Category Archives : Storage, Backup & Recovery

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Jun

Whether you’re a new student, a thriving startup, or the largest enterprise, you have financial constraints, and you need to know what you’re spending, where, and how to plan for the future. Nobody wants a surprise when it comes to the bill, and this is where Azure Cost Management and Billing comes in.

We’re always looking for ways to learn more about your challenges and how Azure Cost Management and Billing can help you better understand where you’re accruing costs in the cloud, identify and prevent bad spending patterns, and optimize costs to empower you to do more with less. Here are a few of the latest improvements and updates based on your feedback:

Expanded support for cost allocation across APIs and downloads. Management group exports in Azure Government. Reminder: Cloudyn retiring on June 30. Selecting relative dates in the cost analysis preview. Help improve usability for Azure reservation and savings features. What’s new in Cost Management Labs. New ways to save money with Azure. New videos and learning opportunities. Documentation updates.

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Expanded support for cost allocation across APIs and downloads

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21

Apr

It’s incredible to think how much can change in a year. The past year has seen unprecedented digital transformation, with 90 percent of companies reporting cloud usage higher than planned over the past year, according to the Flexera 2021 State of the Cloud Report1. Into this new reality, Microsoft and longtime partner Commvault announced an agreement focused on Azure and Metallic—a software-as-a-service (SaaS) venture established to meet the growing need for agile, cloud-based data management. International Data Corporation (IDC) has predicted data-protection-as-a-service (DPaaS) will surpass traditional data replication and protection services as early as this year2, which means that in a changing world, companies need mature cloud-based solutions now. There’s no better time to look back and ahead to how Commvault and Metallic, together with Azure, are leading in the evolution of the data management industry—with an enterprise-grade SaaS solution. 

On May 11, you can also learn more about the benefits of SaaS-delivered data management and the innovation Metallic and Azure are driving, by registering for the joint webinar, Future-Proofing your Cloud Data Management.

Data management-as-a-service (DMaaS) needs breadth and flexibility

Many companies have turned recent challenges into opportunities to modernize and accelerate digital transformation. According to the IDG

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13

Apr

This post is co-authored by Rajeev Jain, Senior Product Marketing Manager, Azure Storage, and Henry Yan, Product Marketing Manager, Azure Storage


There’s still time to register for Azure Storage Day, a free digital event on Thursday, April 29, 2021, from 9:00 AM to 12:30 PM Pacific Time. Join us to discover cloud storage solutions for all of your workloads and learn how to help ensure scalability, security, and compliance with the right Azure storage solution for any use case.

Here are five reasons to attend the Azure Storage digital event:

1. Learn about cloud storage trends from the experts

In his keynote session, Tad Brockway, CVP of Azure Storage and Networking, will address the forces currently driving cloud adoption for enterprise storage needs. With businesses looking to the cloud to help manage their rapidly growing data footprints, data storage and management are more critical than ever before. That’s why Azure Storage is designed to be a single destination for cloud storage solutions—there’s a service for every type of enterprise workload.

2. Azure Storage solutions in action

Watch demos for storage solutions and see how they would work in real-world use cases. Hear from product experts about different storage

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30

Mar

Whether you’re a new student, a thriving startup, or the largest enterprise, you have financial constraints, and you need to know what you’re spending, where, and how to plan for the future. Nobody wants a surprise when it comes to the bill, and this is where Azure Cost Management and Billing comes in.

We’re always looking for ways to learn more about your challenges and how Azure Cost Management and Billing can help you better understand where you’re accruing costs in the cloud, identify and prevent bad spending patterns, and optimize costs to empower you to do more with less. Here are a few of the latest improvements and updates based on your feedback:

Prevent exceeding your budget with forecasted cost alerts New cost view for subscriptions What’s new in Cost Management Labs Demystifying cloud economics New ways to save money with Azure New videos and learning opportunities Documentation updates

Let’s dig into the details.

 

Prevent exceeding your budget with forecasted cost alerts

Staying on top of your costs is critical. Luckily, you can easily set up predefined alerts as you approach your budget in Azure Cost Management and Billing. Now you can define alerts based

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29

Mar

Today, I am thrilled to announce Azure Storage Day, a free digital event on April 29, 2021, where you can explore cloud storage solutions for all your enterprise workloads. Join me to:

Watch demos of the latest innovations from Azure Storage and see how customers are using them. Get help understanding how to map Azure Storage services to your enterprise workloads. Connect with Microsoft product experts to get answers to your storage questions.

This digital event is your opportunity to engage with the cloud storage community, see Azure Storage solutions in action, and discover how to build a foundation for all of your enterprise workloads at every stage of your digital transformation.

The need for reliable cloud storage has never been greater. More companies are investing in digital transformation to become more resilient and agile in order to better serve their customers. The rapid pace of digital transformation has resulted in exponential data growth, driving up demand for dependable and scalable cloud data storage services.

We’ve designed Azure Storage to provide highly scalable, secure, and cost-effective cloud storage services for all of your business apps—including SAP, databases, web apps, HPC, analytics, internet of things (IoT), and artificial intelligence (AI). With

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