It's all about Server Infrastructure Support - by Nirav Soni

I have seen many Systems Administrators having challenges in cleaning up WinSXS folder on system drive of Windows Servers 2008/2008R2. What is this WinSXS folder for? What does it contain within it? Is it safe to clean up those files under this folder by selecting them and pressing Delete button to get rid of them and reclaim disk space on C: drive? I know, you might be having these questions, if you would have come across the incidents where this folder would be taking lot of space of C: drive. I have seen Windows Server 2008 R2 machines where this folder would be taking over 20GB of disk space. Microsoft has released few knowledge-base articles as well showing how you can deal with these kind of situation. Microsoft realized the pain that Systems Administrators have cleaning up this folder and hence, they came up with "Features on Demand" on Windows Server 2012/2012 R2. So, now, you would be curious to know what this "Features on Demand" is and how it can help ove...

Hello guys, As it's an era of Cloud Computing and Microsoft Azure being the leader in providing the cloud services, today, I would like to introduce you to the Microsoft Azure Core Services. This is just a brief introduction to Azure Core Services to prepare you for the AZ-900 Microsoft Azure Fundamentals certification. Azure Regions Each region has one or more data center(s). A region is a set of data centers deployed within a latency-defined perimeter and connected through a dedicated regional low-latency network. There are 54 regions worldwide available in 140 countries as of writing this blog. For more information, visit https://azure.microsoft.com/en-ca/global-infrastructure/regions/ . Azure Geographies Azure Regions are group of one of more data centers. Azure broadens that into geographies. Each Geography contains two or more regions. These geographies are to preserve compliance and data residency. Examples of Geographies are Americas, or Europe, or Middle ...