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If you have ever looked under the hood of a large-scale cloud implementation, you know that simply spinning up virtual machines in the clo…https://www.m365.fm/community/u/mirko-p/blog/understanding-the-three-types-of-azure-blobs-block-append-and-page/https://www.m365.fm/community/u/mirko-p/blog/understanding-the-three-types-of-azure-blobs-block-append-and-page/Thu, 27 Aug 2026 06:22:38 -0000articleWhen working with cloud infrastructure, designing an efficient and cost-effective data architecture starts with choosing the right storage primitives. Azure Blob St…https://www.m365.fm/community/u/mirko-p/blog/choosing-the-right-azure-disk-type-standard-vs-premium-vs-ultra/https://www.m365.fm/community/u/mirko-p/blog/choosing-the-right-azure-disk-type-standard-vs-premium-vs-ultra/Thu, 27 Aug 2026 06:21:29 -0000articleWelcome back to the blog! If you have ever stared at the Azure portal trying to provision a virtual machine, you know there is a dizzying array of configuration cho…https://www.m365.fm/show/episodes/microsoft-entra-domain-services/https://www.m365.fm/show/episodes/microsoft-entra-domain-services/Fri, 14 Aug 2026 00:00:00 -0000episodeMoving an old Windows app to an Azure VM does not remove its need for a classic domain with LDAP, Kerberos and Group Policy. This Knowledge Nugget shows IT admins and cloud architects where Microsoft Entra Domain Services fits next to Entra ID and Active…https://www.m365.fm/community/u/mirko-p/blog/mastering-patch-compliance-moving-beyond-the-percentage-dashboard/https://www.m365.fm/community/u/mirko-p/blog/mastering-patch-compliance-moving-beyond-the-percentage-dashboard/Thu, 13 Aug 2026 07:54:27 -0000articleWelcome back to the blog portion of our ongoing conversation about IT infrastructure, cloud administration, and security hygiene. Recently, on our podcast, we took …https://www.m365.fm/show/episodes/azure-compute-fleet-simply-explained/https://www.m365.fm/show/episodes/azure-compute-fleet-simply-explained/Mon, 10 Aug 2026 00:00:00 -0000episodeLarge batch jobs often stall because one exact VM size has no capacity when it is needed. This episode is for Azure architects and platform teams running simulations, rendering, testing or data processing at scale. You learn how Azure Compute Fleet, Spot VMs…https://www.m365.fm/show/episodes/azure-update-manager-simply-explained/https://www.m365.fm/show/episodes/azure-update-manager-simply-explained/Sun, 09 Aug 2026 00:00:00 -0000episodehttps://www.m365.fm/categories/azure-talk/ Update Manager brings operating system patching into one central Azure-native service. 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By…https://www.m365.fm/show/episodes/azure-managed-disks-simply-explained/https://www.m365.fm/show/episodes/azure-managed-disks-simply-explained/Sun, 19 Jul 2026 00:00:00 -0000episodeAzure Managed Disks are Microsoft's fully managed block storage solution for Azure Virtual Machines, removing the complexity of managing storage infrastructure while delivering reliable, scalable, and high-performance storage. Instead of manually creating and…https://www.m365.fm/show/episodes/azure-disk-storage-simply-explained/https://www.m365.fm/show/episodes/azure-disk-storage-simply-explained/Sun, 19 Jul 2026 00:00:00 -0000episodeAzure Disk Storage provides the persistent block storage used by Azure Virtual Machines. Unlike Azure Blob Storage, which stores files and objects, Azure Disks act like the physical hard drives in a traditional server. 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