Microsoft has announced a new “multi-year” deal with Nvidia to build an AI supercomputer hosted in Microsoft Azure and powered by tens of thousands of Nvidia GPUs. The new partnership should enable organizations to train, deploy and scale AI applications and services. “AI is fueling the next wave of automation across enterprises and industrial computing,…
Last Update: Oct 28, 2022
Avoid these five common hybrid cloud mistakes to make sure that your environment is ready for the modern infrastructure.
Microsoft has published an advisory about a server misconfiguration that may have compromised the sensitive data of some potential customers. The leak, dubbed “BlueBleed,” was first discovered by security researchers at threat intelligence firm SOCRadar on September 24. The Microsoft Security Response Center explained that the misconfigured Azure Blob Storage instance made data related to…
Microsoft has released its new Azure DDoS IP Protection SKU in public preview. It’s a cost-effective enterprise-grade endpoint security solution aimed at protecting small and midsize businesses (SMBs) against distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks. “It offers the same essential capabilities as Azure DDoS Network Protection to protect your resources and applications against evolving DDoS attacks, including…
Last week, Microsoft released the Basic edition of its Azure Firewall service in public preview. It’s an affordable plan designed for small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs) who want to protect their Azure cloud environments. Microsoft launched Azure Firewall with a Standard SKU in 2018. It’s a cloud-based network security service that helps users to protect…
Last Update: Oct 07, 2022
In today’s Ask the Admin, I look at how Microsoft partners can offer clients managed Azure services using Lighthouse.
Last Update: Oct 07, 2022
This post was sponsored by Kemp Microsoft’s offering in the single sign-on space for several years has been Azure Active Directory, which serves as the underlying directory service for Microsoft 365. This service is also widely used as the SSO and provisioning service compatible with most third-party SaaS applications such as ServiceNow, Salesforce, Atlassian, and many more. In a surprising turnaround from…
Last Update: Oct 07, 2022
Microsoft 365 is an indispensable collection of tools for businesses. While Microsoft is responsible for the availability and ongoing functionality of all the Microsoft 365 apps, the responsibility for protecting Microsoft 365 data is the customer’s obligation. Let’s take a closer look at the different types of Microsoft 365 data and the kind of protection…
Microsoft has announced Azure AD-based single sign-on and passwordless authentication support for Azure Virtual Desktop. These new capabilities are currently available in public preview for Windows 11, Windows 10, and Windows Server 2022 session hosts. Azure Virtual Desktop is a cloud-based virtualization solution that allows organizations to deploy desktops and applications for end users. It…
Last Update: Sep 27, 2022
As we’re currently going through times of economic uncertainty, an Azure certification can really help IT pros stay ahead of the curve. You may think that getting IT certifications are not worth the time and effort. However, if you’re interested in Azure and willing to future-proof your career, getting an Azure certification can really help….