Cloud

I am very excited that I managed to deploy and execute my first application on SAP HANA Cloud Platform (https://hcp.sap.com/ (original URL https://hcp.sap.com/)) today. It uses the native in-memory database and application services. The base application source code was generated using Ciber Momentum Engineer (https://momentum.ciber.com/) and then customized to fit their platform-as-a-service environment. I have to admit that this was not quite straight forward and I had to go through a significant amount of trial & error before I finally managed to deploy the application itself without any issues and exceptions being thrown. It also took quite a while until the database automatically got populated with all the business entities or rather tables. There are quite a lot of dependencies and restrictions that you have to know and be aware of; i.e. things like ...

DevOps is one of the key topics currently in the world of IT. However, it is also relevant for businesses and enterprises. We are living in a very disruptive economy nowadays and every company needs to have a plan in place on how to deal with such disruption. This applies to companies in each and every industry. There is a lot of buzz going on and every giant software vendor proposes its own methodology around DevOps. Basically, it comes down to delivering faster, with better agility and continuous productivity gains while improving delivered quality. ...

Since I have been using Microsoft Azure Active Directory (AAD) for my newly AAD domain joined machine, I thought it would be a good idea to enable Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA) to my account. I really do care a lot about my (virtual) identity ?. So, I was able to domain join my machine and get everything up and running on my Windows 10 machine. However, two things then happened: 1. My Windows Phone 8.1 told me that my Office 365 (O365) account cannot sync my mail, etc. anymore and it needs my attention. I thought “no big deal … just let it configure again and add my 2nd factor to it and done”. As a matter of fact, this does not seem to work right now, the phone tries for a couple of minutes and then says that something went wrong and it cannot activate my account anymore. ...

I have been using Windows 10 for quite a while now … actually from the very first moment Microsoft released their first public preview late in 2014. I absolutely like the look and feel and how the user experience evolved from Windows 8.1. I think it is a much more intuitive way to use your computer for work and play. I am using it on a tablet and it works great with touch, but also mouse and keyboard. ...

Why this release mattered The spring 2012 release was a turning point for Windows Azure. Up until this point Azure was largely a PaaS-only platform built around Cloud Services (web roles and worker roles), which made sense for greenfield .NET applications but was a tough sell for anyone wanting to lift-and-shift existing workloads or run anything that didn’t fit the role model — Linux servers, off-the-shelf software, custom networking topologies. ...

If you are interested in cloud technologies, this is a great place to learn more about all Microsoft Cloud Technologies. You will find information on topics such as Hyper-V, SQL Azure, Windows Azure, virtualization and much more. I think it is a great source of information and learning experience.