Microsoft Entra ID is the identity and access management solution of Microsoft Azure. When working with users and their devices across the hybrid workforce, one of the key capabilities is Microsoft Azure AD join, now known as Microsoft Entra join, enabling cloud joined devices. It [...]
The ultimate goal of the networking capabilities from a hypervisor perspective is to allow the networking traffic from inside the virtualized environment to interface with the physical network so the packets can be sent on to their destination. While much communication happens right from within [...]
With today’s high-speed WAN links and tremendously powerful features of Windows Failover Clustering that powers Hyper-V environments, organizations have many capabilities at their fingertips to solve various business problems or various use cases. Microsoft supports a configuration of Windows Failover Clustering called Geographically Dispersed Clusters [...]
The concept of failing over critical services provides an extremely powerful way to maintain business continuity, even when a disaster occurs. It allows organizations to have continuous network service operation during a failure. Cloud failover is a new trend allowing businesses to have failover instances [...]
This Beginner’s Guide to Ransomware is a comprehensive multi-part series that will empower you with the knowledge and tools to navigate the ever-evolving landscape of ransomware threats. Part 1 – Understanding the Ransomware Basics Part 2 – Ransomware Causes, Attackers, and Mechanisms Part 3 – [...]
Choosing a Backup as a Service Provider More businesses are transitioning to Backup as a Service Provider to entrust these with protecting their business-critical data. However, you may have wondered what are Backup as a Service Providers and what do they do. Also, how do [...]
VM Replication as part of Disaster Recovery as a Service Virtual Machine (VM) Replication is an integral part of disaster recovery. At its core, VM Replication ensures that virtual machines maintain their operational state even after a disaster. Duplicating the source virtual machine onto another [...]
Hyper-V is a very flexible and capable hypervisor that offers many options for virtual machine compatibility and capabilities. In addition, Hyper-V enables admins to choose between two generations of virtual machines with pros and cons. Hyper-V administrators must select the generation of virtual machines that [...]
The tremendous operational features and functionality of the public cloud do not simply stop with high-availability mechanisms. One of the very powerful capabilities of cloud infrastructure is the seamless ability to provide scalability. Since cloud infrastructure does not involve “racking and stacking” servers and is [...]
The Hyper-V virtual Ethernet adapter is a critical component of your virtual networking for Hyper-V virtual machines. It provides the software construct needed for the virtual networking of VMs and other virtual resources in your Hyper-V infrastructure. Let's consider Hyper-V virtual Ethernet adapter for beginners, [...]
