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Author Archives: Neil Mackenzie
Introduction to Docker and Kubernetes on Azure
There has been much interest recently in the use of microservices to architect large-scale services. Microservices are predicated on the idea of deploying individual applications each of which provides a single service, and linking these microservices together to create a … Continue reading
Posted in Azure, Docker, Kubernetes, Linux, Virtual Machines
Tagged Azure, Docker, Kubernetes, Linux
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Affinity Groups in Azure
I see a lot of confusion about the current status of affinity groups in Microsoft Azure and thought it worthwhile to describe that status (or my view of it). Until 2012, Azure used a north-south network built to handle traditional … Continue reading
Posted in Cloud Services, Storage Service, Virtual Machines, VNET
Tagged Azure, Azure Storage, Cloud Services, VNET
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Migrating a VM from EC2 to Azure at 300 Mbps
This post contains instructions for migrating a VM from Amazon Web Services EC2 to Microsoft Azure. The instructions assume a basic setup where the AWS EC2 instance is running Windows Server and comprises a single disk containing the OS. A … Continue reading
Using Azure Monitoring Services API with Azure Cloud Services
This post describes how to use the Azure Monitoring Service API to access performance metrics for Azure Cloud Services, the PaaS feature in the Microsoft Azure platform. It follows on from an earlier post describing the use of the Monitoring … Continue reading
Posted in Azure, Cloud Services, Monitoring Service API, Virtual Machines
Tagged Azure, Cloud Services, Monitoring Service API
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Using Azure Monitoring Service API with Azure Virtual Machines
Microsoft Azure Virtual Machines is the IaaS feature in the Azure platform that provides the ability to easily deploy Linux and Windows Server VMs into a public cloud infrastructure. Like other public clouds, Azure uses commodity hardware with horizontal scaling … Continue reading
Posted in Azure, Monitoring Service API, Virtual Machines
Tagged Azure, Monitoring, Virtual Machines
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Network Connectivity in Azure
Microsoft Azure is a general purpose, public cloud that provides compute, storage, connectivity and services. The pace of innovation in each of these areas is accelerating, making it harder (in a good way) to keep abreast of the latest developments. … Continue reading
Posted in Azure, Cloud Services, Virtual Machines, VNET
Tagged Azure, Cloud Services, Virtual Machines, VNET
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Disk Storage on Linux VMs in Azure
Microsoft Azure supports the ability to mount VHDs into Azure Virtual Machines running any of the supported Linux distributions. Additionally, the Azure File Service provides a managed logical file system that can be mounted into Ubuntu distributions using the SMB … Continue reading
Posted in Azure, Linux, Storage Service, Virtual Machines
Tagged Azure, Linux, Virtual Machines
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A Second Look at Project Orleans
Project Orleans is a preview from Microsoft Research of an Actor-based framework and runtime supporting the development and deployment of massively distributed systems hosted in Microsoft Azure. A specific goal of Orleans is to simplify the creation of distributed systems … Continue reading
A First Look at Project Orleans
Microsoft Azure Cloud Services is a PaaS offering that simplifies the task of deploying scalable applications. An Azure PaaS deployment comprises two files: a package containing the application assemblies; and a configuration file. This simplicity makes Azure Cloud Services a … Continue reading
Windows Azure Training Events– San Francisco Bay Area
In March and April 2014, Satory Global is hosting several Developer Camps focused on Windows Azure and Modern apps. These are in San Francisco, CA and Sunnyvale, CA. The camps are a mixture of presentations and hands-on labs, where you … Continue reading
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