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Create an Azure Storage Account

The concept of an Azure Storage account isn’t too far removed from the idea of a SAN or NAS datastore in VMware but there are some differences. An Azure storage account is a scalable, high performance storage solution that allows storage of virtual machine hard disks, files, tables,...
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Add Custom Domain Name To Azure Active Directory

The steps to add custom domain name to Azure active directory is very simple. However one has to understand why. Assume that your organization signs up for Intune, a Microsoft cloud-based service. You’re get domain name hosted in Azure Active Directory (AD) that looks like domainname.onmicrosoft.com. Every Azure...
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Microsoft Support and Recovery Assistant for Office 365

Microsoft Support and Recovery Assistant for Office 365 is a new analysis tool that is focused on troubleshooting issues in their public Cloud-based applications. It can run tests to troubleshoot issues with Outlook connectivity to Office 365 email, issues with mobile access to Office 365 services, Office application...
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Use Windows Azure with Data Protection Manager

Data Protection Manager is able to use Windows Azure as storage support. The feature is called Backup Vault in Windows Azure. This last can be used also with Windows Server Backup feature. To be able to use Windows Azure with Data Protection Manager, you need a computer certificate...
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Azure Site Recovery (ASR) – Windows 2016 (TP4)

In the event you are running a lab/demo for Azure ASR (Azure Site Recovery) and want to use the latest and greatest Windows 2016… STOP! Turns out Windows Server 2016 – Technical Preview 4 (TP4) is not supported at this time. So, hopefully you read this and don’t...
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Using OMS for Patch Deployment (Update Management)

Not too long ago, the OMS team introduced the Update Management solution. This solution has definitely made the patch management process a lot easier, however at the same time, has raised some questions, such as: What’s the future of SCCM (Configuration Manager) with OMS now deploying patches? Can this...
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