Azure Virtual Machines

Aidan Finn shows you how to access an Azure Windows or Linux virtual machine console using serial access when you can no longer log in using RDP or SSH over the network.

Aidan Finn shows you how you can restore an Azure virtual machine from a snapshot, using the recent update that was rolled out to Azure Backup.

Month 3 of 2018 brought us some interesting news in Azure IaaS. Some things that have been in the oven for a while are starting to rise and there’s lots more evidence of the new and open Microsoft.

Aidan Finn discusses recent improvements that were announced for Azure Backup, making backups more efficient, large VM restores faster, and enabling support for virtual hard disks that are larger than 1TiB (1024GB).

Aidan Finn discusses some architectural elements that you will use if you wish to deploy services across availability zones within a single Azure region.

Aidan Finn discusses Azure DevTest Labs, a way to provide self-service for developers and testers with helpful automation but budge control for the business.

Aidan Finn shares the results of some stress tests that were run on the Azure virtual machines with and without the Accelerated Networking feature enabled.

It’s a new year and it’s time for new things. This month I’m starting a monthly series to summarize some notable things that have happened in Azure IaaS.

Aidan Finn discusses Microsoft’s recent announcement that Accelerated Networking is now generally available for Windows and Linux virtual machines running in Azure.

Aidan Finn reviews his highlights in the last year of Azure infrastructure improvements. Please share your highlights too.