by George Chrysovaladis Grammatikos | Apr 5, 2019 | Azure, Storage
There are many ways we can backup up the SQL Databases in Azure services, even if these are running on SQL Azure or a SQL Server Virtual Machine. In this post, we will talk about Azure Backup for SQL Server Virtual Machines, a way that previously became General... 
by George Chrysovaladis Grammatikos | Oct 8, 2018 | Azure, Storage
In this post, we will talk for one of the most used services on Azure, the Storage Services. Throughout this post, we will learn what a Storage Account is , its architecture, the Azure Storage Services, what are the limitations for this service. Azure Storage Account... 
by George Chrysovaladis Grammatikos | Sep 3, 2018 | Azure, Storage
In this post we show how to scale down a managed data disk for an Azure VM. For the time being, Azure portal only supports increasing the size of the disks. First we create a new Data disk from the Azure portal. Select ‘Create disk’ and follow the wizard... 
by George Chrysovaladis Grammatikos | Aug 13, 2018 | Azure, Storage
In this post, we will see how anyone can connect to an Azure storage account, create a container and see how can upload and download files, using C# code. Prerequisites Active Azure Account Subscription Resource Group Storage Account with Container Visual Studio (2013... 
by George Chrysovaladis Grammatikos | Jun 14, 2018 | Azure, Security, Storage
Microsoft provides the ability to encrypt VMs VHD files. This can be achieved by the Azure Key Vault service. But, before we start, let’s find an explanation about Azure Key Vault and what it does. Azure Key Vault is a vault that contains keys, secrets and it is... 
by George Chrysovaladis Grammatikos | Apr 27, 2018 | Azure, Storage
Azure Files support Server Message Block protocol standard (SMB) and give the capability to create a file share to an on-premises server as a mapped network drive. Create Storage Account Setting Value Name Type the Storage account name, must be unique. Deployment...
