HDInsight in Azure

One of the most powerful Big Data and data analytics solutions available and easy to set up: Microsoft HDInsight

by Nick Adams Mar 28, 2017

What’s New for SQL Server in Azure – January 2017

There are several exciting updates to SQL Database this month!

by Concurrency Blog Jan 30, 2017

Connect to Azure SQL Database with NodeJS and mssql

This blog will show you how to use NodeJS to connect to Azure SQL Database and perform read operations. Although there are several ways to connect to SQL Server from Node, the top two most popular packages are msnodesql and mssql.

by Zavier Sanders Jan 10, 2017

How to Connect to Exchange Online with MFA enabled

If you are an organization following best practices for protecting your environment in the cloud you have inevitably enabled Multi Factor Authentication on your administrator logins

by Bill Hughes Dec 29, 2016

Build and Deploy Node.js web apps in Azure App Service

This quick tutorial shows you how to build a simple Node.js application and deploy it to the Azure App Service, from the command-line. The steps in this tutorial can be followed on any operating system that can run Node.js.  

by Zavier Sanders Nov 19, 2016

What's New for SQL Server in Azure - October 2016

VNet peering for VMs, temporal tables, and improvements to automatic tuning.

by Concurrency Blog Nov 3, 2016

Round Robin Assignment in Service Manager- Part 4: Get Next User Script

In this fourth and last part, I am going to show how the Get Next User Powershell script works that determines who the next user is to be assigned to the Incident. 

by Christopher Mank Oct 17, 2016

Two More Concurrency Consultants Achieve Microsoft MVP Status

Concurrency Expands MVP Talent throughout all its major markets.

by Concurrency Blog Oct 14, 2016

What's New for SQL Server in Azure - September 2016

Exciting improvements to SQL Data Warehouse, SQL Database Advisor, and security

by Steve Sep 27, 2016

Resources for “SQL Server in Azure: Essentials for the Database Administrator”

Resources from my recent presentation

by Concurrency Blog Sep 27, 2016

10 Ways Manufacturers Can Do More with Less in 2023 - Part 1

As we enter the new year, manufacturers are assertively focusing on how they optimize their business during uncertain economic conditions.  The goal of most manufacturers is to do more with less, or at minimum optimize their ability to execute their mission for their customers.  Working with many manufacturers, I am seeing a variety of ways that companies can leverage technology to do more with less year. 

Part 1 of this series outlines the first five ways that manufacturers can do more with less.

by Nathan Lasnoski Jan 17, 2023

10 Ways Manufacturers Can Do More with Less in 2023 - Part 2

As we enter the new year, manufacturers are assertively focusing on how they optimize their business during uncertain economic conditions.  The goal of most manufacturers is to do more with less, or at minimum optimize their ability to execute their mission for their customers.  Working with many manufacturers, I am seeing a variety of ways that companies can leverage technology to do more with less year. 

Part 2 of this series outlines the second five ways that manufacturers can do more with less.

by Nathan Lasnoski Jan 25, 2023

Driving Efficiency from Cloud Investments

I’m asked frequently, “how do I know if there is waste in my cloud environment?” or “how do I know if my cloud environment is following best practices?”.  In response, I have six initial tests to evaluate the state of an already deployed cloud environment.  These tests can also be used in reverse to think about the critical tests for a cloud environment you are deploying new.  In this article I’ll walk through each of those six tests and how to evaluate them. 

by Nathan Lasnoski Feb 22, 2023

10 Optimizations for Your Azure Environment - Part 1

As we enter the new year, I’d like to challenge every company with an Azure environment to “do more with less” by raising the operational maturity of their cloud environment.  Successful companies look at the cloud as a financial advantage to their businesses because of the opportunity to apply optimizations across each spending area.  The unsuccessful companies deploy services and are ineffective at applying spend to improvement, likely leaving it as they initially provisioned it.   

by Nathan Lasnoski Feb 8, 2023

Cost Savings Ideas for Your Azure Environment

I’ve seen that 20% – 40% of cloud spend is waste!  In this post I’ll cover cost savings ideas for your Azure environment that will help you “get more with less” from your cloud spend.  

by Nathan Lasnoski Mar 14, 2023

10 Optimizations for Your Azure Environment - Part 2

As we enter the new year, I’d like to challenge every company with an Azure environment to “do more with less” by raising the operational maturity of their cloud environment.  Successful companies look at the cloud as a financial advantage to their businesses because of the opportunity to apply optimizations across each spending area.  The unsuccessful companies deploy services and are ineffective at applying spend to improvement, likely leaving it as they initially provisioned it.   

by Nathan Lasnoski Feb 10, 2023