Docker Host network alternatives for Windows containers
One of the things I like to do on my spare time is browse around forums, such as Reddit, Stack Overflow, and others, to check on questions people have around Windows containers that are not showing up on comments or ... continue reading

In hot pursuit of ‘cryware’: Defending hot wallets from attacks
The steep rise in cryptocurrency market capitalization, not surprisingly, mirrors a marked increase in threats and attacks that target or leverage cryptocurrencies. But Microsoft researchers are observing an even more interesting trend: the evolution of related malware and their techniques, ... continue reading
Azure Monitor: Expanding the Out-of-the-Box observability for your IT infrastructure
Hello ladies and gentlemen, How many times have you found yourself in the need of monitoring a custom KPI? How many times did you need to react to a situation in which a given number of records in a database ... continue reading
Performance of Azure Shared Disk with Zone Redundant Storage (ZRS)
On September 9th, 2021, Microsoft announced the general availability of Zone-Redundant Storage (ZRS) for Azure Disk Storage, including Azure Shared Disk. What makes this interesting is that you can now build shared storage based failover cluster instances that span Availability ... continue reading
Azure Terrafy – Import your existing Azure infrastructure into Terraform HCL
When working with Infrastructure as Code (IaC) it’s difficult to know sometimes where to start. You have a couple of options, go to the Terraform on Azure documentation, then figure out how to write some Terraform templates. Or you can ... continue reading
Microsoft security experts outline next steps after compromise recovery
Who is CRSP? The Microsoft Compromise Recovery Security Practice (CRSP) is a worldwide team of cybersecurity experts operating in most countries, across both public and private organizations, with deep expertise to secure an environment post-security breach and to help you ... continue reading
Strengthen your security posture with new Azure AD partner integrations
I’m excited to announce several new Azure Active Directory (Azure AD) product integrations are now available. By leveraging the power of Azure AD, these solutions can help streamline your identity access, governance, and authentication for stronger Zero Trust security across ... continue reading
Introduction to Network Trace Analysis Part 0: Laying the Groundwork
Hi everyone, this is Will Aftring again with the Windows Debug team, here to lay the groundwork for a new series on how to get started with network trace analysis. This is not an introduction to networking. Many of the networking ... continue reading

Ransomware-as-a-service: Understanding the cybercrime gig economy and how to protect yourself
Microsoft processes 24 trillion signals every 24 hours, and we have blocked billions of attacks in the last year alone. Microsoft Security tracks more than 35 unique ransomware families and 250 unique threat actors across observed nation-state, ransomware, and criminal ... continue reading

Building a safer world together with our partners—introducing Microsoft Security Experts
More threats—not enough defenders The security landscape has become increasingly challenging and complex for our customers. Threats have grown at an alarming rate over the last year, and cybercrime is now expected to cost the world USD10.5 trillion annually by ... continue reading