Schedule the Start of a VM in Azure
Background: I used to carry my own personal laptop all around the place, customers, conferences, libraries, etc. In order to have my tool of choice for work. As things have… Read More →
Choosing the Right Cloud Migration Strategy
In 2011 Gartner published 5 migration strategies. Eight years later let’s see how valid they still are and where are we in terms of evolution: 1. Rehost: The infamous “lift… Read More →
My notes on the AZ-300 certification Exam
- Categories: Azure, Certification, Cloud •
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- by Roberto Lopez
Quickview First time I do a certification exam using my own computer with a remote proctor over video watching me. I didn’t mind, sometimes was a little bit too much… Read More →
Doing justice to Onenote
- Categories: Cloud, Computers, Devices, Learning, Microsoft, Office 365, Windows •
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- by Roberto Lopez
OneNote is probably the most underrated Microsoft product there is. 5 Big reasons why: It’s FREE It’s multiplatform: Windows, MacOS, Iphone, Ipad, Android, Windows RT (I have one), Windows… Read More →
Understanding Azure Reserved Instances
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- by Ana Gabriela Hernandez
If you are consuming cloud resources you’re probably facing some challenges such as cost management, optimization and confidence on how spending is happening. Have you ever faced any surprising cost… Read More →
Azure Traffic Manager for Multi Cloud Vendor endpoints
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- by Roberto Lopez
Some customers and organization talk about having a multi-cloud environment in order to not be locked and also to provide redundancy and continuity in case of disaster with any of… Read More →
Understanding Availability Zones
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- by Roberto Lopez
Let’s recap some of the principles of Cloud computing design: High Availability Scalability Redundancy Platforms like Azure, AWS and Google have a solid way to deal with these requirements. The… Read More →
What Cloud Computing is
- Categories: AWS, Azure, Cloud, Computers, IaaS, Learning, Office 365, PaaS, SaaS •
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- by Roberto Lopez
It is normal for different people to have different understandings of what Cloud Computing is. I will detail the basics below: Definition According to the The National Institute of Technology… Read More →
Let’s Encrypt Certificates on the Azure Application Gateway
The Security Principles Quoting from the World Wide Web Consortium (W3) : The Web’s trustworthiness has become critical to its success Furthermore, confidentiality — while arguably not always strictly necessary… Read More →
Hosting a Static Website using an Azure Storage Account
- Categories: Azure, Cloud, PaaS, Storage •
- Tags: Azure, blob, storage, website •
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- by Roberto Lopez
Microsoft announced the ability to host an static website on a Storage account (BLOB), in preview as of July 2018. In a similar way it can be done in AWS’s… Read More →