IaaS

I predicted that the Build conference would give us lots of Azure news. In one respect, I was right; there was lots of news.

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 compares and contrasts the two options for deploying SQL Server in Microsoft Azure, Azure SQL, and SQL Server running in a virtual machine.

Aidan Finn delves into the mists of the future to discover what will work and what will not in the world of Hyper-V and the Microsoft cloud in 2018.

Aidan Finn grades his predictions on what would happen with Hyper-V and Microsoft cloud computing in the year of 2017.

Aidan Finn discusses Microsoft’s development of a deeply re-factored version of the Windows Server Remote Desktop Services infrastructure, which leverages the power of Windows Server, Azure PaaS, and Azure AD.

Aidan Finn shares a summary of the improvements to the Azure virtual machine and related services and features announced at the Microsoft Ignite 2017 conference.

Aidan Finn discusses how you can achieve better networking performance with Azure virtual machines by using a feature called Accelerated Networking.

Aidan Finn discusses the Azure App Service, the heart of Microsoft’s platform-as-a-service.

Aidan Finn explains the two ways that you can deploy a web-based application in Azure.