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How to Create a Windows Virtual Desktop in Azure

Posted on May 17th, 2021 in Azure, Cloud Computing, IT Best Practices, Microsoft Azure, Small Business, Virtualization, Windows Virtual Desktop (WVD), Work from Home

Let’s get this out of the way, first: If you don’t consider yourself particularly tech savvy, you should probably call for tech help before deploying Windows Virtual Desktop in Azure. For all of the simplicity of running Windows Virtual Desktop from the user side, the reality is that, from the admin side, getting set up is a fairly technical process….(read more).

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How SMBs Can Use Windows Virtual Desktop

Posted on April 16th, 2021 in Azure, Business Continuity, Cloud Computing, IT Best Practices, Microsoft Azure, New Jersey, New York City (NYC), Virtualization, Windows Virtual Desktop (WVD), Work from Home

If you run a small-to-mid-sized business, you’ve inevitably had to adopt remote work protocols over the past year. Congratulations on making it this far! Now, a quick question: How has it been? Has your business thrived with your employees out of the office? Have there been unforeseen challenges in going remote? Do you have a plan to improve your platforms…(read more).

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Is Windows Virtual Desktop Secure?

Posted on April 7th, 2021 in Azure, Cybersecurity, IT Best Practices, IT Security, Microsoft Azure, Virtualization, Windows Virtual Desktop (WVD)

Imagine that your employee’s personal computer has been hacked. They only ever used one password for personal accounts, and one of the online stores they shop at has been breached. Their password was made public on the dark web, and cybercriminals have used it to hack into their laptop. Now, imagine that your employee is using their personal computer for…(read more).

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Windows Virtual Desktop Pricing: How Much Does It Cost?

Posted on April 1st, 2021 in Azure, Cloud Computing, IT Expenses, Managed IT Services, Microsoft Azure, Small Business, Virtualization, Windows Virtual Desktop (WVD), Work from Home

  Windows Virtual Desktop on Azure is an affordable solution for businesses looking to standardize remote work. In this article, we’ll break down how pricing is determined, and provide a few example scenarios to give you a frame of reference for your own business. How much does Windows Virtual Desktop on Azure cost? To start, it’s worth noting that there…(read more).

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Windows Virtual Desktop in Azure vs. Windows 10 Virtual Desktop

Posted on March 15th, 2021 in IT Outsourcing, Microsoft Azure, Virtualization, Windows Virtual Desktop (WVD), Work from Home

You’ve probably heard buzz within the last year about virtual desktop solutions from Microsoft. It’s for good reason. Microsoft Windows Virtual Desktop in Azure has provided businesses with a seamless, secure solution for remote work – something that’s been incredibly helpful in the wake of COVID-19. But there’s some confusion around what a virtual desktop really is. That’s understandable. The world…(read more).

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How Do I Keep My Azure Cloud Costs Under Control?

Posted on May 29th, 2017 in IT Expenses, Microsoft Azure

Business organizations large and small have been gradually making the move towards a hybrid infrastructure where some information technology (IT) infrastructure resides in-house and some resides in a public cloud such as Microsoft Azure. With this trend comes the question, how do I keep my public cloud costs under control? Microsoft Azure provides a number of built-in features that provide an…(read more).

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Azure StorSimple 8k Maintenance Mode updates

Posted on April 19th, 2017 in Microsoft Azure

StorSimple is Microsoft’s on premises iSCSI SAN that extends seamlessly to the cloud providing 500 TB of disk space to on-premises file servers, users, and applications with a 4 RU footprint. From time to time, Microsoft makes software and firmware updates available to the device. System administrators choose when to deploy these updates at a convenient time. The device software…(read more).

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Azure StorSimple Provides a Secure Storage Option for Healthcare Sector

Posted on January 30th, 2017 in Microsoft Azure

Azure, Storage, and StorSimple Azure is Microsoft’s public cloud offering. Microsoft provides data storage as one of the services in Azure. Azure storage provides an attractive option for organizations who wish to leverage cloud scalability, flexibility, security, and cost savings. A single Azure subscription provides up to 100 standard storage accounts, each has a capacity of 500 TB. Such vast…(read more).

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Deploying Azure ARM VMs in Availability Set

Posted on January 29th, 2017 in Microsoft Azure

Earlier this month I posted an article about using PowerShell to automate the deployment of Azure ARM VMs.  In this article I expand on that by exploring and automating the deployment of Azure RM Virtual Machine Availability Sets. Availability Set In Azure and similar public clouds, a Virtual Machine is subject to planned and unplanned outages that may make the…(read more).

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Provisioning and Tearing Down Azure Virtual Machines

Posted on January 3rd, 2017 in Microsoft Azure, Powershell

This article describes automating the process of provisioning an Azure VM (Virtual Machine) and tearing it down. Before we start, let’s clarify few terms: Azure When we talk about Azure it is understood that we’re talking about Microsoft’s public cloud offering. This is sometimes referred to as Azure commercial. In Powershell, this is referred to AzureCloud. Microsoft has separate clouds from…(read more).

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