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Happy Friday! Microsoft has launched new storage capabilities that can elevate your storage usability and resiliency for your applications! Zonal Placement for Azure Files Premium LRS is now GA! You now can explicitly control zone locality by pinning storage accounts to a specific AZ (availability zone). Reducing latency and enhancing resiliency! https://lnkd.in/eqRi9ZPU Azure Blob-to-Blob migration with Azure Storage Mover in public preview! You can use the fully managed storage moving service to move up to 500 million blob objects between blob containers. https://lnkd.in/ebaUsnst Cross-zone-region replication for Azure NetApp Files is now GA! It enables you to create two replication relationships for a source volume, cross-zone, cross-region, or a combination of both! https://lnkd.in/e-FEWgSd Stay up to date on the latest at https://lnkd.in/eAC_MWSG! #Azure #Microsoft #Storage #Resiliency #Migration #Datacenters #NetApp #Blob #Containers #Zone #Availability

For organizations managing numerous distributed sites, Azure offers a centralized solution. While the Azure portal allows you to manage individual Azure Local instances and view running VMs and services, Azure Arc Site Manager provides a comprehensive overview of all your sites and workloads. This enables efficient management across potentially thousands of locations. Azure Arc Site Manager simplifies managing distributed infrastructure at scale. #Azure #AzureLocal #AzureArc #HybridCloud #CloudManagement

Virtualization is the backbone of modern IT environments, but as workloads grow and performance demands increase, traditional storage solutions often struggle to keep up. That’s where Azure NetApp Files (ANF) changes the game. ANF delivers enterprise-grade performance, scalability, and security for virtualized workloads in the cloud without the complexity. With ANF, organizations can: ✅ Run mission-critical apps with guaranteed performance and low latency ✅ Simplify management with native integration into Azure services ✅ Scale on demand to meet dynamic workload requirements ✅ Ensure compliance and security for sensitive data For federal agencies and enterprises alike, this means faster deployments, reduced operational overhead, and the flexibility to innovate without compromise. #AzureNetAppFiles #CloudSolutions #Virtualization #HybridCloud #NetApp

🚀 𝐀𝐳𝐮𝐫𝐞 𝐍𝐞𝐭𝐀𝐩𝐩 𝐅𝐢𝐥𝐞𝐬 𝐜𝐫𝐨𝐬𝐬-𝐳𝐨𝐧𝐞-𝐫𝐞𝐠𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐫𝐞𝐩𝐥𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 (𝐂𝐙𝐑𝐑) Microsoft Azure introduces Cross-Zone-Region Replication, enhancing your disaster recovery and business continuity strategy.  🔹 This capability allows you to replicate volumes across regions and across availability zones within the same region, combining disaster recovery and business continuance strategies in one solution. 🔹 To establish two protection volumes, you can configure: • A cross-zone replication + a cross-region replication • Two cross-region replication relationships • Or two cross-zone replication relationships https://lnkd.in/guPTa_x3 #Azure #CloudComputing #DisasterRecovery #AzureStorage #CloudInfrastructure #TechUpdate #MicrosoftAzure

Azure Outage Today: Understanding the Issues, Impacts, and Real-Time Updates Azure Outage Today: A Deep Dive into the Current Situation If you're experiencing issues with Microsoft Azure services today, you're not alone. Reports are flooding in about an azure outage today affecting various services. This post aims to provide you with the latest understanding of what's happening, its potential impact, and how to stay updated… Continue reading Untitled Read full article: https://lnkd.in/gwZQG-rJ #azure #azureoutage #cloudcomputing #microsoftazure #outage #status

🎄 Tip 23/24: Treat Azure Local as part of your Sovereign/Azure Landing Zone, and not an exception Most “hybrid” problems aren’t technical. They’re governance drift. If you’re running ALZ/SLZ, Azure Local should follow the same operating model: - Same management groups - Same identity patterns (Entra + AD where needed) - Same policy, monitoring, security and update strategy - Same ownership split: platform vs workload - Same security standards 💬 Question: Where does Azure Local live in your landing zone model today — platform subscription, workload subscription, or “we’ll fix it later”? At Spirhed we specialize in Hybrid Cloud architecture with a main focus on Azure and Azure Local — reach out if you want help doing this cleanly (and auditable). https://spirhed.com #SLZ #ALZ #Sovereign #AzureLandingZone #AzureLocal #HybridCloud #Governance #AzureArc #Azure #PrivateCloud #Spirhed

💸Introducing Azure Orphaned Resources v3.0 – Simplify Cleanup and Optimize Costs!💸 Managing orphaned resources in Azure can be challenging, but with the latest Azure Orphaned Resources v3.0, you can easily identify and remove unused resources using Azure Resource Graph queries. Why it matters: ✅ Reduce unnecessary costs ✅ Improve resource hygiene ✅ Enhance operational efficiency 💡 Tip: Use the integrated Delete ARM Actions to clean up resources directly from the portal. Remember, you’ll need Contributor permissions for the resource groups involved. https://lnkd.in/gWvTPwpt #Azure #AzureTipOfTheDay #AzureMissionCritical #CloudOptimization #AzureGovernance #CostManagement

Hybrid and multi-cloud setups often create gaps in visibility, in governance, and in day-to-day operations. This article explains how Azure Arc fills those gaps and gives teams a clearer, more unified way to work. Read more here 👇 https://lnkd.in/dyqkXzrV #azurearc #hybridcloud #multicloud

Thinking of multi-cloud? Companies had recently experienced some of the major connectivity issues due to the fact of multi-cloud lacking and zero preparation for this type of scenarios thinking just because they're in "THE CLOUD" everything is "ok" but bad decisions and poor strategy leads to inefficient architectures. Here's when decision makers and their teams needs to stop and think for a minute...Is it worth it to increase the expenditure in order to achieve resiliency nor we can survive a couple of hours while the provider finds the solution? With this new way of connection between 2 of the major players in the industry make's it easier to consume services and expand operations and readiness when the weather isn't the best one. What do you think? #MultiCloud #AWS #GCP #CloudInterconnect #AWSInterconnect #CrossCloudInterconnect #Cloudbitz

The Multi-Cloud Maze is Solved! 🧩 Historically, connecting AWS and GCP meant complex, weeks-long "DIY" networking builds. That friction is now obsolete! AWS and Google Cloud have partnered to introduce managed, high-speed, and secure connections between their environments, combining AWS Interconnect – multicloud with Google Cloud’s Cross-Cloud Interconnect. Why this matters to your enterprise: 1- Speed & Simplicity: Provision dedicated bandwidth on-demand in minutes instead of weeks. 2- Private & Secure: Data travels over a private, managed backbone, encrypted by default using MACsec between edge routers. 3- Ultra-Low Latency: Enable faster data synchronization and improved performance for AI/ML and analytics workloads. 4- Resiliency: The infrastructure is designed with inherent fault tolerance, reducing the risk of outages. At Cloudbitz, we specialize in leveraging these next-generation interconnects to design high-resiliency, unified multi-cloud architectures. Stop managing physical layers and start innovating. Is your multi-cloud strategy built on minutes, or weeks? Let's talk transformation. #MultiCloud #AWS #GCP #CloudInterconnect #AWSInterconnect #CrossCloudInterconnect #Cloudbitz