Microsoft Azure is an ever-expanding set of cloud-based computing services available to anyone who wants to build an app or run an enterprise without having to manage hardware. Read now Microsoft ...

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’s Azure cloud platform suffered a broad multi-hour outage beginning on Monday evening, disrupting two critical layers of enterprise cloud operations. The outage, which lasted over 10 hours, ...

Last month we looked at how to set up nested VMs in Hyper-V on Windows Server 2016. Azure, of course, runs on Hyper-V and some regions already have some of their hosts upgraded to Windows Server 2016.

To begin the process, it’s necessary to have an Azure account with an active subscription and an existing Azure Virtual Machine. By default, Azure assigns a dynamic private IP address to VMs, allowing ...

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 ...