08Sep2016
06Sep2016
2016 Essentials Integration: Azure Virtual Network, part 1
This is one of the new features I am most excited about in Windows Server 2016 Essentials Experience. Today we are going to setup a connection to an Azure Virtual Network. With this technology, we have the ability to extend our on-premises server and domain infrastructure into the Microsoft Azure cloud, and run...
02May2016
Get Rid of My Servers!
If the cloud is supposed to be so great, then why do so many small businesses still have servers? It is a fair question. The truth is, you probably do not need to maintain servers on-premises, but that doesn't mean you won't still want to. The majority of small businesses (the "S" in...
03Mar2016
My Top 5 Favorite Microsoft Cloud Solutions for the SMB
1. Office 365 (Even if you thought "I already use it") Office 365 is, to put it quite bluntly, the new gold standard in productivity at every level of the Enterprise. In the SMB space especially, this is so much the case that I cannot emphasize it strongly enough. If you aren't already using...
29Feb2016
Why we tend to focus on IaaS Solutions
IaaS is an area of extreme interest to SMB customers, probably because it is the easiest way for them to translate what they are accustomed to working with (e.g. on-premises servers) into a cloud-based equivalent. In other words, for better or worse, we are in the habit of thinking about our applications and...
25Feb2016
What is the Azure Cloud?
It would be quite literally impossible to list all of the Azure-based products and their corresponding feature sets, since the list would be out of date as soon as I hit "Publish." Microsoft is constantly releasing new features into Azure everyday--some are all new products, while others build on existing ones....
22Feb2016