Are you ready for Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCI DSS) v3.2, which takes effect in January 2018? Azure is! https://azure.microsoft.com/en-gb/blog/adding-offerings-and-uk-region-azure-rolls-deep-with-pci-dss-v3-2/
This article shows the effectiveness of Azure Security Center (ASC) and the team that runs it! ASC can be used to protect your estate and data, with alerts when an […]
Analyse large volumes of any JSON or CSV data using Analytics. Queries, including statistical and machine learning algorithms can be used with this. NoSQL data included too. https://azure.microsoft.com/en-gb/blog/analyze-your-data-with-application-insights-analytics/
A very detailed article on hybrid SQL scenarios and how to get the data migrated into Azure. This showcases using Azure SQL Databases and Azure SQL VMs. https://azure.microsoft.com/en-gb/blog/azure-sql-hybrid-data-movement/
Azure Backup now offers application consistent backup for Linux VMs. Protection for solutions such as MySQL, InterSystems Caché®DB, and SAP HANA. https://azure.microsoft.com/en-gb/blog/announcing-application-consistent-backup-for-linux-vms-using-azure-backup/
Fake Data – it’s affecting many different sectors. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-38254362 Data integrity is key to avoiding such malicious attacks, which have devastating effects. A very detailed document on what measures can […]
Instant File Recovery from Azure Linux VM backup using Azure Backup to restore files and folders. This is the same facility used for Windows VM file recovery, expanding the Azure […]
A very good article illustrating how Azure Site Recovery can recover your applications, as well as virtual machines, in the event of a disaster. DR Plans…sorted! https://azure.microsoft.com/en-gb/blog/app-aware-asr/
Azure Advisor. A great facility to provide information on how you can improve performance, security and configurations for ALL Azure resources across both ASM and ARM in your subscription. It […]
Azure Resource Policies for Resource Groups and Subscriptions can now be managed from the portal. https://azure.microsoft.com/en-gb/blog/portal-preview-of-azure-resource-policy-2/
SONiC is the switch software used in Azure. Very clever multiple containerised components meaning updates can be applied at container level rather than across a whole switch. Open source too […]
A great insight to why Azure’s networking provides low latency, great performance with redundancy and resilience using their pioneering Software-Defined Networking innovation on a global scale. https://azure.microsoft.com/en-gb/blog/networking-innovations-that-drive-the-cloud-disruption/
Azure Blueprint for the UK Government’s Cloud Security Principles details how Azure implements the 14 individual Cloud Security Principles published by the National Cyber Security Centre. https://azure.microsoft.com/en-gb/blog/azure-blueprint-supports-the-uk-government-s-cloud-security-principles/
Search-as-a-Service now available in UK South with Azure Search. Build search experiences into apps. https://azure.microsoft.com/en-gb/blog/azure-search-now-available-in-uk/
Azure DocumentDB now supports aggregates (COUNT MIN MAX SUM AVG). This is a huge advancement! https://azure.microsoft.com/en-gb/resources/videos/documentdb-support-for-aggregates/
Add the newly released Azure Managed Disks into your DR Plan with Azure Backup. https://azure.microsoft.com/en-gb/blog/azure-managed-disk-backup/
Nice quick-start guide on implementing a Cisco ASAv in Azure. http://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/td/docs/security/asa/asa96/asav/quick-start/asav-quick/asav-azure.pdf #azure #cisco #asa
A huge step for data disks with scale set VMs using Azure Managed Disks. Scale up to 1000 VMs with encrypted data disks. https://azure.microsoft.com/en-gb/blog/announcing-general-availability-of-managed-disks-and-larger-scale-sets/
Azure Backup and Azure Site Recovery available in the UK. Excellent solutions for BCP and DR. https://azure.microsoft.com/en-gb/blog/azure-backup-and-azure-site-recovery-now-available-in-uk/
https://azure.microsoft.com/en-gb/blog/auto-backup-for-sql-server-2016-azure-virtual-machine/ A great feature and time saver to backup and manage SQL2016 user and system databases from the Azure Portal. You can restore to any point in time and all […]