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Deploy Domain Controllers as Azure Virtual Machines

This guide will show you how to deploy an Azure virtual machine as a domain controller (DC).

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Microsoft Shares New Azure Server Specs

Take a look at Microsoft’s newest contribution to the Open Compute Project (OCP), which gives us a peek behind the curtain and suggests what the next generation of Azure hosts will look like.

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Those Exchange Online Bottomless Archives Aren’t Quite There, Yet… Except in Some Places

It’s frustrating when a promised feature isn’t available. Microsoft announced auto-expanding archive mailboxes for Exchange Online in June 2016, but Office 365 customers have reported that their storage quota is limited to 170GB. That’s a lot of space, but hardly the “truly bottomless archive” that Microsoft promised. What’s going on?

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Microsoft Azure: Understanding Shared Access Signatures (SAS)

In today’s Ask the Admin, Russell Smith explains how Shared Access Signatures (SAS) can be used to grant access to objects in storage without revealing the storage account key.

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Attach a Data Disk to a VM in the Azure Portal

Russell demonstrates how to create and attach a new disk to an existing virtual machine in Azure.

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Working With Azure Cool Storage

Microsoft recently announced the general availability of Cool Blob Storage in Azure, a new more affordable way to archive files in the cloud. In this post, I’ll explain what Cool Storage is, what Hot Storage is, how they are priced, how to deploy Cool Storage, and what you’ll see in the Azure Portal.

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Move an Azure VM from Standard to Premium Storage

In this article Aidan will show you how to migrate the data disks of an Azure virtual machine (in Azure Resource Manager or ARM) from a Standard Storage (HDD-based) account to a Premium Storage (SSD-based) storage account to improve performance (more IOPS and less latency).

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What’s New in Windows Server 2016 TP5 Storage?

Learn about storage feature improvements in the Windows Server 2016 Technical Preview 5.

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Storage Tip: Understanding the Difference Between JBOD, DAS, NAS and SANs

From a single portable USB disk to enterprise-grade Storage Area Networks (SANs), Russell Smith will explain the differences between three key storage technologies to help you understand which is most suitable for your needs.

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Microsoft updates its OneDrive for Business roadmap

Russell Smith outlines Microsoft’s plans for its enterprise cloud storage service OneDrive for Business.

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