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The blog moved off WordPress to a static site on Azure Static Web Apps — and I rebuilt it the way I think we should all be building now: with AI-driven DevOps.
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All posts →Crash-Consistent Restore Points: Beyond Daily Azure VM Backups
Azure Backup's Standard policy for VMs only runs daily or weekly. Enhanced Policy's crash-consistent restore points fix that, and solve a harder problem: keeping multi-disk snapshots consistent.
Azure B-Series: Burstable VMs That Actually Save Money
B-series VMs use a CPU credit model instead of guaranteed performance. For bursty workloads, that's roughly half the cost of a general-purpose VM. Here's how the credits actually work.
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Front Door vs. Traffic Manager vs. Cross-Region Load Balancer
Azure has three services that all claim to route users to the right region. They're not interchangeable. Here's the actual difference, and how to pick.
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Azure DDoS Protection
Why is our web app down or super slow to load all of a sudden?! Traffic numbers are through the roof! What is going on? Did we go viral? And that is how a denial of service attack looks. An…
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The Future of Azure Hybrid
Azure Hybrid services offer several key benefits and the future services that are coming are even more exciting.
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Azure Virtual Desktop Keeps Your Data Secure but Flexible
How to use Azure Virtual Desktop to keep your data secure while still empowering your users and giving them flexibility to work anywhere.
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How Azure Virtual Desktop Transforms Remote Access
Azure Virtual Desktop transforms remote access by enabling a more cloud native approach while enhancing security
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How Azure Virtual Desktop Enables Zero Trust
Deploying Azure Virtual Desktop enables a zero trust security model for applications that don't natively support strong authentication.