The Azure VM Agent enables VMs to communicate with Azure’s underlying Fabric Controller via the virtual public IP 168.63.129.16. However, when VMs are migrated from ...

To begin the process, it’s necessary to have an Azure account with an active subscription and an existing Azure Virtual Machine. By default, Azure assigns a dynamic private IP address to VMs, allowing ...

Editor's note: An earlier version of this article, both in the July print issue and online, erroneously described how to connect an on-premise instance of Windows Server Active Directory to Windows ...

Uploading a Hyper-V virtual machine to Microsoft Azure is surprisingly easy to do, but there is a lot of prep work that must be done in order to get the virtual machine ready to upload. Much of this ...

Using Azure's "virtual machine agent," you can reset the local administrator password without even hitting the Windows OS itself. Here's how. When a Windows server is located on-premises and you ...

The Visual Studio "14" Community Technology Preview (CTP) was released two days ago, and has generated much interest among developers who want to find out what it can do. But being such an early stage ...

June 7, 2012: That's the day Microsoft is expected to disclose a number of the latest features it is adding to its Windows Azure cloud platform. Likely to be on the disclosure docket are "Antares," ...