Compute, Infrastructure, and Systems Management

Need to Know: Terms and Concepts for Understanding Microsoft VDI Updated: May 11, 2026 Newer offerings like AVD and Windows 365 introduce capabilities that require updated terminology to describe...more What Data Does Azure Arc Share with Microsoft? April 29, 2026 Azure Arc is an increasingly necessary management framework for organizations, particularly those seeking to use...more Azure Storage Gets Minimum Billing Size April 22, 2026 Microsoft is rolling out minimum billable object sizes for some tiers of Blob Storage. Blob Storage is available in a range of...more Windows Quick Machine Recovery Could Alleviate Future CrowdStrike-Style Outages Updated: April 16, 2026 Windows Quick Machine Recovery could help customers restore unbootable Windows 11 PCs, as after the...more How to Apply Azure Reservations and Savings Plans Effectively to Compute Workloads Updated: April 10, 2026 Azure compute is typically the single largest cost category of resources that an organization will...more Choosing Among Microsoft’s Many Copilot and Agent Reporting Tools April 7, 2026 Several tools provide reporting, analytics, and insights into Microsoft 365 Copilot and agent usage within...more Azure Leaves Real-Time OS Market April 2, 2026 Customers who built or bought IoT devices with the Azure Sphere or Azure RTOS OSes...more M365 Agent Value Could Be Revealed by New Agent Dashboard Updated: March 30, 2026 The new Agent Dashboard in Viva Insights shows metrics of deployed Microsoft 365 Copilot-based agents...more Evaluating Digital Sovereignty Options   March 16, 2026 Enterprises are increasingly using the public cloud for mission-critical and data-sensitive workloads. But as customers...more Microsoft 365 Backup Targets Exchange and SharePoint Online Using a PAYG model Updated: March 10, 2026 Microsoft 365 Backup provides backup of Exchange Online mailboxes, OneDrive for work accounts, and SharePoint...more SharePoint Embedded: Document Management Without SharePoint Updated: March 9, 2026 SharePoint Embedded provides storage in Microsoft 365 with built-in document management for custom apps but...more Demystifying Microsoft’s Copilots Updated: March 6, 2026 Copilot-branded technologies from Microsoft assist users in completing tasks, but Microsoft overstates ROI. Almost all...more Six Steps from On-Premises to Full Cloud March 2, 2026 Organizations must increasingly focus on and invest in Microsoft-cloud based services because it increasingly retires...more Best Practices for Preserving Data While Removing Microsoft 365 Users Updated: February 23, 2026 Offboarding employees is not an IT task; it’s a governance and risk event affecting organizational...more VMware Rapid Migration Plan Loses Incentives: Some Benefits for Commitment Remain Updated: February 18, 2026 Note: Following a further extension of the deadline for the VMware Rapid Migration Plan to...more NTLM to Be Disabled in Future Releases February 5, 2026 NTLM will be disabled by default in the next versions of Windows Server and client....more

Windows Server Edition Packaging May 1, 2026 Reporting and Analytics Tools for Microsoft 365 Copilot and Agents April 7, 2026 Server Application Version Support March 17, 2026 Communication Services Overview July 3, 2025 Azure Arc Sample Deployment Updated: October 11, 2024

  Licensing Reference Service Provider Licensing Rule Comparison Illustration explains how licensing rules for software deployed at service providers differ from rules associated...more   Product Reference Azure Storage A new Smart Tier option that automatically moves data between tiers is available.   Licensing Reference Azure Savings Plans Azure savings plans allow organizations to specify the amount of VM compute resources that will...more   Product Reference SharePoint Embedded SharePoint Embedded is document management infrastructure for custom apps.   Product Reference Data Lake Storage Flexible architectural choices enable performance, cost optimization, scalability, and resilience across diverse data lake workloads.   Licensing Reference Data Lake Storage Cost optimization requires aligning storage tiers, redundancy, and transactions with access patterns.   Product Reference Microsoft Defender for Endpoint Microsoft Defender for Endpoint is a service that offers endpoint protection features including antimalware on...more   Product Reference Microsoft Defender for Office 365 Microsoft Defender for Office 365 offers two tiers of service that help prevent and assess...more   Product Reference Microsoft Defender for Identity Microsoft Defender for Identity is a Microsoft-hosted service that captures, parses, and analyzes Active Directory...more   Product Reference Microsoft Defender for Cloud Apps Microsoft Defender for Cloud Apps is a Microsoft-hosted service designed to help organizations discover the...more   Product Reference Entra ID Entra ID is a multitenant identity and access management (IAM) service hosted by Microsoft. The...more   Product Reference Intune Intune is a Microsoft-hosted service that provides mobile device management (MDM) and application management for...more   Product Reference System Center   Licensing Reference Fabric Data Warehouse   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

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