Welcome to the “Happy New Year 2015” edition of my Microsoft News posts. I hope you have a nice time off from work – it FLEW by for me; I could do with a holiday to recover from my holiday.
Here’s the news from over the past week or so:
Hyper-V
- 5 Hyper-V Skills You Need To Learn for 2015: An article I wrote for Petri.com
- About Hyper-V Virtual Processor Limitations: An article I wrote for Petri.com
Windows Server
- VPN Interoperability guide for Windows Server 2012 R2: This document covers the working configurations for some of the popular third party VPN devices that can be deployed to work with Windows Server 2012 R2 VPN. The configuration for a Windows gateway is also included to server as a guideline for an interoperable deployment with the third party devices.
Azure
- Microsoft Makes Azure Disaster Recovery For SMEs and Branch Offices: A post I wrote for Petri.com
- Using Azure Storage on Linux: An update for Linux users on how to use Azure Storage
- Running Critical Application Workloads on Microsoft Azure D-Series Virtual Machines: How to use these VMs that place their temp drive on host-local SSD storage. There is also a whitepaper.
- Choosing Microsoft Azure Storage for IaaS: An article I wrote for Petri.com
- Deploying a Microsoft Azure Storage Account: An article I wrote for Petri.com
Miscellaneous
- The Top 7 Microsoft News Stories of 2014: An article I wrote for Petri.com