In Part 1 of this series, I introduced Just Another Big Business (JABB) Systems International, a fictitious company, and their journey toward a hybrid cloud using Microsoft Azure. JABB has now divided ...

This article addresses a key function built in to Windows 2012 that on first blush may seem like a complex technical networking feature, but that functionality has GREAT implications when extending ...

Microsoft is highlighting the ability to quickly set up connections to Azure virtual networks as a top Windows Server 2019 networking feature. The capability lets IT pros "configure a point-to-site ...

Way back when virtualization was a new thing, virtual networks were simple connections that linked virtual servers and the occasional networking appliance. Now, however, things are different. Building ...

The point of AVNM is to give you a centralized way to manage connectivity and security policy, scoped to subscriptions or management groups for your entire Azure estate. If you manage a large ...

As the public cloud matures, it’s becoming clear that we need a new tier of systems and application management tools. Clouds, whether public, private, or hybrid, depend on one thing: the abstraction ...

Just over a week after announcing general availability of Windows Azure's new infrastructure as a service capbilities, the Azure team added more networking, virtual machine and development kit support ...

Application instance lock, Azure Virtual Network Manager and Network Watcher troubleshooting: tools for making the applications you run on Azure more secure. Image: PhotoGranary/Adobe Stock When cloud ...

The integration of Microsoft's Virtual WAN Hub and VMware's SD-WAN is aimed at making it easier for customers to deploy widely distributed business applications. Microsoft and VMware have taken their ...