Windows 10, it’s important to know which versions are supported and which are not.

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Visual Studio 2017, Now Available for Download

Last Update: Sep 04, 2024

The latest version of Microsoft’s development platform is now available to download.

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How Can I Encrypt Generation 1 Hyper-V VMs?

Last Update: Sep 04, 2024

Aidan Finn walks you through how to use a new feature in Windows Server 2016 Hyper-V called Key Storage Drive, which gives you the ability to encrypt your virtual machines’ disks.

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How to Avoid an AWS-Style Outage in Azure

Last Update: Sep 04, 2024

Amazon’s cloud service, AWS, recently had a major outage that affected almost an entire region. With that outage fresh in our memories, I thought I’d write a post on how to prevent services outages in Azure.

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What Are Azure Managed Disks?

Last Update: Sep 04, 2024

Learn about how new Managed Disks in Azure make storage management easier.

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Diversify Your Cloud

Last Update: Sep 04, 2024

Outages are inevitable and while the ‘cloud’ offers many advantages, it is vulnerable to the same issues as on-premises environments.

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Paul Thurrott’s Short Takes: March 3

Last Update: Sep 04, 2024

Because Windows phone is still dead, this edition of Short Takes examines Microsoft’s charitable contributions, a new LinkedIn strategy, security issues, and much more. Good night, and have a pleasant tomorrow.

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IBM Patents Email Autoreply and Then Backs Down

Last Update: Jul 29, 2025

The U.S. patent office granted IBM a patent in January that seems to cover email auto-reply. The only problem is that auto-replies existed a long time before IBM claimed to have invented them. But it’s all good now.

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Deploy Hyper-V Management from Azure

Last Update: Sep 04, 2024

Find out how to deploy the Azure Server Management Tools solution so that you can manage your on-premises Windows Server 2016 (WS2016) Hyper-V hosts securely from anywhere, and from pre-Windows 10 PCs, Macs, and non-Windows tablets.

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FastTrack Network Analysis for Office 365

Last Update: Nov 19, 2024

FastTrack Network Analysis is a tool provided by Microsoft FastTrack Team that allows tenant administrators to perform a deep analysis of network connectivity to identify any gaps or challenges that could arise when connecting to Office 365 services.

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Office 365 License Management Made Easy with Azure AD Groups

Last Update: Nov 19, 2024

Microsoft has introduced a new feature into public preview to allow Office 365 tenants to manage license allocations to users via membership of security or Office 365 Groups. It is not a full-blown license management system by any means, but it will help small to medium companies get more from their Office 365 licenses.

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