The rmsource Professional and Managed Services teams have been working with our customers for quite some time to implement cloud/hybrid-cloud architectures. With the current COVID-19 pandemic, we thought it would be helpful to share our Best Practice Reference Architecture that we use when engaging with a new customer. rmsource has developed this unique set of…
The Future of Voice Communications: Cloud-Based Telephony
As organizations continue digital transformation, especially in the wake of COVID-19, IT leaders are seeking feature-rich, reliable, cloud-based calling solutions. Before the pandemic sent most of the office-based workforce home, many companies were planning for increased work from home policies as requested by a growing population of employees. However, 56% of younger managers, cited implementation…
Office 365 Business is now Microsoft 365 Business
Throughout April 2020, Microsoft Office 365 Business subscriptions are changing to Microsoft 365 for Business subscriptions, including Office 365 Business Essentials, Office 365 Business Premium, and Microsoft 365 Business. The consolidation clarifies the cloud services, desktop applications, and advanced security features included with each M365 bundle. It’s worth noting that the well-known Office suite of products is not changing. Word, Power…
Boomi and Microsoft Cloud-Based Integrated Data Pipelines and Visualizations
The data-driven future is here – and winning organizations understand the power of their data and how to harness it. Through integrated data pipelines, business leaders gain a 360-degree view across complex global environments. Plus, they generate data-driven insights for sophisticated demand planning and informed decision making that spans each business division up to the C-suite. …
Running Native VMware on Azure is here
Keep using your existing VMware investments, skills, and tools, including VMware vSphere, vSAN, vCenter, and all other providers’ tools. In a recent article released by Microsoft, Azure VMware Solutions deliver a comprehensive VMware environment in Azure allowing customers to run native VMware-based workloads on Azure. Customers can now seamlessly run, manage, and secure applications across VMware environments…
Prepare for Windows Server 2008 End of Support with Transition to Azure
Support for Windows Server 2008 and 2008 R2 is coming to an end and that means the end of regular security updates. With cyberattacks becoming more sophisticated and frequent, running apps and data on unsupported versions can create significant security and compliance risks. End of support is quickly approaching for these popular 2008 releases:…
Expected Release: DDoS Protection for Microsoft Azure Government Cloud Virtual Networks
For those on the Azure Government Cloud, we’re expecting to see an announcement from Microsoft in the next 60 days (or so) regarding the release of the Azure Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) built-in protections. Back in May, the general availability of DDoS for the Azure Cloud was released – offering a no cost basic plan that includes always-on traffic monitoring,…
Microsoft Teams Finally Available for Government Cloud
Over the last year, Microsoft has added to the suite of solutions focused on collaboration. We’ve seen many clients benefit from these tools, which refocus resources toward reaching business goals. The Government Cloud user community has been patiently awaiting the launch of Microsoft Teams in this stack since the original launch on March 14, 2017….
Microsoft Announces General Availability of Azure DDoS Protection for Virtual Networks
While Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attacks are not new, they are one of the top availability and security concerns for companies considering a transformation to the cloud. We’re seeing increases of type, scale, and frequency of occurrence as they are relatively easy and cheap to launch and often are motivated by extortion or hacktivism….
Microsoft Azure and Cloud Products
Microsoft will frequently launch a new product or product enhancement with the status label of “preview” or “public preview”. The key Microsoft disclaimers to using a product or feature in preview status are as follows: 1) All previews are excluded from Microsoft SLAs and Warranties 2) Previews might not include customer support from Microsoft 3) Preview…