A Bevy of AWS Announcements!! AWS re:Invent is next week….it’s almost hard to believe I’ll be leaving in just a few days. What’s been equality hard to believe is the speed of announcements about new features/services coming from AWS just this week, including but certainly not limited to: • Amazon Athena adds support for running … Continue reading Getting Started with Amazon WorkSpaces Streaming Protocol (WSP) Beta
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Quick Hit #2 – The One with AWS WorkSpaces and WorkDocs
Just a couple tidbits regarding AWS WorkSpaces and WorkDocs... An Error Restoring An Unhealthy WorkSpace when using PowerShell for AWS In an effort to reduce the workload of your IT support staff and provide end users more control over their experience, AWS WorkSpaces provides some self-service WorkSpace management capabilities including the following: Increase the personal … Continue reading Quick Hit #2 – The One with AWS WorkSpaces and WorkDocs
AWS Multi-Account Architecture Part 2 – AWS Landing Zone
Part 1 of this series discussed why a multi-account architecture has become the best practice for large organizations that consume AWS. It also introduced a service that helps organize those accounts, AWS Organizations. Having an easy way to organize accounts is great, but that only begins to scratch the surface of what is necessary to … Continue reading AWS Multi-Account Architecture Part 2 – AWS Landing Zone
Backing up VMware Cloud on AWS with Veeam
One common misconception about Public Cloud is that things like backup and security are automatically taken care of for you. Most cloud providers operate under a shared responsibility model, meaning they provide only up to a certain level of responsibility for security, availability, data protection, etc. This means that cloud architects must plan for backup … Continue reading Backing up VMware Cloud on AWS with Veeam
Replacing Traditional File Shares…A High-Level Introduction to AWS WorkDocs
The Ever-Increasing Remote Workforce By all accounts, the number of remote/work-at-home employees is increasing. The third article seen within the Additional Resources heading at the bottom of this post stats that the remote workforce has increased by 159% since 2005. It also states that up to 90% of the US workforce would like to work … Continue reading Replacing Traditional File Shares…A High-Level Introduction to AWS WorkDocs
AWS Control Tower gets an update
This post is jumping the gun a little bit in that I'm planning to do a short blog series about AWS Organizations and landing zones in the near future. As I'm ramping up to start that series, I wanted to pass along something I didn't see until digging around a bit recently, which is a … Continue reading AWS Control Tower gets an update
VMC on AWS – No Compatible Subnets Found
It's been a good while since I've had a "tech tip" type of post, let alone one that is pretty short. I've gotten a good bit of hands on with VMC on AWS recently, with a whole lot more to come, so I'll probably have a good chance to get more of these out in … Continue reading VMC on AWS – No Compatible Subnets Found
Whitelisting Lambda Functions
As you continue your journey in and to the cloud, you may find yourself using Lambda functions to send data to remote/3rd party API servers. Not only that, you may find that these 3rd party API providers only accept requests from whitelisted IP addresses. This may shock you, but Lambda functions are not the same … Continue reading Whitelisting Lambda Functions
Data Protection as a Service with Druva
My first experience with Druva was a number of years back when a customer purchased their product to backup all of the laptops for their remote workers. This customer had a lot of employees that were traveling all over the world and doing much of their work from hotels, airports, and various remote offices. While … Continue reading Data Protection as a Service with Druva
New Release – Veeam/N2WS Backup and Recovery 2.6
Just last week, Veeam/N2WS released version 2.6 of their easy to use, yet powerful AWS backup and recovery tool. And in keeping with previous releases and N2WS' unrelenting customer-driven approach, the 2.6 release incorporates several enhancements requested and championed by Veeam/N2WS customers. New Features in N2WS Backup and Recovery 2.6 Backup and Recovery for Amazon … Continue reading New Release – Veeam/N2WS Backup and Recovery 2.6