Azure Recovery Vault policies can only schedule one back a day. This may not be frequently enough for some organizations. On-demand backups can be initiated with PowerShell. In this video, we use an Azure Function to schedule on-demand backup recovery points throughout the day.
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Ever wonder why there are two virtual hardware versions for Azure VM’s, Generation 1 and Generation 2? This video goes over the difference between them and when to us one over the other. It goes on to demonstrate the differences when provisioning and changing the OS disk size on a VM.
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Microsoft announced Windows 365 this week at Inspire. With this announcement comes a new way to deliver remote desktops as a Software as a Service (SaaS) platform built on Azure Virtual Desktop and is a significant addition to virtual desktop options in Azure. There is a limited amount of information available about windows 365; in this post and accompanying video, we’ll break down what it is and how it differs from Azure Virtual Desktop. Keep in mind that this is a new service, the information available may not be complete and change once Windows 365 is available.
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Azure AD Application Proxy provides a simple, secure, and cost-effective way for remote access to on-premises websites and web-based applications. This video starts with an overview of how App Proxy works and then provides a tutorial on configuring the service with basic Azure AD authentication.
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Azure Active Directory Domain Services (Azure AD DS) now supports two forest types: User and Resource. In this video, we go over what each Azure AD DS forest type, User and Resource, does and when to use one over the other.
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Many organizations use Azure AD Connect Sync to synchronize hybrid identities from Windows AD to Azure AD DS. Microsoft recently announces a new service, Azure AD Connect Cloud Sync, that also synchronizes Windows AD identities to Azure AD. In this video, we go over how they are similar, features that are different, and when to use one or the other.
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Azure Bicep is the new Domain Specific Language (DSL) for creating resources in Azure. In this video, we go over Variables and Functions in a Bicep file. We then go over creating and using Variables and Functions in an example storage account template.
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