Anatomy of an Outage: How Microsoft focuses on Transparency during and post incident
Outages happen—no matter the hyperscale provider, no matter the architecture. What separates resilient organizations from the rest is how quickly they detect issues, how effectively they communicate, and how well they learn from the inevitable. Rick Claus had the opportunity to co-present a session on the topic of how Microsoft communicates during outages and what YOU can do to be more proactive on how your Azure based infra is weathering the storm. He and Tajinder Pal Singh Ahluwalia pull back the curtain on how Microsoft handles major incidents—from the first customer impact signal to the deep‑dive retrospectives that follow.Microsoft 365 Administration Cookbook: Essential Recipes for IT Pros
I'm excited to announce the release of my 10th book, Microsoft 365 Administration Cookbook: Enhance Your Microsoft 365 Productivity to Manage and Optimize Its Apps and Services. This fully updated second edition cookbook is packed with recipes to spice up and streamline your Microsoft 365 administration and features a foreword by Karuana Gatimu, Director of Microsoft's M365 Customer Advocacy Group. Key Features: Manage Identities and Roles: Efficiently handle Microsoft 365 identities, groups, and permissions. Streamline Communication and Teamwork: Optimize Microsoft Teams, Exchange Online, and SharePoint for seamless collaboration. Enhance Productivity and Knowledge Sharing: Leverage Microsoft Search, SharePoint, and OneDrive for effective information retrieval and document management. Automate with PowerShell: Master PowerShell to automate tasks and manage roles, improving service efficiency. Optimize Security and Compliance: Strengthen your environment with Microsoft Defender and manage compliance with Microsoft Purview. This cookbook provides step-by-step recipes for app configurations and administrative tasks, offering strategies for managing Microsoft 365 apps and services. It covers new features and capabilities introduced in this edition and guides you through navigating Microsoft 365 subscription options and services. Whether you're a seasoned IT professional or new to Microsoft 365, this book is designed to enhance your skills with practical insights and best practices. Purchase your copy today. Thanks for your support, Nate ChamberlainStep-By-Step: Manage file storage growth with Azure File Sync
At this point I’m sure you’re heard about Azure File Sync. If you have not, Azure File Sync (AFS) is a service that centralizes your file shares in Azure Files, while keeping the flexibility, performance, and compatibility of an on-premises file server. In essence, it transforms your File Server into a quick cache of your Azure file share. It’s a great way to deal with shrinking storage space in your environment by using AFS to tier your files to the cloud and ensure you never run out of space locally. the Article walks you through the setup.
One Year Update: Only constant is change...
Rick Claus talks with Donovan Brown about a recent internal reorganization to build a team specifically pulled together to span the operations spectrum of folks who specialize in all types of infrastructure architecture, DevOps practices, DevSecOps specialties, virtualization platforms, Site Reliability Engineering (SRE) principles and more. Regardless if you are on-prem only, hybrid or a cloud native team or organization, if you work in some form of IT operations space supporting your technical infrastructure used by internal end users, external customers or development teams - there are resources here for you to connect with.
