The complexity of deploying and managing server workloads is a major challenge facing IT organizations. Although these issues have existed since the dawn of servers and the datacenter, IT pros are ...

There are lots of ways to create MSSQL databases via PowerShell. We could invoke a T-SQL query using the CREATE DATABASE term, we could write some code to use the [Create() method with SMO] or, if ...

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 ...

One of the most fundamental benefits of cloud computing is the ability to create an off-premise storage capacity that is accessible to an entire enterprise at any time from anywhere. Whether your ...

Containers are technology that isolates application components and their dependencies while simultaneously providing virtualization and scalability. Kubernetes is a portable, extensible, open-source ...

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A step-by-step guide to deploying, configuring, and testing a multi-AZ, multi-region SQL Server FCI in the Azure cloud, complete with a PowerShell script that handles the networking configuration.

Last month I covered security options for Microsoft 365-- both what you get in the basic SKUs and what the higher SKUs provide. This time around I'll cover Microsoft Azure, both the ...

Starting in October, Microsoft will enforce multi-factor authentication (MFA) for all Azure resource management actions to protect Azure clients from unauthorized access attempts. This change is part ...