There are multiple ways to send emails from Azure. But did you know you could send emails from any mailbox in your organization using REST API calls?

Learn more in the new guide by Microsoft MVP Nicolas Prigent for StarWind.

LOGIC COMPUTER, a Romanian IT company, had been experiencing challenges with their IT infrastructure due to the high volume of data they were processing on a daily basis. They were using traditional storage systems which were becoming increasingly difficult to manage and scale as their business grew. Using StarWind Virtual SAN (vSAN), LOGIC COMPUTER deploy a high availability storage cluster, getting an opportunity to process their critical data without a hitch and ensuring their business operations 24/7.

You can read about how StarWind could do the same for your company by following this link.

One of the reasons for such an error is that the disk descriptor file for the VM disk is either corrupted or missing. Fortunately, you can follow a straightforward process to recreate .vmdk descriptor files.

Learn more in the guide by virtualization expert Alex Samoylenko for StarWind.

American Payroll Association (APA), a U.S.-based payroll educational institution, could have its business development bottlenecked by slow-aged hardware that neither was supported anymore nor capable of being scaled. Being a rapidly developing organization, APA required hardware that could be easily scaled to keep up the pace with its growth. Using StarWind HCI Appliance, American Payroll Association builds a hyperconverged infrastructure, gains faster disaster recovery capabilities, and frees up its IT budget for strategic initiatives and investments.

You can read about how StarWind could do the same for your company by following this link.

Storage plays one of the most crucial roles in any IT infrastructure. vSphere 8 supports various storage features and protocols, such as Raw Device Mapping (RDM), Persistent Memory (PMem), NVMe over Fabrics (NVMe-oF), and iSCSI over RDMA (iSER). But which of those is best suited to your needs?

Learn more about vSphere 8 storage protocols and their use cases in the new article by virtualization expert Vladan Seget for StarWind.

CoolNiao, a China-based managed IT services provider (MSP), was facing a challenge with its existing IT infrastructure, consisting of physical servers and aging storage that didn’t allow to ensure continuous business operations. The company recognized that its current infrastructure was insufficient to provide high availability (HA) and needed to be replaced with a more robust and reliable solution. Using StarWind Virtual SAN (vSAN), CoolNiao creates an HA storage cluster, increases data availability and protection, provides scalability, and ensures 24/7 business operations.

You can read about how StarWind could do the same for your company by following this link.

Containers lack the kernel isolation of virtual machines, creating a serious security risk. Microsoft released a new Azure feature based on Kata project to remedy that and significantly boost the security of containerized applications.

Learn more about the new Azure Kubernetes Services (AKS) Pod Sandboxing feature in the new article by virtualization expert Brandon Lee for StarWind.

Air Innovations LLC, a U.S.-based air conditioning and construction company, was struggling with poor data availability and interruption of its critical business services. Having strict budget limitations, the company required a solution capable of creating a highly available (HA) clustered environment with Microsoft Hyper-V hypervisors without any additional storage solutions employed. Using StarWind Virtual SAN (vSAN), Air Innovations LLC deploys an HA storage cluster, unlocks higher levels of productivity, streamlines workflows, and ensures its business operations 24/7.

You can read about how StarWind could do the same for your company by following this link.

VMware vSphere and Microsoft Hyper-V are among the most popular type 1 enterprise hypervisors. However, their VM formats are incompatible, and it is not uncommon for users to look for an easy way to migrate a virtual machine from one hypervisor to another.

Find out how to migrate a Hyper-V VM to VMware in three clicks with StarWind V2V Converter in the new article by StarWind Solutions Engineer Hanna Parich.

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INNET, a Vietnamese IT distributor, had a challenging physical SAN-based IT infrastructure with a complex configuration that was managed by different teams. The company was looking for a simpler solution that would provide simplicity in IT infrastructure management and allow for cutting high maintenance costs. Using StarWind HCI Appliance (HCA), INNET implements a hyperconverged infrastructure, supported fully proactively and operating seamlessly, and reduces its IT operational expenses (OpEx) by 55% for the period of 6 months.

You can read about how StarWind could do the same for your company by following this link.

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CrossRoad Engineers, a U.S.-based civil engineering company, was going to build highly available (HA) storage, replace its aging SAN devices, and simplify IT ecosystem management. The company’s end-of-life hardware resources also could not keep up with its growth path and only increased its IT operational expenses (OpEx). Using StarWind HCI Appliance (HCA), CrossRoad Engineers builds a remotely supported and managed hyperconverged IT infrastructure, replaces its aging SAN devices, cuts high OpEx, and gets new opportunities for business growth.

You can read about how StarWind could do the same for your company by following this link.

IT admins receive lots of emails daily, so it is not surprising that occasionally some important vSphere notifications get lost in all the fuss. Fortunately, vSphere Alert Center, a VMware Fling app, provides a simple solution for such issues.

Read more about it in the new article by a virtualization expert, Vladan Seget.

Microsoft Azure ARC VM Management extends Azure Portal features to manage VMs in Azure Stack HCI and VMware vSphere from a single interface.

Learn more about new hybrid cloud capabilities in Azure ARC in the new article by Microsoft MVP Romain Serre for StarWind.

Columb Technologies S.A., a Polish IT services and IT consulting company, faced challenges with its traditional SAN-based storage system, causing downtime, making it difficult to scale, and increasing overall IT costs. In addition, the company's data center was rapidly running out of space, making it impossible to add more hardware to support the growing demand for storage. Using StarWind Virtual SAN (vSAN), Columb Technologies S.A. deploys an HA cluster, gets a sizeable performance increase, and achieves 24/7 business operations.

You can read about how StarWind could do the same for your company by following this link.

If you have a Linux VM configured with the ZFS file system, the traditional snapshot-based backup won’t be an option. However, there is a proper way to back up such VMs with Veeam in snapshot-less mode.

Check out the new guide by virtualization expert Paolo Valsecchi for StarWind to learn more!

Weidner Apartment Homes, a U.S.-based real estate company, intended to virtualize its IT ecosystem and ensure continuous business operation without breaking its IT budget. The previous IT infrastructure was built on physical non-virtualized servers and didn't allow for that. Using StarWind Virtual SAN (vSAN), Weidner Apartment Homes creates an HA cluster, grants its hypervisors running smoothly without changing the existing environment, and ensures 24/7 business operations at no extra costs.

You can read about how StarWind could do the same for your company by following this link.

StarWind has once again proven its position as the leading hyperconverged infrastructure vendor for Enterprise ROBO, SMB, and Edge, receiving recognition from TrustRadius in the Winter 2023 Best of Awards. StarWind HCI Appliance (HCA) and StarWind Virtual SAN (vSAN) were awarded the "Best Feature Set," "Best Value for the Price," and "Best Relationship" for Hyperconverged Infrastructure (HCI) and Software Defined Storage (SDS).

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