Azure Regions

Interesting map of all Azure worldwide regions or locations. They are represented well in most regions of the world.

Details:

https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/regions/

Exchange Server Mailbox Quotas December 3, 2014

I am not sure about other Exchange Server Email infrastructure administrators, but I find it challenging to come up with reasonable mailbox quotas AND implementing them in a time efficient and coherent manor. The goal is to set maximum mailbox size quotas that work for all involved: I.T. Departments and various employees and respective departments. […]

David in the Bay Area

Interesting Microsoft Purchase of Windows Phone App Maker December 2, 2014

I normally get what is needed from my Windows phone Outlook, but some searching and sorting type of improvements would not be turned down.Microsoft Acquires Email Startup Acompli to Give Outlook a Mobile Advantage"Microsoft has acquired the mobile email startup Acompli, the tech giant announced today on its website.Terms of the deal were not disclosed, […]

David in the Bay Area

XBOX Live, Azure Experience Outages November 19, 2014

This is not the best news, as I am embarking on some Azure based projects at work. Come on now, all you expert Microsoft Engineers - make it happen (work / fix)! Btw - What about all that redundancy? ;>"Xbox Live Goes Down Again: Second Major Outage This Month [Updated]"http://www.ibtimes.com/xbox-live-goes-down-again-second-major-outage-month-updated-1725918

David in the Bay Area

VMWare 4.x Version Still Offers Windows 3.1 November 4, 2014

I miss the Windows 3.1 days! ;>Ok, so I realize that this version of VMWare is about 5 years old but Windows 3.1?? Really? Even in 2009 that was a bit ... outdated?

David in the Bay Area

Server 2012 Virtual Machine Start Fails October 20, 2014

Hyper-V Manager within Windows Server 2012 (Datacenter Edition) can sometimes produce an odd error when attempting to turn on a typical virtual machine or VM after it has been shut down: This error might make sense if the user is not logged in as an Administrator, but really what organization gives Windows 2012 Datacenter Hyper-V access […]

David in the Bay Area