This article describes the major compute options offered in Microsoft Azure, as well as the categories and characteristics of Virtual Machine (VM) offerings based on the Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) model. Included in this article is information on the DS-series VMs that leverage Premium Storage to execute high-performance workloads.
This article explains the different types of storage, Standard Storage and Premium Storage, available in Microsoft Azure. In addition, it covers how Premium Storage can deliver high-performance support to virtual machines.
This article reviews updates to Microsoft Azure networking features which were announced at TechEd North America 2014 and TechEd Europe 2014. Many updates were announced at these events, therefore this article will focus on enhancements related to Microsoft Azure Traffic Manager, reverse DNS support, and instance-level public IP addresses.
This article shows you how to configure multiple network interface cards in Microsoft Azure virtual machines, and provides an overview of Microsoft’s support for virtual network appliances that leverage this feature.
This article explains how to connect a datacenter to Microsoft Azure using the ExpressRoute Network Service Provider. The article provides an overview of ExpressRoute as well as the different provider models available, and then focuses on using the Network Service Provider model to establish a private WAN connection to Azure.
In this article, I review the 2X Remote Application Server (2X RAS) Version 14.
In this article you will learn about a new feature in Microsoft Azure called Network Security Groups (NSG) and how to secure a three-tier application using NSG.
In Part I of this article, you learned how to create a new virtual network in Azure and how to configure different virtual networks to communicate across the Azure backbone using a VNet to VNet connection. In Part II of this article, you learn how to extend your on-premise network into the Microsoft Azure public cloud.
This article series will provide a technical overview of Microsoft Azure Virtual Network.
This article will describe how to prepare and upload a virtual machine (VM) to Microsoft Azure. You will learn how to use the Sysprep utility to prepare the virtual machine locally and how to configure Azure to upload and store the VM image in a storage account.
