I have a quick question on microsofts reporting service. I know SSRS 2012 is their desktop version and they also have Azure reporting services, but what I would like to know is it possible to host the SSRS 2012 on the cloud and use this directly. I am picking up contradicting advice on the web with regards this, I am worried about using Azure because they limit you to using the Azure database.
What I'm looking to do, is to have a reporting service hosted on the cloud but without any restriction on data sources.
thanks
mark
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Are there any recent best practices / guidance for deploying Dynamics CRM (eg 2016) to Azure virtual machine IaaS (eg Windows Server 2016)?
In case you ask, we are pursuing this to control licensing costs.
I'm familiar with the Microsoft whitepaper from 2015, Deploying Microsoft Dynamics CRM in Microsoft Azure Virtual Machines, but it is somewhat dated and Azure / cloud service providers have evolved tremendously in the past 4 years.
Are there any newer best practices / guidance? Are there any gottchas?
I've looked in some depth at SQL Server 2016 on Azure virtual machines, some examples of the Azure-specific guidance there would be:
tempdb on D: ephemeral disk (credit Brent Ozar)
backups on storage blogs mapped by URI (credit Microsoft in DBA Stack Exchange)
storage spaces (pools) for enhanced performance of Azure data disks
several Azure Quickstart Templates for SQL Server
etc
There is no mention of Dynamics (CRM or otherwise on-server) in the Azure Quickstart Templates.
I'm looking for equivalent guidance for Dynamics CRM on Azure VMs.
You are probably not going to find any Azure Templates for CRM because Microsoft is generally trying to push everyone to use Dynamics 365 Online. Without knowing your situation, that would always be my recommendation since you're essentially trying to create a cloud hosting solution for a product with a cloud hosting solution.
However, I understand that there are circumstances that would prevent this.
With that said, the guide seems relevant even if it's outdated. You can still set up the VMs using the plan recommended in the guide even if the steps may change.
Also, whenever I set up on-prem hosting, I would need to set up an ADFS server. This was always a separate VM that only ran ADFS and nothing else. Fortunately, Microsoft Docs have a pretty reference for creating ADFS in Azure.
https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-server/identity/ad-fs/deployment/how-to-connect-fed-azure-adfs
I've recently built an ASP.NET website using C#.
Using the publishing wizard within Visual Studio 2013 I see that I can publish to "Microsoft Azure Websites", and I have done so. It worked great.
However, logging into the Azure account I'm not able to locate this website anywhere so that I may manage it directly, and see what the burn rate (costs) are.
Where are these "Microsoft Azure Websites" stored once they are published, within Azure?
Many thanks in advance.
Bob
Under Web Apps in the old portal and under App Services in the new one.
I suppose this is more of a question of whether the VB6 Runtime runs on Windows Server 2012 R2.
I was thinking about Azure app migration scenarios, and Azure RemoteApp could be a great way to allow an enterprise to migrate to the cloud and Windows 10, while still supporting their legacy LOB applications; such as those written in VB6.
I wasn't able to find any information in the Azure documentation specifically on this, so I thought I'd ask it here.
Does anyone know if a VB6 app can run in Azure RemoteApp?
It seems that perhaps VB6 apps did run in Azure RemoteApp, but this is no longer really relevant, right? Long live VB6! :)
After yesterday's announcement of BizTalk Service GA on Windows Azure, I'm trying to create a new Development instance so I can start migrating my on premises BizTalk projects to there.
After I fill the wizard and start waiting for the instance creation, I get the following error:
Could not connect to the Tracking Database. Confirm that the SQL Database details are correct and that Windows Azure Services is enabled on the SQL Database. (RDFE - Operation ID = fcc014e60cea345c9e03dcd2dca787d3 )
What is happening?
Make sure DB allows Azure services to access it
Possibly the internal DNS problems are affecting it.
The Register Microsoft pulls its crowd-control tech from out of the shadows
a variety of Microsoft services including Windows Azure and Xbox became unavailable due to an as-yet-unspecified problem with Microsoft's global DNS configuration
or
Xbox One site BELLY-UP in GLOBAL Microsoft cloud catastrophe
Initial reports seem to indicate the problem stems from an internal DNS issue, as both the page and various Azure services are throwing DNS errors. Azure may be working, but reaching it is difficult.
I'm an MSDN subscriber beginning a personal project that will involve WPF, Web Services, and SQL Server. I'm planning on using my MSDN benefits to host the Web Services on Azure and the database on SQL Azure.
I was going to run TFS on my own dev machine, but then heard about Microsoft's Team Foundation Service cloud offering. Also, it appears that I could run my own instance of TFS on Azure. At this point I'm thinking that Team Foundation Service is the best option because:
I'd prefer to have TFS in the cloud over my main dev machine so that I can access it anywhere and not have to worry about having to back it up.
I'd rather not have to worry about setting up and administrating TFS on Azure if I'm not getting anything extra out of it.
I'm not exactly sure if setting up and using TFS on Azure will be free (or continue to be free) with my MSDN Subscription.
Has anyone experienced any major drawbacks to using Team Foundation Service, like a major loss of flexibility or functionality?
I've been using TFS Services since it has been in preview for my personal work - and I haven't had any limitations in terms of source control/build services. The service is fairly comparable to the full TFS server; but doesn't include the more advanced features such as test automation.
The pricing page also states that service will continue to remain free for MSDN subscribers: https://tfs.visualstudio.com/en-us/pricing/information/
Before TFSPreview existed, I asked some people in the know at MS about running TFS in Azure and I was told that there are some non-trivial problems with running TFS on a virtual machine on Azure. I believe this is why MS are offering TFS as a service rather than as a template for a virtual machine. As such, if you want to use TFS and you want it to be in the cloud, I'd definitely use the TFS Preview.