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Deploying Windows Server 2016 Containers Using Azure and Docker

Last Update: Sep 04, 2024

Learn how to get started quickly with Windows Containers and Docker with a little bit of help from Microsoft Azure.

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What You Need to Know About Data Replication

Last Update: Sep 04, 2024

Although the basics of replication are fairly straightforward, there are several factors that can influence the efficiency and effectiveness of the replication process.

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Leveraging OneNote: Using Tables in Your Notes

Last Update: Sep 04, 2024

OneNote has some very robust tools for creating, editing, and manipulating tables as well as organizing notes.

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Converting Azure VM Disks to Managed Disks

Last Update: Sep 04, 2024

I will show you how to convert a virtual machine, not in an availability set, but with virtual hard disks in a storage account to a virtual machine using Managed Disks.

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Office 365 Adoption Content Pack for Power BI Coming Soon

Last Update: Nov 19, 2024

After an extensive trial, Microsoft is preparing to release the Office 365 Adoption Content Pack to all enterprise tenants. Gaining insight into how people use the Office 365 applications will help tenants maximize their investment in the cloud. However, the content pack is not a silver bullet and won’t make your organization any more effective than it is today.

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Microsoft Shares Interesting Secure Azure Network Design

Last Update: Nov 19, 2024

Microsoft recently shared a detailed design for a secure network deployment in Azure, based on the United Kingdom’s cloud security principles. The focus of Microsoft’s article was on the UK, but we can use this design as a basis for other deployments.

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Azure Autoscaling with VMSS and Managed Disks, Part 2: Deployment

Last Update: Nov 19, 2024

Russell Smith shows you how to deploy VMs in a Virtual Machine Scale Set with autoscaling enabled and a load balancer on the front end.

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Driving Adoption for Office 365, Part 2

Last Update: Nov 19, 2024

Office 365 is an incredibly powerful Cloud platform build on four strong pillars: collaboration, mobile, intelligent and trust. Although these are very strong characteristics, instant adoption isn’t guaranteed. Learn how to drive adoption for Office 365 in this new series of articles on Petri.com.

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Extend the Native Capabilities of DSC with the Script Resource

Last Update: Nov 19, 2024

Many server configuration settings can be set using native Desired State Configuration (DSC) resources. Learn how to do more with DSC using the Script resource and your PowerShell skills.

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Microsoft Finalizes Creators Update, Version for China’s Government

Last Update: Sep 04, 2024

Microsoft has built a version of Windows 10 for the Chinese government that does not contain ‘backdoors’; the company is also in the final stages of approving the Creators update.

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Microsoft’s Flawed Plan to Auto-Generate Office 365 Groups for Managers

Last Update: May 24, 2025

Microsoft plans to auto-generate Office 365 Groups for managers to enable them to collaborate better with employees. Sounds good, until you realize that the reporting relationships stored in Azure Active Directory drive the process. And we all know how reliable that information really is.

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What Is Azure AD Privileged Identity Management?

Last Update: Sep 04, 2024

Learn how Azure Active Directory Privileged Identity Management can improve tenant security.

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