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Here are 6 workload scenario examples for Windows Azure. If you have any questions, please contact us and our certified cloud specialists can help you deploy Azure today!

Did you know? Windows Azure supports your environment beyond just your Microsoft technology? Windows Azure supports heterogeneous environments. Just a couple of examples include the ability to develop, test, and deploy Oracle DB, WebLogic, Java, and Oracle Linux on Azure and pay by the hour while getting full support from Oracle, as well as the […]

In a world of broadband internet connections, online collaboration tools and the ability to work from almost anywhere – office culture can be difficult to sustain.  This especially holds true for people who live in large cities (where the commute can be problematic) or in harsh climates (like the never ending winter in Chicago this […]

For healthcare providers, it can be a challenge to effectively manage population health, and consistently measure and report its outcomes. Recently, ProHealth Care announced that it was the first healthcare system to use Epic’s data warehouse, Cogito, in a production environment. Specifically, ProHealth implemented the data warehouse to help its physicians assess their entire population […]

I’ve run across this issue enough times now that I figured it was worth a short post. It’s a quick reminder to always check the simple things. On several occasions I’ve found AD FS environments where authentication via the internal AD FS servers works but authentication via the AD FS proxy does not. With this […]

When you install Lync 2013 and configure the back end for mirroring, a lot of things happen “under the hood” to configure the mirror (and witness, if applicable). Microsoft really has done a fantastic job of hiding the overall complexity of SQL mirroring through Lync topology builder, but suffice it so say, there are many […]

On Wednesday, we hosted a webinar on Big Data: Using Microsoft Enterprise Information Solutions to Make Smarter Business Decisions. During the session, Duane Schafer, Microsoft BI Practice Director at Perficient, began by defining Big Data, then analyzing Big Data with the Microsoft platform (including ways to manage structured vs. unstructured data such as a parallel […]

Today, Perficient announced that three of our technology consultants were named 2014 Sitecore Most Valuable Professionals (MVPs). The Sitecore MVP program, currently in its eighth year, recognizes individuals who have a passion for building Sitecore solutions and sharing their expertise with the community. Perficient is one of only five companies with three or more Sitecore […]

Beginning on June 2, 2014 Windows Azure will be retiring Windows Server 2008.  This means that you will no longer be able to deploy a new Cloud Service or manage your existing services on virtual machines running Windows Server 2008. Windows Azure currently supports four different GuestOS ‘versions’: GuestOS 1.x – Windows Server 2008 GuestOS […]

Now that Microsoft has allotted 25 GB per user of storage in OneDrive for Business, an interesting question has arose – “When should I use OneDrive vs. a Team Site?” This is an important question that might not arise if there wasn’t so much space available per user. And with on premise deployments, you’re probably not […]

The idea behind Net Neutrality has been a topic of increasing scrutiny recently.  There are groups of people who are very out spoken about the importance of Net Neutrality and deregulation of the Internet.  For the majority of internet users the topic falls on deaf ears.  This is generally because Net Neutrality is attempting to […]

In my last post “Migrating From Exchange 2003? – Watch Those Address Policies!“, I documented some of the issues that can arise when running the Office 365 Hybrid Configuration Wizard (HCW) in an Exchange 2003 organization. No Exchange 2003, no problems right? Well unfortunately that’s not always the case; the odds are pretty good that […]