Over the last 12 months, our consultancy has had the privilege of engaging with several technology leaders in the higher-ed space. Their passion for creating an environment that uses technology to...
As an experienced Microsoft Partner, Cloudforce has learned and earned its way into a position that allows us to make the nearly $200 billion dollar company that is Microsoft work for you. In...
Microsoft Inspire 2022 explored the company’s dedication to cutting carbon emissions – and challenged the notion that sustainability and efficiency are mutually exclusive. Microsoft’s growth...
What is Azure Virtual Desktop? Azure Virtual Desktop (AVD) – initially coined Windows Virtual Desktop – launched in September of 2019. AVD allows for a fully managed desktop virtualization...
Ubiquitous to any organizational theory or model is the aspiration to motivate and direct a collection of individuals to achieve a shared goal. Simply stated, how can leadership point the boat in the...
This past quarter, Cloudforce held a company-wide challenge to encourage growth and learning (with a side of friendly competition). Certification opportunities were on display in the office and the...
There are plenty of reasons why an organization considers migrating its servers, applications, websites, and services to the Azure cloud. Availability, cost effectiveness, and security are three top...
In today’s business world, it’s no secret that the role of IT has expanded. I’m not just talking about the growth of a department, but a total change in how much businesses rely on IT. Many...
“Employees today are not the same people who went home to work in 2020. Flexibility and well-being are non-negotiable. Hybrid work is now just work.” -- Colette Stallbaumer, General Manager,...
You’ve spent months planning for your shiny new website. You herded all your stakeholders into meeting after meeting. You gathered all the requirements. You developed all the Visio...
It has become cliché to remark on the various ways in which the COVID-19 pandemic has reshaped our personal and professional lives. Here are a few examples: Today’s workplace is...
This summer's Microsoft Inspire 2022 conference began with a session about how Azure is an invaluable tool for the creation of contemporary enterprise solutions. “Power Innovation Across the...
With today’s evolving landscape of hybrid work, businesses and their data are exposed to threats outside just their corporate networks. 81% of businesses are moving to a hybrid workspace, which...
How do cloud companies continue the way of modernization? How can partners continue to provide more value to their clients using native Microsoft features? This answer to both questions is...
Remote work is here to stay! In 2019 Microsoft launched Azure Virtual Desktop (AVD) as part of their Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) offerings. In 2020 the business imperative to be able to...
As a Workforce Specialist, I’ve heard a lot of mixed thoughts in the Human Resources field about the workforce and how to retain our talented employees post-pandemic. With employees in different...
For organizations of 2022, a SIEM (Security Incident Event Management), or any XDR solution (Extended Detection and Response), is becoming a must-have. Ransomware attacks have seen an increase of...
Working from home has become more popular and accepted for businesses over the past couple of years, and now almost any business that only requires a computer and network access can utilize this new...
Here's how Cloudforce met the demanding requirements for the certification... In February of 2022, Cloudforce underwent a comprehensive 8-hour audit in order to demonstrate our Microsoft Azure...
Over the last year or so, I’ve sifted through A LOT of not-so-great resumes. Even more so, interviews with candidates who just weren’t really interested in the position, Cloudforce, or anything...
Running audits on a file share within file server is a challenging task, especially when you do not have a budget for sophisticated file auditing tools from a third-party vendor. These tools can not...
Microsoft 365 (formerly Office 365) desktop applications are ubiquitous in the modern workplace. It is pretty much a given that any endpoint manager will have to deploy and manage it. Thankfully,...
As much as we would like to believe that technology is logical and follows the rules, deciphering the “Why?” is bewildering at times. This was recently the case when troubleshooting a Remote...
Most organization must follow various compliance and governance frameworks either from industry or government regulations. Meeting these benchmarks can be difficult and time consuming but the...
In 2012, I took my years of tinkering and passive interest in these personal computer machines and began taking formal training in this revolution of silicon and binary to obtain knowledge,...
With the advent of the Windows 10 Software as a Service (Saas) model it has become necessary to manage deployment of feature updates almost annually. Many federal and corporate organizations use...
Rewind to late 2010 - I was contemplating startup ideas in my 450 square-foot studio apartment outside of Washington DC. Would I choose to go into uncharted territory with an unfamiliar area, or...
Azure Active Directory allows organizations to extend their on-premises directory services to the Microsoft Cloud. User identities, passwords, and attributes are synchronized to allow a simple,...
No matter what uncertainties 2020 has brought to our lives, we can be sure of two things. The first is that remote work and the technologies that enable it are here to stay. Among these tools,...
Well, here we are. Staring down the barrel of another Microsoft test. The beads of sweat drip down your forehead….am I going to get multiple choice? Case Studies?? LABS?!?!?! ...
Microsoft Teams is an incredibly powerful collaboration tool for organizations of all sizes. It enables users to easily connect in more ways and utilize more devices than ever before. However,...
If you said yes...how do you know? If you said no, then I can help you with that as well. Either way, your Secure Score is the answer! Today’s ever-evolving threats can be dangerous...
Azure Windows Virtual Desktop (WVD) is becoming more and more popular as teleworking becomes the new normal. However, maintaining an Azure WVD environment can be costly. As a cloud consultant, we...
So, you created a new VM using Azure snapshot but can’t log into it. You’ve tried everything you can think of. It’s 1AM. You’ve been to 20 forums, ran 30 Google searches and have less hair...
If you’ve been in the IT industry for a bit, you’ve likely interacted with MS365, if only for managing email for clients and you’ve certainly heard of OneDrive, Sharepoint and…Yammer? If...
Coming from a background in healthcare, I had no prior knowledge of cloud computing or any tech really, apart from the basics and a little web design experience. I originally set a goal to pass the...
Azure web app backups can fail for a variety of reasons. Recently, I had a web app fail for a reason I hadn't seen before. I was certain that my backups were working correctly... nope. Not...
How to downsize a data disk on an Azure VM Even with the best intentions, we often find that customers have dozens or hundreds of virtual machines in Azure which are using a small fraction...
