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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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Standardizing VM Configurations: Leveraging Custom Image Templates in Azure Virtual Desktop

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Azure Virtual Desktop is a service that allows you to run Windows desktops and applications in the cloud. One of the benefits of Azure Virtual Desktop is that you can customize your session host virtual machines (VMs) with the applications and settings that you need for your organization.

However, creating and maintaining custom images can be a tedious and time-consuming process. You have to install and configure the software, run sysprep, capture the image, and distribute it to different regions or galleries. What if there was a simpler way to do this?

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How to backup your Azure VMs using Premium SSD v2 disks

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When your production workloads are hosted on Azure VMs using Premium SSD v2 disks, you might be wondering how to back up your data and ensure business continuity in case of disasters or ransomware attacks. In this blog post, we’ll guide you through enabling Azure Backup for your Azure VMs using Premium SSD v2 disks, and we’ll explore the benefits and limitations of this solution.

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Azure Firewall: DNS, DNS proxy and FQDN filtering


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Did you know that in Azure Firewall it is possible to do custom DNS filtering, using your Azure Firewall as a DNS proxy and even create rules based on FQDN (for non-HTTP/S and non-MSSQL protocols).

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Meeting with this TOP team! Proud to belong!!! With the presence of the President of MS Brazil!

HEYYY!!! After the great Microsoft Iginite The Tour event in São Paulo, there was a meeting for planning the year and exclusively with my MVP colleagues (Microsoft’s recognition for the Most Valuable Professionals), with the presence of Microsoft Brazil’s President Tania Cosentino. Thank you Glauter Jannuzzi and congratulations on the organization!! Ending the year on a high note!!