Compute, Infrastructure, and Systems Management

Windows Point-in-Time Restore Is Windows, Yesterday January 28, 2026 Windows Point-in-Time Restore is a new preview feature of Windows 11 that should help customers...more Migrate Off SharePoint Server 2016 and 2019 by July 2026 January 12, 2026 Support for SharePoint Server 2019 (SP 2019) and 2016 (SP 2016) ends in July 2026,...more How to Apply Azure Reservations and Savings Plans Effectively January 10, 2026 Azure compute is typically the single largest cost category of resources that an organization will...more Intune Suite Features Added to Microsoft 365 E5, E3 Ahead of 2026 Price Increases Updated: December 23, 2025 The features of the Intune Suite have been split across the Microsoft 365 E5 and...more Windows Quick Machine Recovery Could Alleviate Future CrowdStrike-Style Outages December 15, 2025 Windows Quick Machine Recovery, a new feature of Windows 11 intended to help recover otherwise...more Azure Copilot Agents Simplify Azure Operation, Optimization December 14, 2025 The Azure portal has had a Copilot for more than a year, but it has...more Azure Local: Vision Still Ahead of the Product December 5, 2025 Azure Local (formerly known as Azure Stack HCI) is Microsoft’s primary server host OS for...more Azure Local to Gain Air-Gap Support November 10, 2025 Several new features have been added to the Azure Local Roadmap, including the general availability...more Sentinel Enables AI Agents with MCP Server Preview October 19, 2025 A new MCP server is available for Microsoft Sentinel, the company’s SIEM, supporting natural language...more Conditional Access: How to Make Best Use of It to Secure Microsoft 365 October 11, 2025 Conditional access supports several approaches to keep Microsoft 365 secure by default. Policy templates, default...more What Tools Can Help Me Deploy and Manage Conditional Access? October 5, 2025 Conditional access (CA) policies within Microsoft 365 are complex to create and troubleshoot. A small set of...more How to Track Azure Hybrid Benefit Use Rights for Windows Server Updated: September 1, 2025 Customers are responsible for ensuring they have the proper licenses to keep their Azure Hybrid...more VMware Rapid Migration Plan: Some Benefits for Commitment Updated: August 4, 2025 Note: Microsoft has further extended the deadline to the VMware Rapid Migration Plan to Dec....more New Generation of Storage Azure VMs Enable Larger Workloads  Updated: July 20, 2025 A new generation of storage-optimized Azure VMs offers higher performance at a lower storage cost....more How to Assign Microsoft 365 User Licenses July 10, 2025 Microsoft 365 licenses must be assigned to users before they can use the services. The...more Windows Server 2025 Hotpatching Available as a Subscription July 8, 2025 Windows Server 2025 hotpatching, enabling security update patches without reboots, is generally available as of...more

Communication Services Overview July 3, 2025 Windows Server Editions Updated: April 2, 2025 Azure Arc Sample Deployment Updated: October 11, 2024

  Product Reference Azure Local Azure Local, formerly known as Azure Stack HCI, is Microsoft’s primary server host OS for...more   Product Reference Azure VMware Solution Azure VMware Solution (AVS) offers virtualization, storage, and networking for managed VMs using VMware software...more   Product Reference Kubernetes Service Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS), Microsoft’s flagship Kubernetes (often abbreviated as “K8s”) offering, provides orchestration (deployment,...more   Product Reference Data Lake Storage Azure Data Lake Storage (ADLS) provides general data lake storage features to capture and analyze...more   Product Reference Batch Azure Batch allows customers to distribute workloads over groups of VMs to leverage Azure’s scalability...more   Product Reference Orleans Orleans is an open-source framework for distributed applications that is included with .NET.   Product Reference Virtual Network Services Virtual network services provide the basic connectivity and network management for services and resources used...more   Product Reference Connectivity to Azure Organizations can connect their own locations to Azure in a variety of ways, with bandwidth,...more   Product Reference Network Security Azure provides services to filter and monitor network traffic. They include firewalls, protection against denial-of-service...more   Product Reference Load Balancing and Network Analysis Load balancing services in Azure distribute incoming network requests for customer applications or resources among...more   Product Reference Azure Storage Azure Storage is a scalable object storage platform that offers several nonrelational data storage services...more   Product Reference Azure Elastic SAN Azure Elastic SAN is an Azure-hosted storage area network (SAN) service that provides managed storage...more   Product Reference Azure NetApp Files Azure NetApp Files is a cloud-based network-attached storage (NAS) service that runs on specialized hardware...more   Product Reference Backup Azure Backup is a service that uses Azure Storage to back up VMs, databases, files...more   Product Reference Data Box Azure Data Box is a family of physical devices and services that help customers transfer...more   Product Reference Hybrid Storage Appliances Azure hybrid storage appliances and services offer tiering and caching of storage between on-premises systems...more

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