Azure IaaS and Azure Local: announcements and updates (February 2026 – Weeks: 05 and 06)
Microsoft's latest Azure IaaS updates: new AMD & Intel VM series, confidential computing expansion, and performance improvements.
Microsoft's latest Azure IaaS updates: new AMD & Intel VM series, confidential computing expansion, and performance improvements.
Explains how exe.dev's SSH-based hosting service routes traffic to specific VMs without unique IPs, using public keys for identification.
Microsoft's latest Azure IaaS and Azure Local updates for October 2025, covering new features, VM retirements, and firewall enhancements.
Reminder about Azure's upcoming change to default outbound network access for VMs, effective after September 30, 2025.
Explains and compares the four primary disk encryption options for Azure Virtual Machines, detailing their underlying architectures and use cases.
Discusses the retirement of Azure's default outbound access for VMs in 2025, explaining the security reasons and urging preparation.
Explains Confidential VMs for Azure Virtual Desktop, covering security benefits, hardware support (Intel/AMD), and available VM SKUs.
A guide to moving Azure VMs between availability zones, covering supported portal operations and unsupported scenarios requiring manual steps.
A hobbyist programmer shares their journey and recommended resources for learning to implement compilers and interpreters for various programming languages.
Explains Kubernetes as a natural evolution from traditional virtual machine deployment, focusing on conceptual understanding over jargon.
A guide to archiving old Azure VM disks to low-cost archive storage using PowerShell, addressing compliance and cost challenges.
Explains Azure's new on-demand capacity reservations for VMs, detailing how they guarantee compute resource availability and differ from reserved instances.
Explains the OCI Runtime Specification, defining what a standard container is and how it differs from common misconceptions.
Explores the benefits and security advantages of using Generation 2 virtual machines in Azure, focusing on the upcoming Trusted Launch feature.
A technical guide on creating a custom Windows Server 2022 image using Hyper-V and uploading it to Azure for use with Windows Virtual Desktop.
A guide to identifying Ubuntu 16.04 VMs in Azure using PowerShell scripts before its end-of-life, covering both image-based and manually built VMs.
Explains how code executes by comparing compilers, interpreters, transpilers, and virtual machines, covering high-level vs. low-level languages.
Compares Azure cost-saving strategies: Reservations vs. automated VM shutdowns, with examples to determine the most economical approach.
A guide to using Azure Resource Mover, a preview service for migrating Azure VMs and related resources between different geographic regions.
Explains SQL Server backup throttling issues in Azure VMs due to disk throughput limits exceeding VM caps, causing performance problems.