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For companies using Azure virtual machines, there are many avenues to reduce costs. Historically many companies have focused on the compute aspects of virtual machines. This is the appeal of reservations; by committing to a machine series in a region a company can reduce the computer costs significantly.
While effective, many Microsoft customers overlook the costs of the operating systems which they are leasing per month. To explore this, let’s use Azure Price Calculator and examine the monthly cost of basic VM ( D2ds v4 ) noted in image 1 below:
Picture this, you have an employee traveling internationally for a work event, but they forgot their password and are unable to get in touch with the IT department. As a result, they can’t get into the programs and platforms needed to accomplish what they set out to at the event. Situations like this are becoming more and more common due to the continued increase in popularity of remote and hybrid workforces.
As organizations move to support hybrid and remote workforces, they're challenged with managing the different devices that access organization resources. Admins must protect organization data, manage end-user access, and support users from wherever they work. To help with these challenges and tasks, Rutter Networking Technologies recommends using Microsoft Intune. Never heard of this Microsoft solution? We break down what Microsoft Intune is, why it’s our recommendation, and more below.
Microsoft Azure is nearing one billion worldwide users, and it’s for good reason. As businesses grow and expand their operations, they often require more advanced and scalable technology solutions. Microsoft Azure is a cloud computing service that offers a range of services and tools to help businesses operate more efficiently and securely. Is Microsoft Azure right for your business? And if you already use it, are you making the most of its features and reaping all of the Microsoft Azure benefits? To help you out, we’re going to do a deep dive into what Azure is, how it can benefit businesses, and the services it offers.
The cloud offers endless perks for us to enjoy; however, the constant connectivity and real-time sync it provides also functions as an incentive for malicious hackers to steal your information and breach your organization’s data. In fact, email phishing is now the most common form of cyber crime. At the end of 2022, spam accounted for over 45% of all email traffic—email security threats continue to rise and aren’t going anywhere anytime soon.
Whether your organization is small, Mid-size or a larger employer, Rutter Networking Technologies can support your executive and technologies teams, and a scalable and secure technology stack.
Smaller organizations are more prone to appoint IT admins with global admin rights as a “catch all” privilege, especially where the company might have started their cloud journey with Office 365. This might be compounded where in small companies, an admin will be expected to support a wider breath of technology. However, this goes against least privilege guidelines for companies looking to a “zero trust” model.
Microsoft Active Directory has been commercially available for more than 20 years. As noted in Image 1 below, the core appeal of the product is being an effective platform for authentication and providing policies at enterprise scale. However, the core premise of Microsoft Active Directory in providing effective services, is for end users to be onsite. During the time of Covid-19 with more companies shifting to a hybrid work model, Microsoft Active Directory is becoming problematic to end users.
The cornerstone of this issue is the companies relying on VPN access. Most company VPNs operate on the following assumptions:
