Forza Horizon 5 runs on Windows containers on Azure Kubernetes Services!
If you’re in tech, then most probably you play some kind of game – and most likely you at least heard of the Forza franchise. What you might not know is what happens behind the scenes when you turn on your Xbox and start a new race.Adding optional font packages to Windows containers
Customer feedback is the main driver for the Windows container team when planning new features and improvements to the platform. Since we launched containers in Windows Server 2016, customers have told us how a slim container image impacts the overall performance. With that in mind, we removed as much of the base container images as we could, including components such as fonts – which in most cases is not relevant. In the past few months, we also heard your feedback about scenarios that do need these fonts back for applications to properly work. Today we’ll cover how you can add fonts back to Windows containers on the Server Core base container image in a way that is supported for both Windows Server 2019 and 2022.AZ-801 Study Guide: Configuring Windows Server Hybrid Advanced Services
In this exam guide you’ll see which MS Learn modules map against exam functional groups and which docs.microsoft.com articles map against specific exam objective items for the AZ-801 Configuring Windows Server Hybrid Advanced Services exam. This exam is required for the Windows Server Hybrid Administrator Associate certification.AZ-800 Study Guide: Administering Windows Server Hybrid Core Infrastructure
In this exam guide you’ll see which MS Learn modules map against exam functional groups and which docs.microsoft.com articles map against specific exam objective items for the AZ-800 Administering Windows Server Hybrid Core Infrastructure exam. This exam is required for the Windows Server Hybrid Administrator Associate certification.Pod Identity or gMSA? Which one is best for you on Azure Kubernetes Service
This blog post is the result of a conversation I had last week with a customer, in which we discussed the implementation of Group Managed Service Accounts (gMSA) on Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS) for their application. The result of the conversation was that we found out gMSA was not the best approach for this customer. Instead, pod identity would be a much better option. However, there’s a lot of confusion on what is the difference between these technologies and when to use each. So, let’s clarify things!How to identify processes running inside a Windows container from the container host
This is another blog post idea coming from discussions on Forums - sometimes, you need to check the processes running on a Windows container so you can troubleshoot your environment, or simply monitor its state. After some testing, I figured out a way to find the processes that are running inside the container – without having to actually open an interactive session to it, which let’s be honest – is such as pain. So, here’s how all this works:Learn Containers and Kubernetes from Microsoft Learn!
If you’re like me a few years ago, just hearing about Containers and Kubernetes or looking at some demos or documentation, would make your head spin. The transition from traditional IT to this new model of running compute resources, is not natural or simple. It requires understanding of another form of thinking about how to allocate resources, how to build the architecture of applications, and how to manage the environment.AzUpdate S04E12: Passwordless, Azure Key Vault, Azure Functions and Microsoft Authenticator
Hello Folks, Well, I’m back this week after my first in-person event in over 2 years!!! OMG, it was wonderful to sit in a large room with like-minded people discussing tech in a fun open, and respectful environment. I was at the PowerShell Summit in Seattle, and it was great. You’ll be able to see all the content from that event on their YouTube channel soon. However, I saw the episode last week and I’m not sure I can follow that up. Amy (@wyrdgirl) and Shannon (@shankuehn) did a fantastic job. Check it out! This week I will be joined by my boss. The one and only Rick Claus (@RicksterCDN), and we will cover the news from the mothership that impacts the IT/Ops audience. More specifically, we’ll cover Passwordless RDP with Windows Hello for Business, Automated key rotation in Azure Key Vault, Azure Functions supports PowerShell 7.2, and strong passwords with Microsoft Authenticator. here we go! … Join us online on YouTube? (Live at 10 am eastern time zone) or catch the replay below.
