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How Microsoft crushed Slack

The Verge

That’s when the upstart communication startup published an open letter to Microsoft in The New York Times , offering the tech giant an insincere “welcome” to the world of workplace chat software. The occasion was Microsoft’s launch of Teams , a Slack clone that would come bundled with the company’s popular Office 365 suite of products.

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Cloud Storage 2.0 Set To Dominate Market

Cloud Musings

The enterprise data storage marketplace is poised to become a battlefield. No longer the quiet backwater of cloud computing services, the focus of this global transition is now going from compute to storage. An overview of recent storage market history is needed to understand why this transition is important.

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Azure Storage Account Networking: When to Use Firewalls and Service Endpoints

Linux Academy

Recently, when building content for one of my upcoming courses, Microsoft Azure Architect Technologies – Exam AZ-300 , I found the Microsoft documentation wasn’t immediately clear on the exclusivity of Storage Account Firewalls, and Service Endpoints. Storage Account Firewalls.

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Can tech help cities plan for disasters? 7 ideas from an urban resilience hackathon

GeekWire

The day concluded with presentations to a review panel affiliated with the City of Seattle, Amazon, and Microsoft and brief awards. Pressurized Emergency Water Storage in Multifamily Buildings The project presentation presents emergency water storage solutions in multifamily buildings in Seattle. ”

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Introducing New Azure Hands-On Labs

Linux Academy

This year, Microsoft has made it hard to keep up. Intro to Using Azure Blob Storage. Securing Storage with Acces Keys and Shared Access Signatures in Microsoft Azure. Modifying a Storage Account and Setting Blog Container to Immutable. Configuring Content Delivery Network (CDN) Endpoints in Microsoft Azure.

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SeanDaniel.com [tech]: Beware Social scammers that call.

Sean Daniel

Beware Social scammers that call pretending to be the Microsoft HelpDesk. On 9/21/2012, I received my first social engineering hacking attack. Additionally, these folks seem to be blind calling (aside from knowing your surname) as they didn’t realize that I actually worked for Microsoft. Microsoft Office 2007. (10).

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It’s time to shelve unused data

Dataconomy

This essential practice involves the transfer of data from active storage systems, where it is frequently accessed and used, to secondary storage systems specifically designed for extended preservation and infrequent access. This system provides long-term storage at a lower cost than primary storage systems.

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