Author: Tracy Wallace

Five Surprising Things You Probably Didn’t Know About Microsoft Azure

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Moving capabilities to a cloud provider such as Microsoft Azure is pretty straightforward. However, given the depth and breadth of service offerings provided by Azure, it’s easy to miss the product’s less obvious capabilities. If you’re implementing a Microsoft Azure cloud platform, you’ll want to consider these five services to save time, money, and your sanity.

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Why You Should Consider Running Linux on Azure, Part II: More Details

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One of the cool things about running Linux on Azure is the extensions that tie Linux virtual machines into the Azure environment. This is another feature that frankly surprised me a bit. I expected Microsoft products to fully integrate with Azure (and they do) but I expected the Linux integration to be clunky. That turned out to not be the case. There are Linux extensions that integrate directly into Azure.

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Wandering Through Microsoft Ignite 2016 and Exploring the Future of AI

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For the last four years I have attended Microsoft’s big conference for IT professionals. It used to be called TechEd and for the last two years it has been combined with a few other conferences and goes by Ignite. This is the biggest conference that Microsoft sponsors for IT professionals (and according to Microsoft it is the biggest tech conference in the world) so it always offers insights into where Microsoft is going.

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Six Tips for Passing a Microsoft Certification Exam (from Someone Who Hates Taking Tests)

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I have taken a lot of Microsoft certification exams over the last 20 years. I can’t say that I am ever excited to take an exam, but I have done well on them. Over the years I have developed an approach to taking exams and have generally passed many more than I have failed. In fact, as I started thinking about it, I have never failed an exam for which I have gone through the process that I am laying out herein. You do not need to follow this approach, but you definitely need an approach. Taking a Microsoft certification exam “cold” is a good way to end up retaking a Microsoft certification exam.

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