Here's what to do (and what not to do) when you want to move a workload to the cloud using a virtual machine on someone else's metal. There are many reasons to move workloads to the cloud and there ...

A first look at how you can run server instances in the new Microsoft Infrastructure as a Service public cloud offering. The long-awaited release of Microsoft Windows Azure Infrastructure Services ...

This article addresses a key function built in to Windows 2012 that on first blush may seem like a complex technical networking feature, but that functionality has GREAT implications when extending ...

One of the big advantages of using cloud IaaS is the convenience; you can spin up a VM whenever you need it, scale it, pause it or throw it away. But large organisations want the VMs they use in the ...

How to create a Windows Virtual Desktop in Microsoft Azure Your email has been sent In an era when millions of employees in the global workforce have been compelled to work from remote locations as a ...

Storage and performance can be quite different in the cloud. It's important to choose the right VM size and configure your storage properly to keep SQL Server workloads running smoothly. Microsoft ...

Microsoft Corp.’s Build conference in Seattle this week will launch several enhancements to the company’s Azure public cloud. Azure Compute Fleet is a new service in preview intended to simplify the ...

Russell Smith is a technology consultant and trainer specializing in management and security of Microsoft server and client technologies. He is a Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer with more than 15 ...

Azure has recently announced the general availability of Azure VM Image Builder service, the managed service built on HashiCorp Packer to create Linux or Windows virtual machine images and be ...