Replicate Client OS to Azure with Azure Site Recovery

17th of August, 2016 / / 1 Comment

In this blog, I will discuss how you can replicate and eventually protect a client OS, e.g. Windows 7, Windows 8, or Windows 10 to Azure with the Azure Site Recovery (ASR), even if you don’t have an MSDN subscription.

Before we do so however, this blog will not go into detail on how to set up ASR. The steps are outlined on Microsoft’s Azure ASR website.

It may sound simple, and it really is, but there’s a catch into getting this done.… [Keep reading] “Replicate Client OS to Azure with Azure Site Recovery”

Setting up Always On Availability Groups for SQL Server in Azure

11th of August, 2016 / / 5 Comments

Almost all organisations rely on data, be it in the form of files or databases (SQL, Oracle…). The most challenging aspect of managing data for any organisation is high-availability and disaster recovery. Starting with the release of SQL Server 2012 (Enterprise Edition) Microsoft introduced “Always On Availability Groups”.

This powerful capability ensures your databases are synchronised through one or more replicas (SQL Servers).

While Azure offers an Infrastructure as a Service capability, the mechanisms used to setup many of the requirements for an Always On Availability Group are different to those in a traditional environment.… [Keep reading] “Setting up Always On Availability Groups for SQL Server in Azure”