This week in IT, Microsoft’s Windows 11 event this week was filled with promises of what the future holds but little on the when or how new features would work or be delivered. But there is lots YOU could use to become more PRODUCTIVE and SECURE. So, I’ll be looking at the new Windows 11...
Microsoft has released a preview version of Arm support on Azure virtual machines (VMs). The company claims that its new Arm-powered Azure VMs should offer up to 50 percent better price-performance compared to similar instances with x86-based processors. “The new Azure Virtual Machines, featuring the Ampere Altra Arm-based processor, further extend our portfolio of compute…
This month, Lenovo releases new Windows devices on ARM, Windows 11 gets a ‘major’ update, and resetting your PC might not delete all your files. Lenovo announces new Windows devices built on ARM and the Pluton security architecture Lenovo announced at the Mobile World Conference (MWC) in Barcelona this month new devices running Qualcomm Snapdragon…
July is here and we are halfway through the year. Am I the only one that feels like 2021 is zipping by? I have been working non-stop for the last 6 months preparing for and migrating legacy workloads from a data center to Microsoft Azure and I have barely had time to look up from…
I’ve been drowning in project deadlines for the last month and I’ve not had a chance to keep up with the improvements in Microsoft Azure IaaS. So this month’s article is as much for me as it is for you! New General Purpose VMs The most common virtual machine family that I use in Microsoft…
The first month of the year has come and gone but here is a recap of the Azure announcements for January.
Happy new year! I’m writing this article at the end of my first day back at work since November. I have barely looked at any work-related stuff in the last month. Writing this article will give me a chance to catch up with thing. App Service Anti-Virus Logs in Public Preview Microsoft has announced that…
September was Ignite month – I will get to that in a moment. That means there should be lots of news. And this should be a post full of Azure announcements. But will it be?
As you might notice below, there were a lot of announcements in the world of Azure Infrastructure last month. That’s because Microsoft Build, the developer-focused conference, happened and it is one of the inflection points for new releases in the Azure calendar. Sure, Build is developer-focused, but in the modern world, developers and operators are…
I did think about calling this the typo edition – I just bought a Microsoft Sculpt ergonomic keyboard and it might be preventing physical strain but my mental state as a result of the change is a whole other matter.