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System Center 2022, Microsoft’s data center management suite, is now generally available. The 2022 release contains updated versions of System Center tools like Operations Manager (SCOM), Virtual Machine Manager (SCVMM), Orchestrator (SCORCH), Service Manager (SCSM) and Data Protection Manager (DPM). The latest update includes optimizations for Azure Stack HCI, the latest versions of VMware, new …

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Microsoft’s completely revamped Azure Front Door service has been released. Microsoft has brought many changes into the Azure Front Door service while also merging the Content Delivery Network (CDN) and Azure Web Application Firewall (WAF) services into Front Door. The new architecture allows legacy to cloud native apps to provide a cloud-first architecture. The updated …

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Microsoft has added a new health service to Azure to support protected health information and new data models. The Azure Health Data Service is a Platform-as-a-Service capability that helps bring together all the health information, health data stores, and unstructured health data into a unified data store. The service adheres to the Fast Healthcare Interoperability …

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Microsoft is expanding its global presence with two new Azure regions being announced. First, Microsoft announced the fourth region in India which will be in the Hyderabad area. This new region will provide Azure, Microsoft 365, and Dynamics 365 services with availability zones. Second, Microsoft announced the fifth region in China which will be in …

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Card and mobile payment authorization capabilities are now available in Azure. The Azure Payment HSM service brings the Thales payShield 10k payment hardware security module (HSM) into Azure as a service-based offering. The infrastructure is designed for FIPS 140-2 Level 3 and PCI HSM v3 standards. Due to the hardware encryption, Microsoft has no access …

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Microsoft is now the only major cloud provider to offer security solutions that span the top three major cloud providers in the world – Azure, AWS, and Google Cloud Platform (GCP). The Microsoft Defender for Cloud solution previously supported Azure and AWS. The solution now offers GCP support. Defender for Cloud checks for weak and …

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Microsoft is enhancing virtual machine reporting and monitoring tools to provide faster and deeper insights into machine health. This new project, known as Project Flash, is now available in preview. Flash will initially focus on providing faster insights into virtual machine disruptions and root cause analysis information. As these insights become available, they will integrate …

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