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Azure Pack vs Stack Feature Overview

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What is Azure Pack : It was first introduced in 2012 with the launch of Windows Server 2012 at no extra cost. It is based on SQL Server, Windows Server & Microsoft System Center VMM offering customers Self Services, multi tenant Cloud services  (SaaS & PaaS) such as Virtual Machines, Websites & Databases. You can migrate your data from the former Windows Azure Services to Windows Azure Pack WAP utilizes Windows Server & System Center for its infrastructure to deliver the services and now supports Windows Server 2016 & System Center 2016. What is Azure Stack : Azure Stack is a portfolio of products that extend Azure services and capabilities to your environment of choice—from the datacenter to edge locations and remote offices. Azure Stack uses the same underlying technologies as global Azure, which includes the core components of Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS), Software-as-a-Service (SaaS), and optional Platform-a...

IT Pros guidance for mitigating Meltdown-Spectre vulnerabilities

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Two new vulnerabilities called Meltdown and Spectre, or speculative execution side-channel vulnerabilities, have been discovered in modern processors that allow malicious programs to steal information from the memory of other programs. This means that the malicious program can steal passwords, account information, encryption keys, or theoretically anything stored in the memory of a process Vendors have started to release information on how customers can protect themselves from Spectre or Meltdown and the status of their services My post     is intended to centralize and share current guidance to help Enterprise Mobility + Security customers ensure their environments are protected against these vulnerabilities and/or specifically how we did it in our IT You can continue using the software update method of  CM to deploy the cumulative update or integrate windows update for business for allowing clients to download from MS directly . For example, 2018-01 ...

Get Hired!

2018 is here and its time to start focusing on career goals to get ahead of the competition. Also this is a great time for those graduating soon in March-April to set a target   Here are some leading jobs expected to be in-demand for 2018 with the relevant skills and experience required to excel Business intelligence analyst Business intelligence analysts need experience in database technology, analytics and reporting tools; businesses typically look for candidates with a bachelor’s degree in computer science, information systems or engineering Skills and experience to look for: Experience with database queries Stored procedure writing Online Analytical Processing (OLAP) Data cube technology Strong written and verbal skills Cloud architect Always in demand, this person takes enterprise requirements, including existing applications and data sets, and finds the right set of public and/or private cloud technologies to meet those requirements. Skil...

Just joined the "Blogging" world!!!

Its that time of the year when we get some time away from work and hence i took this opportunity to create this page. Myself and team will be posting a lot of articles ranging from SCCM/Azure (my favourite) , Servers, Networks,Technology trends, fun activities  :D A quick introduction i have close to 8 years of experience as an Enterprise Architect working with MNCs like Microsoft, HSBC, Wells Fargo Bank Binay is our Networking guru and has proven  expertise in various Manufacturing and Retail industries Both of us are equally passionate about automobiles,Computers and  gadgets (We built our 1st PC while in 7th grade and the first open WiFi network at our hometown way back in 2004) Along with this we have many panel of experts and friends coming from SAP,Mobile device and Imaging engineers..the list goes on Please feel free to post your questions, suggestions and we will try our best to get back ASAP. Hope 2018 brings success and desired results for eve...