Key Azure Serverless Services As a follow up to my previous blog on the Era of Serverless Computing, here I share some key Azure services commonly utilised in serverless computing. Within this blog I will also describe our involvement in an interesting use case for one of our utility customers. As mentioned in my previous …
Seven Reasons to procure your Microsoft Cloud via a Cloud Solution Provider (CSP) Silversands joined the CSP programme around a year ago as a CSP indirect Reseller and has aligned itself with direct CSP partner Vuzion. Over the year we have seen the benefits this brings to our customers and it has reinforced why we …
Data retention policies in Microsoft Office 365 are now available for Teams locations Managing data is important in scenarios such as complying with regulations or ensuring users have relevant content available to them. To support this, data retention policies have been available in Office 365 for some time. This allows organisations to perform actions such …
In this article I take a quick look at setting up some monitoring for an in-house developed application. Service Manager Scribe is a custom email ingestion service for our Microsoft Service Manager based helpdesk. There are several ways in which you could potentially instrument your application. However, one of the simplest options is simply to …
What is Windows Analytics? Windows Analytics is the collective name for a growing number of Azure solutions leveraging Windows Telemetry data to produce insights into your IT estate. For years,Microsoft has been collecting telemetry data to allow them to improve their products, and, more controversially, to monitor the way people use them. Organisations have always …
What is Shadow IT? Shadow IT, a wonderfully ominous term, but what does it really mean? Essentially, Shadow IT is considered to be any IT system, service, mechanism, or methodology that has been adopted within your organisation outside of the view, control, oversight, or sanction of the organisation and IT Administration. Classic examples are file …
Azure does more than you might think Microsoft Azure is a highly capable platform offering a wide range of services and capabilities. These enable business solutions relating to virtual machines, data, analytics, media, monitoring, Internet of Things and many more. One of these key capabilities is Cognitive Services. This set of functions provides artificial intelligence …
Synchronising IRM-protected SharePoint Online libraries With the move to cloud services, information protection and the lifecycle of sensitive information is an important topic to consider. As organisations adopt Office 365, sensitive information may be stored in services such as SharePoint Online. Part of the lifecycle of sensitive information in Office 365 is protecting it based …
The Era of Serverless Computing Since the release of Microsoft Azure eight years ago we have all seen staggering growth within its ecosystem. This expansion is continuing daily and keeping pace with this rate of change is an exciting challenge for us all. I regularly speak to customers that are looking to make greater use …
High performance computing and other current needs Your organisation, particularly if you are conducting research or testing, may need to implement specific computing solutions. For example, High Performance Computing (HPC), extreme graphical workstations, artificial intelligence, machine learning and extremely large storage and similar types of advanced configurations. In many cases you may only require a …