Chris Seferlis

Using Azure to Drive Security in Banking Using Biometrics

In the digital world we live in today, it’s getting harder to verify identity in industries such as banking. We now do less [...]

Chris Seferlis October 19, 2018

Azure, Azure Every Day, Azure SQL Database, Azure Data Warehouse, Azure SQL Database Hyperscale Tier

Introducing Azure SQL Database Hyperscale Service Tier

If your current SQL Database service tier is not well suited to your needs, I’m excited to tell you about a newly created [...]

Chris Seferlis October 16, 2018

Azure Every Day, Cloud, Azure Data Week, Cloud Security

Azure Data Week - Why Your Infrastructure Belongs in the Cloud

Just a note that our Azure Every Day posts this week will be stepping away from our normal posts as our regular bloggers are [...]

Chris Seferlis October 10, 2018

Azure, PowerShell, Azure Every Day, Azure Automation, Linux

What is Azure Automation?

So, what do you know about Azure Automation? In this post, I’ll fill you in on this cool, cloud-based automation service [...]

Chris Seferlis October 4, 2018

Azure, Azure Every Day, Azure Firewall

What is Azure Firewall?

In today’s post, I’d like to discuss the recently announced Azure Firewall service that is now in Preview. Azure Firewall is [...]

Chris Seferlis October 1, 2018

Azure, Azure Every Day, IoT, AI

Shell Chooses Azure Platform for AI

Artificial Intelligence (AI) is making its way into many industries today, helping to solve business problems and helping [...]

Chris Seferlis September 27, 2018

Azure, Azure Data Factory, Azure Every Day, Integration Runtimes

Sharing Integration Runtimes Among Azure Data Factories

In this post I’ll talk about self-hosted integration runtimes and the ability to share them across Data Factories and tell [...]

Chris Seferlis September 26, 2018

Azure, Azure Every Day, Azure Data Box, Azure Data Box Disk

What is Azure Data Box and Data Box Disk?

Are you looking to move large amounts of data into Azure? How does doing it for free sound and with an easier process? Today [...]

Chris Seferlis September 24, 2018

Azure, Azure Every Day, Azure Virtual WAN

What is Azure Virtual WAN?

In today’s post I’d like to talk about site to site networking service. Azure already has a site to site VPN service, but [...]

Chris Seferlis September 20, 2018

Azure, Azure Every Day, Azure Data Catalog, Informatica, Informatica Enterprise Data Catalog

Informatica Enterprise Data Catalog in Azure

If you’re like many Azure customers, you’ve been on the look out for a data catalog and data lineage tool and want one with [...]

Chris Seferlis September 18, 2018

Simplified Managed Disc Migration in Azure (1)

Azure, Azure Every Day, Managed Disc Migration

Simplified Managed Disk Migration in Azure

In the past, migrating managed disks could be a bit of a challenge. Today I’d like to talk about how Azure has simplified [...]

Chris Seferlis September 13, 2018

Azure, Azure Every Day, IoT, Microsoft Azure Sphere, IoT Security

Introducing Microsoft Azure Sphere

As we continually see more and more consumer-grade internet devices, like appliances, baby monitors, thermostats, etc., we [...]

Chris Seferlis August 29, 2018

Azure, Azure Every Day, Application Insights

What is Application Insights?

Monitoring your website performance is key to gaining insight into your customers and users, as well as keeping an eye on [...]

Chris Seferlis August 27, 2018

Azure, Azure Every Day, Azure SQL Database Reserved Capacity

Azure SQL Database Reserved Capacity

Last week I posted about the Azure Reserve VM Instance where you could save some money in Azure. Another similar way to save [...]

Chris Seferlis August 23, 2018

Azure, SQL Server, Azure Every Day, SQL Server 2008

New Options for SQL 2008 End of Support

If you’re using SQL 2008 or 2008R2, you need to be aware that the extended support for those ends on July 9, 2019. This [...]

Chris Seferlis August 22, 2018

Azure, Azure Every Day, MySQL, Azure Database for MySQL, Data Replication

Replicate Data Into Azure Database for MySQL

In today’s post I’ll talk about replicating data in Azure Database for MySQL. Data in replication allows you to synchronize [...]

Chris Seferlis August 20, 2018

Azure, Azure Every Day, Virtual Machines, Azure Reserve VM Instances

Overview of Azure Reserve VM Instances

We’re all looking for ways to save money within our Azure subscriptions and resources. How does a savings of up to 72% [...]

Chris Seferlis August 17, 2018

Azure, Azure Every Day, Elastic Database Jobs

Elastic Database Jobs

Today I’ll give an overview of Microsoft’s newly released (in preview) Elastic Database Jobs service. This is considered as [...]

Chris Seferlis July 26, 2018

Azure, Azure Every Day, Operations Management Suite (OMS)

Overview of Operations Management Suite (OMS)

In this post I’d like to give an overview of what Operations Management Suite is and what it can be used for. First, [...]

Chris Seferlis July 24, 2018

Azure, Azure Every Day, Azure Databricks

Key Terminology in Azure Databricks

In a previous post, I talked about Azure Databricks and what it is. In review, Azure Databricks is a managed platform for [...]

Chris Seferlis July 23, 2018

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