Cost Savings in 2020: Azure SQL Hybrid Benefit
Around this time of year when most organizations are reviewing their Microsoft agreements, I thought we might discuss what is most likely your most expensive line item, SQL Server. What... Read More
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Effectively Managing Change
We live more than ever in a fast-paced and changing world. Change feels unnatural and hard, so we view it as a risk. When you look at the Maslow Pyramid... Read More
Coronavirus (COVID-19) Preparation From a Technical Perspective
As news continues to mount regarding the COVID-19 virus, better known as the Coronavirus, organizations are determining ways to protect their employees by minimizing physical contact. One of the easiest... Read More
Microsoft 365 Licensing Webcast and Information
As we all know, Microsoft licensing can be complicated. I find that many customers do not understand their licensing and even worse, don’t know what they own. Every month, our... Read More
Azure Data Share is in Public Preview!
Traditionally to be a good steward, sharing data or data sets with your partners and customers required leveraging FTP, emailing the data directly, or some other process that would be... Read More
CISA Recommendations for Securing Office 365
On May 13th CISA (Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency) posted security recommendations for organizations migrating to Microsoft Office 365. Planet Technologies is a leader in Office 365 migrations and recommends/utilizes... Read More
Windows Virtual Desktop – The best virtual desktop experience, on Azure
At Ignite Microsoft announced the public preview of Windows Virtual Desktop in Azure. This announcement is critical in the modern approach to desktops not only for some of the new... Read More
Top Ten Actions to Secure Your Office 365 Environment
Top Ten O365 Security Tips Over the last few months, Microsoft has been publishing a series of blog posts detailing the top 10 ways to secure an Office 365 environment.... Read More
Azure Backup for SQL Server Virtual Machines – General Availability
The timing could not have been more perfect. With the extension of support for SQL Server 2008 on workloads that are moved to the cloud, oftentimes in the form of... Read More
SQL Server 2008 And 2008 R2 End of Support
SQL Server 2008 and 2008 R2 brought some ground-breaking changes to the SQL Server platform. A switch from 32 to 64-bit technologies, Transparent Data Encryption, Backup and Table Compression, Master... Read More
