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How to save costs with Azure NetApp Files standard storage with cool access

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Offering exceptional performance and availability for your business applications, the fully managed cloud file storage service integrates seamlessly with Azure Virtual Networks and Active Directory. It supports both NFS and SMB protocols. This service is none other than Azure NetApp Files.

One of the challenges of using cloud file storage is managing the costs of storing large amounts of data that may not be accessed frequently. For example, you may have backup files, archive data, or historical records that you need to keep for compliance or auditing purposes, but you don’t need to access them often.

That’s why Azure NetApp Files has introduced a new feature called standard storage with cool access, which is now in public preview. This feature allows you to enable standard volumes with the ability to transparently store data more cost-effectively on Azure storage accounts based on its access pattern.

How to back up and restore your Azure web app over a virtual network

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Should you have a web application hosted on Azure App Service, it could be beneficial to back up its files and configuration data to a secure storage account for recovery in the event of accidental deletion, corruption, or other unforeseen circumstances. However, if your application is connected to a virtual network or is situated in a v3 App Service environment, you would need to employ custom backups for this purpose.

Unlocking Efficiency and Innovation: Automating SAP System Deployment on Azure

In today’s fast-paced business landscape, agility and efficiency are paramount for organizations striving to maintain a competitive edge. For companies that rely on SAP (Systems, Applications, and Products) to manage their critical business processes, deploying and managing SAP systems can be a complex and resource-intensive endeavor. However, thanks to advancements in cloud technology and automation, there’s a game-changing solution on the horizon – automating the deployment of SAP systems on Microsoft Azure, powered by Microsoft’s SAP Deployment Automation Framework.

In this blog post, we will explore the significance of automating SAP system deployment on Azure, the numerous benefits it offers to companies and IT professionals, and how Microsoft’s SAP Deployment Automation Framework can help streamline and enhance the process.

Azure Firewall’s Explicit Proxy feature (preview)

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Azure Firewall is a cloud-native network security service that protects your Azure resources and applications. It operates in a transparent proxy mode by default, which means that traffic is sent to the firewall using a user defined route (UDR) configuration. The firewall intercepts that traffic inline and passes it to the destination.

However, there is another mode that you can use for your outbound traffic: Explicit proxy. This mode allows you to configure a proxy setting on the sending application, such as a web browser, with Azure Firewall acting as the designated proxy. This way, traffic from the sending application goes to the firewall’s private IP address and egresses directly from the firewall without the need for a UDR.

SMB shares to Azure file shares with Azure Storage Mover

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If you’re seeking a seamless transition of your local files and folders to the cloud, or if you’re interested in the scalability, security, and performance benefits of Azure file shares, then the new feature of Azure Storage Mover could be just what you need. This fully managed migration service can assist you in migrating your SMB shares to Azure file shares with ease.

Azure Storage Mover is a hybrid service that consists of a cloud component and an agent component. The cloud component orchestrates the migration process and provides a user interface for creating and managing migration jobs. The agent component runs on your on-premises servers and performs the actual data transfer between your SMB shares and Azure file shares.

Azure Site Recovery for Shared Disks

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Azure Site Recovery (ASR) is a service that helps you protect your workloads from disasters by replicating them to Azure or another region. ASR supports various types of workloads, including Windows Server Failover Clusters (WSFC) that use shared disks.

Shared disks are a feature that allows multiple VMs to access the same disk simultaneously, enabling scenarios such as SQL FCI, SAP ASCS, Scale-out File Servers, and more. However, replicating shared disks can be challenging, as they require consistency across all the VMs and disks of the cluster.

That’s why ASR has introduced a new feature in private preview: DR for Azure Shared Disks. This feature allows you to protect, monitor, and recover your WSFC-clusters as a single unit across its DR lifecycle, while also generating cluster-consistent recovery points.

In this post, we will show you how to use this feature and what benefits it offers.

Boost Your Azure Performance with Azure Boost Preview

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If you’re seeking to enhance your Azure network and storage capabilities, or if you’re keen on leveraging the most recent advancements in Azure infrastructure, the Azure Boost Preview could be of interest to you. This novel system transfers virtualization tasks from the hypervisor and host operating system to specialized hardware and software.

Crash consistent VM restore points in Azure

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If you are looking for a simple and effective way to protect your Azure workloads from data loss or disaster, you might be interested in the new feature that is now available in public preview: crash consistent VM restore points.

A crash consistent VM restore point is an agentless solution that stores the VM configuration and point-in-time write-order consistent snapshots for all managed disks attached to a Virtual Machine. This is same as the status of data in the VM after a power outage or a crash.

Introducing Microsoft Entra ID: The New Name for Azure Active Directory

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Microsoft has announced that Azure Active Directory (Azure AD), the cloud-based identity and access management service, is changing its name to Microsoft Entra ID. This change reflects the evolution and unification of the Microsoft Entra product family, which includes Microsoft Entra ID, Microsoft Entra Access, and Microsoft Entra Connect.

Azure Virtual Network encryption: A new feature to secure your data in transit

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Are you looking for a way to encrypt your traffic between Azure Virtual Machines and Virtual Machine Scale Sets within the same virtual network or across peered virtual networks? If so, you might be interested in the new feature that Azure has recently announced: Azure Virtual Network encryption.