virtual machines

In this post, Aidan will show you two ways to deploy Azure Log Analytics (OMS) monitoring to Azure virtual machine, and to some of the services running on those machines.

This post will discuss the recent announcement that Microsoft has added support for backing up VMware virtual machines using System Center Data Protection Manager (DPM) 2012 R2.

Microsoft has launched a preview for a new set of NVIDIA-powered virtual machines in Azure that can be used for compute-intensive and graphic-intensive workloads. See the specs, pricing and availability.

Aidan walks through how to use the built-in tools for troubleshooting faulty virtual machines in Azure: diagnose tools, activity logs, resource health, boot diagnostics, reset password, redeploy, and support request.

In late July and into August 2016, Microsoft is releasing new IaaS features and making improvements for Microsoft Azure that will interest IT pros. Aidan summarizes some of the most interesting ones.

Learn about availability sets and how to deploy them with Azure Resource Manager (ARM) or Cloud Solution Provider (CSP) virtual machines.

Learn to use migAz to move Classic / Service Management / SM Azure IaaS virtual machine deployments to Azure Resource Manager / ARM in another subscription.

Aidan shows how to migrate your virtual machines from Azure Classic Service Managment (ASM) API to the newer Azure Resource Manager (ARM) API.

Learn how to configure backup of Azure virtual machines using the Recovery Services vault in the Azure Portal.

After lots of feedback, Microsoft Azure has added public preview support for backing up and restoring virtual machines that use Premium Storage. This article will explain what that means for you. Background Most people who are new to cloud or hosting assume that any hosted virtual machine will be backed up by default and for…