Teaming up in the war on tech support scams
(Editors note: Erik Wahlstrom spoke about the far-reaching impact of tech support scams and the need for industry-wide cooperation in his RSA Conference 2018 talk Tech Scams: Its Time to Release the Hounds.) Social engineering attacks like tech support scams ... continue reading
Azure.Source – Volume 27
Welcome to Azure.Source #27! Last week in Azure, we made quite a few announcements about updates to Azure Stream Analytics, which you'll find captured below. In addition, Microsoft was at the 2018 NAB Show in Las Vegas, which provided an ... continue reading
Microsoft to deliver new products and strategies for security innovation at 2018 RSA Conference
At the 2018 RSA Conference, our senior leaders will dissect modern cyber defense strategies, and reveal new products to detect and block cyber attacks when they happen. Our objective is to arm business, government and consumers with deeply integrated intelligence ... continue reading
Investing in the right innovation
RSA is around the corner which means tens of thousands of people will descend on Moscone Center in San Francisco, CA. Hundreds of innovative young companies will look for customers, props, and capital (especially at the Early Stage Expo!). Venture ... continue reading
Offline media import for Azure
So many customers I talk to want to upload their offline data stores into the cloud. Yet, no one wants to spend hours and hours inserting tapes, connecting older hard disks, or figuring out how to digitize and upload film ... continue reading
Three critical analytics use cases with Microsoft Azure Databricks
Data science and machine learning can be applied to solve many common business scenarios, yet there are many barriers preventing organizations from adopting them. Collaboration between data scientists, data engineers, and business analysts and curating data, structured and unstructured, from ... continue reading
A years’ worth of cloud, AI and partner innovation. Welcome to NAB 2018!
As I reflect on cloud computing and the media industry since last year’s NAB, I see two emerging trends. First, content creators and broadcasters such as Rakuten, RTL, and Al Jazeera are increasingly using the global reach, hybrid model, and ... continue reading
Hunting down Dofoil with Windows Defender ATP
Dofoil is a sophisticated threat that attempted to install coin miner malware on hundreds of thousands of computers in March, 2018. In previous blog posts we detailed how behavior monitoring and machine learning in Windows Defender AV protected customers from ... continue reading
Azure.Source – Volume 24
Azure database services for MySQL and PostgreSQL, the next generation of Azure Alerts, and Azure Databricks are now generally available. Last week, we were at GDC 2018 in San Francisco with representation from Azure, PlayFab and Xbox. Meanwhile at OCP ... continue reading
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- Monitor Storage Spaces Direct Pool Capacity with PowerShell
- Configure Storage Spaces Direct on a Virtual Lab – Step by Step
- How to Build Windows Storage Spaces Direct on a Virtual Lab
- Ultimate Performance for Database Storage with Windows Server 2016 and Hyper-converged Infrastructure
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