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How to Get Azure Blob Container Size
How to get the Size of your Azure Blob Containers Something we get asked quite often is, how can I see the size of my Containers in each Storage Account? We know that Azure storage is one of the fastest growing aspects of Azure because it offers almost a limitless...
The top Azure Blogs we follow.
The Top Azure blogs we follow As Microsoft is forever releasing new functionality within Azure and all its offerings its often hard to keep abreast of the latest changes in technology. To do so, we here at SmiKar Software often follow influential and knowledgeable...
What is Azure Blob Storage?
Azure Blob Storage Blobs, Blobs and more Blobs. If you have ever had the need to store large amounts of files and data, then Azure's Blob Storage is made for you. Microsoft's Azure Cloud provides huge benefits with not only their fantastic services, locations,...
How to view the size of all your Azure Storage Accounts
Why you should monitor your Azure Storage Monitoring Azure storage usage is important for businesses because of the cost implications and the impact it can have on operations. Cost implications: Azure storage is a pay-as-you-go service, meaning businesses are charged...
How to create an Azure storage lifecycle management policy
How to create an Azure storage lifecycle management policy Whether you are using our Cloud Storage Management software to gain insights into your Azure storage environment, or are just trying to work out how to save costs within Azure, creating a lifecycle management...
How to schedule a snapshot on multiple Virtual Machines.
How to schedule the snapshot of multiple VMware or Hyper-V Virtual Machines with auto deletion. Every so often you need to schedule a snapshot on a virtual machine, whether that be a VMware virtual machine or a Hyper-V virtual machine, or even multiple virtual...
Step by step guide on how to install Microsoft’s System Centre Virtual Machine Manager (SCVMM)
How to install Microsoft's System Centre Virtual Machine Manager (SCVMM) System Centre Virtual Machine Manager (SCVMM) If you run Microsoft's Hyper-V as your virtualisation platform rather than the ever popular VMware ESX then you probably want a way to manage your...
Azure vs AWS – Comparing IaaS Resilience
IaaS Resilience, which cloud platform is better? Azure or AWS? Now this blog post is only going to cover the two largest cloud providers, Microsoft's Azure and Amazon's AWS and only focusing on Infrastructure as a Service (Azure VMs for Azure, and EC2 for AWS)...
Update SCCM to Version 1906 – Easy Update Instructions
Step by Step guide on how to update to SCCM 1906 Hi all, Microsoft has just recently released their latest iteration to SCCM, version 1906. With this update of SCCM comes quite a few welcome features and to find out more go to this link on the Microsoft site. But you...
How to clone a Azure VM
How to clone a Azure VM If you ever need to duplicate or clone your Azure VMs or perhaps even migrate your Azure VMs from Azure Service Manager (ASM) to Azure Resource Manager (ARM) you can use one of our Azure Management Tools, Azure VM Cloner (AVMC) to quickly and...