Does “fail fast” = “fail predictably often”? Automated testing of software for cloud services needs to be investigated and questioned. First we had the clusterfrak August updates for Windows. Then a significant chunk of Azure went offline.
- Azure IaaS experienced issues in many regions yesterday: Mary Jo Foley posted updates (see below).
- Install the VM Agent on an existing Azure VM: The MSI package to install the VM Agent on an existing Azure VM is now available for download.
- Migrating a VM from EC2 to Azure at 300 Mbps: A very clever method to migrate VMs from AWS to Azure using the first cloud’s upload bandwidth & MS conversion/upload tools.
- Hyper-V Amigos Episode 5 Generation 2 VM: This Youtube podcast is back with the latest episode.
- SQL Server High Availability in Windows Azure IaaS: When deploying SQL Server in Windows Azure you must consider how to minimize both planned and unplanned downtime. Because you have given up control of the physical infrastructure, you cannot always determine when maintenance periods will occur.
- After a 10-year Linux migration, Munich considers switching back to Windows and Office: LMAO
- Using Office 365 Data Loss Prevention (DLP): Take control of data leakage!
- Managing an Azure VM via Windows Server Manager: Hmmm
- Cloud App Discovery keeps getting better: Find cloud apps and enable secure single-sign on.
- Deploying Virtual Machines in Azure using the Service Manager and SMA Part I: Truly mad stuff. Remember that your System Center licensing gets "fun" when you go hybrid like this! An on-premise System Center SML with SA can manage up to 8 VMs in a remote public cloud.
- Rick Claus and Simon May of MSFT take the ice bucket challenge: See these two well-known personalities take the plunge!
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