Category: Azure Tools

Azure OpenAI: Enabling Rapid AI Adoption

In today’s digital age, artificial intelligence (AI) has emerged as a transformative force, revolutionizing industries and unlocking new possibilities. One of the leading platforms driving AI innovation is Azure OpenAI. Powered by the partnership between Microsoft Azure and OpenAI, this combination brings together the extensive cloud infrastructure of Azure and the state-of-the-art AI capabilities of […]

Azure Sphere - Internet of Things security solution

Azure Sphere: A Brief Overview

If you are building or deploying Internet of Things (IoT) devices that require a high level of security and reliability, you may need Azure Sphere. Azure Sphere is a platform developed by Microsoft that combines hardware, software and cloud services to provide a secure and trustworthy environment for the deployment and management of IoT devices. […]

Azure Migration: On-premises desktop management to Intune

Managing desktops and devices can be a challenging task, especially for organizations with distributed workforces and/or multiple locations. Traditional on-premise desktop management solutions require significant resources and expertise to manage effectively, leading many organizations to look for cloud-based alternatives. Microsoft Intune is a cloud-based mobile device management (MDM) and desktop management solution that offers a […]

Azure Cloud Cost Optimization After ShareGate Overcast

ShareGate recently announced that the ShareGate Overcast tool will be discontinued on June 1, 2021. Overcast is an Azure cloud spending analysis tool, and its imminent retirement led many in the VIAcode community to ask us about Overcast alternatives. In this article, we’d like to take a look at some of the ways Azure users […]

The Well-Architected Azure Framework Series: Operational Excellence

VIAcode CEO Victor Mushkatin recently hosted a webinar for cloud developers and operations professionals to explore operational excellence in the context of the Microsoft Azure Well-Architected Framework and Azure Cloud Centers of Excellence. In the webinar, Victor describes the role operational excellence plays within a comprehensive cloud optimization framework. He then shows Azure users how […]

VIAcode Webinar: A Holistic Approach to Operating Azure: People, Processes, and Tools

Microsoft and third-party developers offer tools to support users as they manage and optimize Microsoft Azure cloud environments. But your Cloud Center of Excellence needs more than tools and people to build an effective cloud environment; both have to be integrated through collaborative processes that support your business’s cloud objectives. In our latest webinar, Victor […]

Secure Remote Administration of Azure VMs with Azure Bastion

Over the last few months, IT professionals have more often managed servers from living rooms and bedrooms than offices and data centers. COVID–19 has made remote workers of us all, amplifying a trend also accelerated by the spread of cloud computing. Why go into the office when you manage virtual servers in a remote data […]

An Introduction To Microsoft SQL Server Monitoring

This post is a high-level summary of our white paper on SQL database monitoring. For more depth and detail, you can download the full white paper. Microsoft SQL Server is one of the most widely adopted database platforms in the world. For many years an excellent database engine for Windows-centric data centers, today SQL Server […]

Five Azure Monitoring and Incident Management Tools You Need To Know About

Azure Monitor is the platform’s central monitoring, notification, and alerting system. It brings together tools for turning telemetry—logs and metrics—from across Azure into actionable information. But, despite Azure Monitor’s power, SMBs struggle to use it effectively. Consequently, they lack visibility into the state of their infrastructure, and, without that visibility, it is difficult or impossible […]

Understand and Optimize Your Infrastructure With Azure Monitor

Do you know what you need to know about the state of your organization’s Azure infrastructure? For many SMEs, the answer is no. Is anyone responsible for monitoring Azure infrastructure and reacting to potential problems? Again, the answer is often no. There are two main culprits for SME’s lack of insight into their infrastructure. The […]