Windows Server Operating System is Renewed

The Windows server operating system is renewed once again. Microsoft has finally made the new Windows Server 2025 operating system available at the beginning of November. This marks a significant operating system update for the server environment after a long time, as the latest Windows includes improvements to the Active Directory directory service and substantial […]

Azure Cloud Migration

Migrating to the Azure cloud from a traditional server environment can be a significant step. On-premise servers in your own server room or data center are often over-provisioned to account for future needs, and simply moving them as-is to any cloud will likely only increase IT management costs. Furthermore, it’s not always advisable to move […]

Virtualization of Workstations and Applications

Virtualization of workstations and applications – what if end users didn’t receive physical workstations when starting their work? This is something I have often pondered. Most people typically have some kind of personal computers both at home and at work, but can an organization require or ask end users to use their own personal devices […]

Recording: Azure Cloud Costs Webinar

On the afternoon of April 25, 2024, we held a webinar covering Azure cloud costs and partly also security. The FinOps framework and cost monitoring attracted a good number of listeners for Above IT’s very first webinar. Did you miss the webinar? No worries, you’re now on the right page. Keep reading. How to manage […]

Azure Cloud Governance Model

For most companies, the Azure public cloud is a multi-vendor environment. While IT typically maintains the core parts of Azure (and some key business-supporting services), there is often a partner in the environment providing, for example, Data Warehouse solutions and another handling the integration platform—not to mention a third! All of this needs to be […]

Hybrid Azure Cloud

For some of us old-school IT experts, exploring public cloud services is a significant hurdle. In our work history, we have been accustomed to having physical hardware in racks to embrace. For some of us, knowing where our organization’s data is located is crucial. The public cloud may also seem challenging, as there is much […]