Category: Azure

Access to Windows Azure Management Portal https://manage.windowsazure.com/ First we have to create a VM, click on +NEW and navigate to Compute –> Virtual Machines –> From Gallery: Select Windows Server 2012 Datacenter and click on button: For lab purposes we can choice Extra Small size. Fill the rest of the fields and go to next … Continue reading Configure Windows Server Active Directory in a Windows Azure VM

Select Networks on the side navigation bar and click on +NEW button, select Networks –> Virtual Network –> Register DNS Server. Complete DNS information with, for example, this data: And click on REGISTER DNS SERVER. Continue reading Register a DNS server in Windows Azure

Virtual Machines that are provisioned in Windows Azure are stored in the world-wide cloud-based Windows Azure Storage service. In terms of high availability, the Storage service provides built-in storage replication capability – where every VM is replicated to three separate locations within the Windows Azure data center region you select. In addition, Windows Azure Storage … Continue reading Define a Windows Azure Storage Account

Affinity Groups in Windows Azure are used to group your cloud-based services together, such as Virtual Machines, Virtual Networks and Storage, in order to achieve optimal performance. When you use an affinity group, Windows Azure will keep all services that belong to your affinity group running within the same data center as close as possible … Continue reading Define a Windows Azure Affinity Group