Virtualization

Introduction to Docker and Containers: A Beginner’s Guide

Containers are a popular technology for developing and deploying applications. They provide an isolated runtime environment that runs an application and its dependencies, making it easier to package, deploy, and manage the application. Docker is a platform for managing containers…
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What’s Azure Container Service (ACS/AKS)

I will start with history: Sometime around 2016, Microsoft launched an IaaS service called Azure Container Service a.k.an ACS serves as a bridge between Azure Ecosystem and existing container ecosystem being used widely by the developer community around the world. It…
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Scalability – Scale Out/In vs Scale Up/Down (Horizontal Scaling vs Vertical Scaling)

When you work with Cloud Computing or normal Scalable highly available applications you would normally hear two terminologies called Scale Out and Scale Up or often called as Horizontal Scaling and Vertical Scaling.  I thought about covering basics and provide…
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Installing Windows 10 Client Hyper-V in VMware Workstation/Fusion/ESX

As a Windows 10 Insider, I would always latest version of Windows on VMWare Player, Workstation or VirtualBox. Recently I was trying to set up a Windows Phone 10/UWP development environment inside a VMWare virtual machine. I tried to enable…
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Microsoft Developer Program for IoT & Windows 10 IoT Core Insider Preview

Microsoft has introduced a new developer program to enable the developers working on Internet of Things(IoT) based implementations.  As part of this program developers would be able to try out – Windows 10 IoT Core Insider Preview. If you are…
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