The main reason for migrating your WordPress website to Azure can be that you have a website, and you think that it will grow in size and complexity over time. Azure provides you a platform designed for the infrastructure that your website will need as it grows. If you have decided to move your website […]

Cloud File Storage gives you the ability to save your files in the cloud and access them using various devices from any geographical location. Azure Files and Amazon Elastic File System (EFS) are two such cloud storage services. The real potential of a cloud storage service can be determined depending on how well it works […]

Today’s data-driven world tests our ability to manage a tremendous amount of data and use it to its maximum potential. The modern database systems are increasingly complex, with data stored on-premises or in the cloud. Software developers who build smart and immersive solutions can find themselves constrained by the limitations imposed by the unavailability of […]

An essential security measure while running workloads on any cloud service is to monitor and manage the incoming and outgoing traffic that uses your resources. The resources can be virtual machines that are running an SQL Server, other web applications, or domain services. Essentially, Microsoft Azure offers two security services to control the traffic that […]

Azure Files is a fully managed file system offered by Microsoft to store large volumes of data in the cloud. It allows users to access files using the Server Message Block (SMB) and Network File System (NFS) protocol. It is an ideal replacement for expensive on-premises servers that require frequent OS updates replacement of disks. […]

Many organizations have started using hybrid deployments that involve the use of their on-premises infrastructure with public cloud resources. One of the most challenging aspects of these deployments is networking. Organizations have to identify means to transfer data packets to and from the on-premises environment and the cloud securely. Microsoft has provided an elegant solution […]

All public cloud services use hypervisors to isolate tenants hosted on their servers. While hypervisors are generally secure, it is theoretically possible for hackers to create bugs that break out of the private environment and directly interact with the hypervisor to take control of access privileges and computing resources. They can compromise networks to execute […]

Virtualization is one of the most efficient methods available for resource optimization. Organizations do not have to depend on specific servers, and their workloads can be moved to any host that has compatible resources. One of the most important capabilities that are available in private clouds in terms of virtualization capabilities that were lacking in […]

Virtual machines (VM) accessed using public IPs are vulnerable to cyber-attacks especially when they are used directly in the production environment. The alternative is to use a site-to-site VPN or a dedicated virtual machine that stores public IP addresses. While neither of these solutions guarantees complete protection against cyber-attacks, they are complex to implement and […]

Since it was launched in 2005, Team Foundation Server (TFS) has evolved significantly until Microsoft launched Azure DevOps in 2018. As a part of the broader shift to cloud services, the company renamed the cloud-based Visual Studio Team Services (VSTS) to Azure DevOps Services and TFS as Azure DevOps Server. Let us take a look […]