Despite vendors like Microsoft automating many processes in their solutions, including network configuration, vulnerabilities may still threaten your security.
For example, you still need some fine-tuning when routing traffic via an App Gateway to a private backend application in an Azure VWAN environment.
Learn more about how to build your private endpoint routing patterns to improve your Azure networking security in Part 1 of the article by Didier Van Hoye, a Microsoft MVP.
Southeast Aerospace, a U.S.-based aviation and aerospace company, had an aging and cost-prohibitive virtualized infrastructure with a hindered scalability. The existing infrastructure didn't provide the performance needed to expand and support numerous critical servers. Performance, redundancy, scalability, and support were all critical components influencing the company's decision on which solution to go with. Using StarWind HCI Appliance (HCA), Southeast Aerospace implements a remotely supported and managed IT infrastructure, achieves scalability and redundancy, and saves around $20K on its IT operational expenses (OpEx).
You can read about how StarWind could do the same for your company by following this link.
Updating your various Windows systems can be quite a chore. Microsoft knows that as well. Luckily, it added new features to its endpoint cloud-based management solution, Intune, which allows you to prioritize important security updates.
It’s a great new addition that you can test out right now.
Read the article by Brandon Lee, a virtualization expert, on the new update profiles and expedited quality updates features added to Intune.
Creating an ethical hacking course from scratch can prove daunting and difficult. If that’s what you’ve been thinking about then you’re in luck: Microsoft decided to help out a bit and just published its guide for setting up a lab for such purposes, using Azure Lab Services. StarWind V2V Converter is also featured in one of the steps.
Learn how to create your own lab for an ethical hacking class with the help of Azure Lab Services. Read article in the link.
VMware App Volumes is a part of VMware Horizon‘s Apps on Demand feature, which allows delivering apps to virtual desktops on demand. Instead of mounting VMDK with apps, dynamic mounting of the volumes starts only when you use an application. Now, Apps on Demand for published app environments extends this functionality to the apps published by Horizon Apps, Citrix Virtual Apps, and Microsoft Remote Desktop Session Host (RDSH)/terminal.
Read the article by Alex Samoylenko, a virtualization technology professional, to find out how to use Apps on Demand for published app environments to deliver published apps to virtual desktops on demand.
Disability Rights Texas, a U.S.-based non-profit agency, ran most of its production servers in the cloud, using a Hyper-V environment as a fallback. Its previous SAN provider was expensive, making the entire setup less cost-efficient and boosting maintenance costs. Using StarWind Virtual SAN (vSAN), Disability Rights Texas replaces its aging SAN with commodity servers, achieves scalability and redundancy, and cuts high IT operational expenses (OpEx).
You can read about how StarWind could do the same for your company by following this link.
Azure Bastion is a useful service which allows connecting to a VM using only your browser and access to the Azure Portal. However, it is possible to create a shareable link to the required VM and provide access directly to a user.
Read the guide by Florent Appointare, a Microsoft Engineer, to find out how to access Azure Bastion VMs without the use of the Azure Portal.
Inflexion, a U.S.-based nonprofit consulting group, had a complex virtualization infrastructure with multiple servers and storage systems. This made it difficult for the sysadmin to manage and maintain. Using StarWind HCI Appliance (HCA), Inflexion implements a remotely supported and managed IT infrastructure with the possibility to run 50 VMs with no downtime, simplifies the management and maintenance of its virtualization environment, and cuts high IT operational expenses (OpEx)
You can read about how StarWind could do the same for your company by following this link.
SkoleIT, a Danish IT services and IT consulting company, was looking for a solution capable of handling a great amount of data and providing uninterrupted operation of its services at a moderate price. They required a simple solution that will not introduce any vendor lock-in to their storage environment. Using StarWind Virtual SAN (vSAN), SkoleIT creates a high availability (HA) cluster, builds an all-flash storage system, and ensures the operation of its critical services 24/7.
You can read about how StarWind could do the same for your company by following this link.
It’s never too much when it comes to cybersecurity. Microsoft recently released a feature for its Azure Active Directory (AD) that allows you to diversify authentication methods for different user groups. This feature is used in conditional access to apply customized policies to the right people.
Learn how to use Authentication Strengths in Azure AD to boost your IT environment security by reading the article by Romain Serre, a Microsoft MVP.
Configuring DNS resolution for on-premises VMs linked to private DNS zones in Azure can be challenging. Luckily, Microsoft has released a new Azure service - DNS Private Resolver. It allows querying Azure DNS private zones from an on-premises environment and vice versa without deploying VM-based DNS servers.
Find out more about DNS Private Resolver in the latest article by Microsoft MVP Romain Serre for StarWind.
Xpert Consultancy, a British managed IT service provider (MSP), sought to bring compatibility into its backup processes and cut high maintenance costs on its physical backup hardware. The existing VTL solution did not allow getting rid of the expensive physical tape hardware platform completely. Using StarWind Virtual Tape Library (VTL), Xpert Consultancy eliminates costly tape backup processes, reduces IT operational expenses (OpEx) significantly, and ensures the safety of its backup data.
You can read about how StarWind could do the same for your company by following this link.
Sometimes, especially in a new environment, you may need to quickly find out where your ESXi hypervisor is installed. Whether it's on a USB stick, SD card, local disk, or booting over the network via PXY, there are a few methods to identify the location correctly.
Read more about it in the article by virtualization expert Vladan Seget for StarWind.
The IT environment of Oerlikon Fairfield, a U.S.-based gear manufacturer, lacked performance and could not grant virtual machines’ fast migration, thus challenging the company’s business continuity. The company was looking for a cost-efficient solution capable of intensifying VM migration and the overall infrastructure performance. Using StarWind Virtual SAN (vSAN), Oerlikon Fairfield deploys an HA storage cluster, adopts hyperconvergence, and achieves 24/7 business operations.
You can read about how StarWind could do the same for your company by following this link.
StarWind has once again proven its position as the leading hyperconverged infrastructure vendor for Enterprise ROBO, SMB, and Edge, receiving recognition from TrustRadius in the Winter 2023 Best of Awards. StarWind HCI Appliance (HCA) and StarWind Virtual SAN (vSAN) were awarded the "Best Feature Set," "Best Value for the Price," and "Best Relationship" for Hyperconverged Infrastructure (HCI) and Software Defined Storage (SDS).
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Savronik Elektronik A.Ş., a Turkish defense and intelligent transportation systems manufacturer, had an IT infrastructure with dozens of physical SAN devices that took up a lot of space and required a lot of money to service them. The company was desperate to find reasonably priced virtual shared storage that would reduce the number of hardware resources and provide redundancy. Using StarWind Virtual SAN (vSAN), Savronik Elektronik A.Ş. deploys a highly available cluster, ensures redundancy, reduces its hardware footprint, and cuts high IT operational expenses (OpEx).
You can read about how StarWind could do the same for your company by following this link.
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Columb Technologies S.A., a Polish IT services and IT consulting company, faced challenges with its traditional SAN-based storage system, causing downtime, making it difficult to scale, and increasing overall IT costs. In addition, the company's data center was rapidly running out of space, making it impossible to add more hardware to support the growing demand for storage. Using StarWind Virtual SAN (vSAN), Columb Technologies S.A. deploys an HA cluster, gets a sizeable performance increase, and achieves 24/7 business operations.
You can read about how StarWind could do the same for your company by following this link.
Microsoft Azure ARC VM Management extends Azure Portal features to manage VMs in Azure Stack HCI and VMware vSphere from a single interface.
Learn more about new hybrid cloud capabilities in Azure ARC in the new article by Microsoft MVP Romain Serre for StarWind.
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