Microsoft Azure

In today’s Ask the Admin, Russell shows you how to enroll Azure virtual machines to Azure Update Management and provide a general overview of how the solution works.

Microsoft has launched a public preview of its Microsoft Dev Box managed service. The new cloud-based offering provides developers easier access to a preconfigured virtual developer workstation without having to set up their physical machines. The Dev Box service was first announced at Microsoft’s annual Build developer conference in May. It’s designed for developers who…

Microsoft has released new patches to address critical security vulnerabilities affecting its Azure PostgreSQL product. Discovered by security researchers from Wiz Research, the “chain” of flaws dubbed “ExtraReplica” could be exploited to gain unauthorized cross-account database access. According to the security advisory published by the Wiz Research team, the vulnerabilities allow attackers to bypass tenant…

Microsoft Azure is now the most widely used enterprise cloud computing service, according to a new report from the IT management firm Flexera. Currently, Azure, AWS, and Google Cloud Platform are the top three public cloud providers, and the adoption rate of Azure has surpassed AWS in several areas. The 2022 State of the Cloud…

Microsoft has addressed a new critical security vulnerability in its Azure Automation service. The exploit labeled “AutoWarp” was mitigated in December 2021, and the company confirmed that it could enable malicious actors to get access to the data and resources of other Azure customers. The cross-tenant vulnerability was first discovered by a researcher at Orca…

Last year, Microsoft unveiled Azure Spring Cloud Enterprise, a fully managed service designed for enterprise developers. Now, the Redmond giant has announced that Azure Spring Cloud Enterprise is available in public preview for all customers. For those unfamiliar, Azure Spring Cloud is a cloud-based service that provides tools and frameworks to help developers deploy Spring…

Microsoft has recently unveiled that it mitigated one of the largest-ever-recorded DDoS attacks that targetted Asian Azure customers in November. The company says that the recent DDoS attack was launched from 10,000 sources in several countries, and it lasted for around 15 minutes. For those unfamiliar, a distributed denial of service (DDoS) attack is a…

  Learn more about Azure Stack HCI, a preconfigured, validated offering that enables you to deploy a cloud in your own datacenter. What is Azure Stack HCI? Microsoft Azure Stack HCI is a cluster solution, based on a hyperconverged infrastructure (HCI). It is designed to host virtualized Windows and Linux workloads and their storage in…

Microsoft has announced that it is bringing Trusted Launch support to the Azure Virtual Desktop service. The company says this new capability aims to protect virtual machines in enterprise environments from advanced and persistent attacks. Microsoft Azure Virtual Desktop is a cloud-based solution that enables end-users to access their desktop and applications virtually from any…