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My 2-cents: Azure Automanage
Introduction It really takes some time to go trough all the cool stuff announced at Microsoft Ignite this year. Out of the many things, the Azure Automanage for Virtual Machines, caught my eye. I do […]
Articles by Dimitar Grozdanov
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Cloud adoption in the era of accelerated Digital Transformation (Part 3)
In Part 1, of the series, we set the stage for Cloud Adoption Framework, focusing on Strategy. Then, in Part 2, we talked about Plan Phase and its major components and activities. We still have ground to cover, especially if we get into details around the Adopt Phase. But, lets focus on the quick win areas, from the technical standpoint. […]
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Cloud adoption in the era of accelerated Digital Transformation (Part 2)
Once we finalize the Strategy Phase, we are ready for the Plan Phase of our cloud adoption endeavor. This is the tricky part, because up to now, everything we did was purely academic. At this […]
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Cloud adoption in the era of accelerated Digital Transformation (Part 1)
(It’s not only connected to the pandemic) Within the past few months, I had a lot of interactions with various community members, IT Pros, business professionals, read/watched a lot of social network posts, blogs, trainings, […]
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Incremental snapshots on Azure Managed Disks
Incremental snapshots are a cost-effective, point-in-time backup of managed disks. Unlike current snapshots, which are billed for the full size, incremental snapshots are billed for the delta changes to disks since the last snapshot. This […]
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Network connectivity monitoring with Connection Monitor (Preview)
Connection Monitor is a component of Azure Network Watcher. In the current Preview, it enhances the functionality by embedding Network Performance Monitor (NPM) feature into the Connection Monitor service. More info: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/network-watcher/connection-monitor-preview What is Network […]
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Azure Monitor for Virtual Machines (March Update)
The Azure Monitor for Virtual Machines (VMs), as of this week, is out of Preview. The refreshed service enables in-depth view of the performance trends and dependencies, on a single VM or Virtual Machine Scale […]
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Private Endpoints for Azure Storage (March Updates)
The purpose of the Private Endpoints is to provide secure connectivity to Azure Storage from an Azure Virtual Network (VNet), by means of Azure Private Link. As of this month, this feature is generally available […]
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Azure Security Center (March Updates)
Just-In Time VM Access This feature, that is found and configured within the Azure Security Center, is part of he Standard Pricing tier. In a nutshell, this feature enables lock down of Azure VM with […]