Microsoft delivered fixes for issues affecting everything from Windows to Office, .NET, and SQL Server, and several patches that should be deployed ASAP. Microsoft this week released 139 updates ...

Hey folks, Vladan here. If you've followed my blog for any length of time, you know I'm always keeping an eye on backup and recovery solutions that make life easier for virtualization admins — ...

In addition to rolling out patches to address two zero-days affecting SQL Server and .NET, Microsoft introduced Common Log File System hardening with signature verification. The team at Readiness each ...

The system-to-administrator ratio is commonly used as a rough metric to understand administrative costs in high-scale services. With smaller, less automated services this ratio can be as low as 2:1, ...

The web-based UI for managing all aspects of Windows Server, Windows Server Admin Center (WAC) sure has grown up a lot in the last seven years. If you're new to the concept, you can run WAC on a ...

A step-by-step guide to deploying, configuring, and testing a multi-AZ, multi-region SQL Server FCI in the Azure cloud, complete with a PowerShell script that handles the networking configuration.

Patch management is a familiar and challenging responsibility for most IT teams. Operating system (OS) and application vendors issue monthly or quarterly updates that often include vital improvements ...

This article teaches you how to configure a failover group for single and pooled databases in Azure SQL Database by using the Azure portal, Azure PowerShell, and the Azure CLI. ::: zone ...