How to run a free Linux Virtual Machines in the Cloud with Windows Azure
Providing a guide for running a new Linux virtual machine in the cloud using our Windows Azure platform. Windows Azure runs Linux VMs as a first-class citizen on our cloud platform, with support in the Preview offering for four common Linux distributions: SUSE Linux Enterprise Server (SLES) 11 SP2 OpenSUSE 12.3 CentOS 6.3 Ubuntu 12..04.1... Read More
How to Install Active Directory Domain Services on Windows Server 2008 R2 Enterprise 64-bit
This article provides prerequisites and steps for installing Active Directory Domain Services (AD DS) on Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2 Enterprise 64-bit (W2K8). This article does not provide instructions for adding a Domain Controller (DC) to an already existing Active Directory Forest Infrastructure. Prepare for Active Directory Before you install AD DS on a Rackspace... Read More
How to install Secure FTP Server on Microsoft Azure using IIS
Install a secure FTP server on Microsoft Azure Windows instance either as standalone file storage or to have means of editing your website hosted on IIS (Internet Information Services) web server using an optional FTP Server component of the IIS. It can be installed standalone or along with a Web Server. – RDP to... Read More
Activating an SQL Server Virtual Machine on Azure
The Azure virtual machine gallery includes several images that contain Microsoft SQL Server. You can select one of the virtual machine images from the gallery and with a few clicks you can provision the virtual machine to your Azure environment. How to connect to the Azure management portal and provision a virtual machine from the... Read More
About Azure Storage Accounts
An Azure storage account is a secure account that gives you access to services in Azure Storage. Your storage account provides the unique namespace for your data, and by default, it is available only to you, the account owner. There are two types of storage accounts: 1. A standard storage account includes Blob, Table, and... Read More
How to quickly and easily back-up Windows Server by configuring Azure Backup
In order to backup files and data from your Windows Server to Azure, you must create a backup vault in the geographic region where you want to store the data. This tutorial will walk you through the creation of the vault you will use to store backups, downloading a vault credential, the installation of a... Read More
Steps to Configuring SSL Certificates for ADFS 2.0
It is important to understand that when correctly configuring ADFS 2.0 (Active Directory Federated Services) is the SSL certificate if you are using it for Office 365 or for any other purpose. You should be installing ADFS on a Windows 2008 R2 server and it should be fully patched. From the server that will be... Read More
File security on Azure through Rights Management
Protecting intellectual property and securing it against unwanted access and updates is a point of concern that has forced many businesses to adapt a no cloud policy. Rightly so, until now that is, securing content on the cloud was a complicated point to point affair between organisations. This approach lacked the flexibility that is essential... Read More
Dynamic DNS Solution on Azure
Dynamic DNS is technology where the DNS of a website or resource is changed to point to a resource at another location without disruption of service. This redirection is transparent to the user and happens almost instantaneously. Conceptually this process is similar to Load Balancing, the difference being that the resources are hosted at different... Read More
CogCEP – Complex event processing (CEP) Solution
CogCEP a Complex event processing (CEP) Solution using Microsoft® StreamInsight for high-throughput, low-latency processing of event streams at near real-time speed. Microsoft StreamInsight provides a powerful platform for developing and deploying complex event processing (CEP) applications. CEP is a technology for high-throughput, low-latency processing of event streams. Typical event stream sources include data from manufacturing... Read More