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SMB Compression Lowers Bandwidth and Improves Copy Times in Windows Server and Azure

SMB Compression improves speeds and lowers bandwidth utilization when copying large files across the network.

Last Update: Feb 20, 2023

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Microsoft Improves Data Protection in Azure Files

Last Update: Apr 07, 2022

Several new Azure Files features went into public preview earlier this year to help organizations move file shares to the cloud with confidence.

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What’s New with Azure – September 2021

Microsoft recently announced that their Ignite (online only) conference will be running again on November 2-4. That means we are approaching peak season for announcements, new public preview releases, and general availability. “Q3” in announcements and roadmaps will often mean between early September and maybe the third week of October – a code freeze will…

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Everything You Need to Know About Azure Infrastructure – February 2021 Edition

Over the last couple of weeks, I’ve spotted lots of tiny little changes in the Azure Portal. And my feeds have lit up over the last few hours. There must be a big Microsoft conference happening right around now? Yup, Microsoft Ignite (March 2021) is here and that means there will be lots of cool…

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Everything You Need to Know About Azure Infrastructure – November 2020 Edition

November has come and gone but for those looking to catch-up on Azure, here’s what you need to know.

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Everything You Need to Know About Azure Infrastructure – October 2020 Edition

October, the first month in Q4 of the calendar year and Q2 of the Microsoft financial year, is also in the middle of planning for the next semester of development of Microsoft Azure (codenamed Cobalt).

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Everything You Need to Know About Azure Infrastructure – September 2020 Edition

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?

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Everything You Need to Know About Azure Infrastructure – July 2020 Edition

In the Microsoft calendar, July marked the end of FY20 and the start of a whole new semester for Azure (and Windows) development.

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Everything You Need to Know About Azure Infrastructure – June 2020 Edition

June 2020 marks the end of Vibranium and the start of Manganese, the codenames for the ending and starting half-year semesters in the Azure development year.

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Everything You Need to Know About Azure Infrastructure – May 2020 Edition

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…

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