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Wormhole Area Networking and Microsoft Azure

Aidan Finn describes how to move legacy services such as file servers and LOB apps with thick clients to Azure using a a new networking technology.

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Huge Change to Patch Tuesday — IT Admins are Revolting [updated]

Microsoft to change how older Windows versions get patches. For better or worse, it’ll be more like the Windows 10 way. Next Patch Tuesday, prepare for a single rollup patch. This means you won’t be able to pick and choose the patches that work for you. And that’s good, because… um, reasons.

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Getting the Most Out of Azure Site Recovery

Aidan Finn provides tips based on his lessons learned from deploying Azure Site Recovery with a customer recently.

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Everything You Need to Know About Windows – September 2018

This month sees lots of announcements coming out of Microsoft’s annual Ignite conference for IT pros, including about a preview version of Windows Virtual Desktop and Windows Server 2019 general availability.

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Things to Do Before You Start with Azure in CSP

Review Aiden’s steps in this article to verify that you are ready to start an Azure deployment using the Cloud Solution Provider (CSP). Currently, Azure V2 lacks features some companies consider critical.

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Adding Microsoft Cloud to a Small-to-Medium Business

There’s lots of talk about cloud and what it can do for your business. But with so many offerings, even from one vendor such as Microsoft, it can be confusing to determine what’s the best way forward.

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Connecting Users to the Azure Cloud

In this article Aidan Finn discusses the most forgotten aspect of migrating or deploying services into the cloud: Exactly how will the users connect to the services that will be running in Azure?

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Create Azure Active Directory Users Using PowerShell

Aidan Finn shows you what you need to know about creating new user accounts in Azure Active Directory and how to give them administrator rights.

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What Should I Do In Azure First?

As an IT pro facing the mammoth size and immense possibilities of Azure, trying to figure out what you should start doing in the cloud is… a challenge.

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Paul Thurrott’s Short Takes: March 31

Because there’s a Microsoft coffee shop in Berlin, this edition of Short Takes looks at the Windows 10 Creators Update rollout, Galaxy S8 preorders at Microsoft’s retail stores, and much, much more.

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