If you are like me, you have used cloud services in a limited fashion to create VM’s for testing or perhaps you have used them extensively. You’d also like to gain an understanding of the broader group of services offered by cloud providers. In my situation, this was due to the recent attainment of an Engagement Manager position and my desire to help AIS expand our business through the development of new opportunities. I realized that I needed to have […]
Implementing a cloud strategy and modernization of legacy systems are two of the core objectives of most IT organizations. Purchasing a COTS product or SaaS offering can speed up modernization and come with a lot of advantages. COTS products come with a proven track record and address specific business needs that would be difficult to justify building your own. COTS product shifts the liability of creating features to the COTS product instead of your organization. Finally, COTS products promise a […]
When Microsoft introduced pipelines as part of their Azure DevOps cloud service offering, we received the tools to add continuous integration (CI) and continuous delivery (CD) practices to our development processes. An Azure DevOps pipeline can be created in two ways: 1) The current generally available “classic” pipeline tooling, and 2) the new multi-stage YAML pipeline feature which is currently in preview. Classic Pipelines Classic pipelines achieve CI through Azure DevOps build pipelines. A build pipeline executes before a developer […]
ACA Compliance Group needed help streamlining the communications landscape and its fast-growing workforce to collaborate more effectively. AIS recommended starting small with Microsoft Teams adoption and utilizing Microsoft Planner to gain advocates, realize quick wins, and gather insights to guide the larger rollout. Starting Their Cloud Transformation Journey The cloud brings many advantages to both companies and their employees, including unlimited access and seamless collaboration. However, to unleash the full power of cloud-based collaboration, a company must select the right […]
What is Rehosting? Rehosting is an approach to migrating business applications hosted on-premises in data center environments to the cloud by moving the application “as-is,” with little to no changes to the functionality. A common rehosting scenario is the migration of applications that were initially developed for an on-premises environment to take advantage of cloud computing benefits. These benefits may include increased availability, faster networking speeds, reduced technical debt, and a pay-per-use cost structure. In our experience, rehosting is well suited […]
What does it mean to Rehost an application? Rehosting is an approach to migrating business applications hosted in on-premises data center environments to the cloud by moving the application “as-is,” with little to no changes to the business functions performed by the application. It’s a faster, less resource-intensive migration approach that gets your apps into the cloud without much code modification. It is often a good first step to cloud transformation. Organizations with applications that were initially developed for an on-premises […]
Please note: The extended support deadline for Exchange 2010 has changed since the original publication of this article. It has moved from January 14 2020 to October 13 2020. There is still good time to consider your upgrade strategy and migrate your legacy Exchange environments to the Microsoft cloud! Exchange 2010 is at the end of its journey, and what a long road it’s been! For many customers, it has been a workhorse product facilitating excellent communications with their employees. […]
As we think about services that Azure can offer, we often think about apps (e.g., App Services, AKS, and Service Fabric) and data (e.g., Azure Storage, Data Bricks, and Azure Data Lake). It turns out that you can also leverage Azure networking, also known as as a Network-as-a-Service (NaaS). Network is a basic building block for all app and data services in Azure. But, by NaaS, I am explicitly talking about leveraging Azure networking in a *standalone* manner. Allow me […]
I just returned from Microsoft BUILD 2019 where I presented a session on Azure Kubernetes Services (AKS) and Cosmos. Thanks to everyone who attended. We had excellent attendance – the room was full! I like to think that the audience was there for the speaker 😊 but I’m sure the audience interest is a clear reflection of how popular AKS and Cosmos DB are becoming. For those looking for a 2-minute overview, here it is: In a nutshell, the focus […]
As developers, we spend a lot of time developing APIs. Sometimes it’s to expose data that we’ve transformed or to ingest data from other sources. Coincidentally, more and more companies are jumping into the realm of API Management—Microsoft, Google, MuleSoft and Kong all have products now that provide this functionality. With this much investment from the big players in the tech industry, API management is obviously a priority. Now, why would anyone want to use an API Management tool? The […]