A VM that cannot be recovered is a risk no matter how well it runs. Azure Backup gives you a managed way to protect Azure virtual machines without deploying backup servers or agents by hand. This post walks through how it works, how to set it up, and how to …

I had three D-series VMs running in Central US on Azure subscription 1. When I tried to create a fourth VM of the same kind in the same region, Azure refused. I switched to another region, tried again, and it worked right away. This post explains what happened, how to …

When you create a Linux virtual machine on Azure, the portal asks you to download a small file ending in .pem. Many beginners click through, forget where it went, and later find they can't get into their own server. This post explains what that file is, how it works, and …

Every Azure VM you create has at least one IP address, and often two. Knowing which one does what is the difference between a VM that works on the first try and an evening spent wondering why your website won't load. The short version: the private IP is how your …