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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...
How to Schedule Azure VM Deployment – Step-by-Step Guide
How to schedule the deployment of Azure VMs Automate Azure VM Deployment If you need to schedule the regular deployment of your Azure VMs, you can do this easily with one of our Azure tools, AVMD (Azure VM Deployer). With the Azure VM deployer you can deploy single...
How to update SCCM 1902 Hotfix Rollup KB4500571
How to update SCCM 1902 Hotfix Rollup KB4500571 SCCM Hotfix rollup KB4500571 bug fix overview Microsoft has released yet another update for SCCM, hotfix rollup KB4500571. First off, we will cover the update fixes issues with SCCM including; (how to update your SCCM...
How to Update SCCM to Version 1902 – Quick Guide
How to update to SCCM 1902 Microsoft System Center Configuration Manager (SCCM) is a powerful tool used by organizations to manage their IT infrastructure. SCCM allows IT administrators to manage operating systems, applications, and updates on a large number of...
Is Disaster Recovery Really Worth The Trouble (Part 4)
Is Disaster Recovery Really Worth The Trouble (Part 4 of 4 part series) Guest Post by Tommy Tang – Cloud Evangelist In this final chapter of the Disaster Recovery (part 1, part 2 and part 3) discussion I am going to explore some of the common practices, and myths,...