I thought I would find the most intricate AWS example serverless app and use it as the basis for the demo migration to Azure to go along with this blog.
Azure Availability Zones (AZs) are gradually rolling out around the globe, and a common question I see is what is the difference between the existing Azure Availability Set construct and the new Availability Zone construct? Can they co-exist, does one replace the other... there are lots of questions!
The good news is that if you’re already operating in a cloud environment then you have likely had to deal with many of the fundamental differences between traditional application hosting and architecture and that of cloud platforms.
Unsurprisingly, I think the way Cloud Computing is transforming the IT industry is also leading to easier ways to learn and develop skills about the Cloud.
One of the powerful features of AWS is the ability to snapshot any EBS volume you have operating. The challenge when utilising Windows 2008 R2 is that NTFS doesn't support point-in-time snapshotting...
After what seems like ages we finally managed to get to the bottom of the weird issues we were having with a load balanced instance of Umbraco hosted at AWS.