Install Azure PowerShell with MSI

To use Azure PowerShell, you need to:

1. Update to Windows PowerShell 5.1 if needed. If you’re on Windows 10, you already have PowerShell 5.1 installed.
2. Install .NET Framework 4.7.2 or later.

The MSI package for Azure PowerShell is available from GitHub. If you have installed earlier versions of Azure PowerShell using the MSI, the installer automatically removes them. The MSI package installs modules in:

${env:ProgramFiles}\WindowsPowerShell\Modules.

To start working with Azure PowerShell, sign in with your Azure credentials.

# Connect to Azure with an interactive dialog for sign-in
Connect-AzAccount

Note:

If you’ve disabled module autoloading, you need to manually import the module with Import-Module Az. Because of the way the module is structured, this can take up to a minute.

What’s a dedicated server?

The dedicated server is an actual, physical server. The client rents the entire machine and gets to use it for whatever projects they want (within the Terms & Conditions of the provider of course).

It means the client doesn’t share the resources with anyone else and the entire server is at their will. The physical machine is in the same data center as the cloud servers. So, it gets to use the same infrastructure and protections. It’s generally a more expensive service than the cloud server for obvious reasons being dedicated to one client only. Being the only user of the machine means full control over it without any worries that you may suffer because of someone else’s mistakes.

What is a VPS, and what is it used for?

A virtual private server (VPS) is used for hosting websites (e-commerce, content, visual media) and software applications (portals, extranets, collaborative solutions, wikis, CRM). Unlike shared hosting, the data is isolated onto a virtual machine which is dedicated to the user.

The VPS is a perfect compromise between web hosting plans and physical servers, combining reliability with the high performance of a dedicated server — but without the difficulty of managing a server’s physical hardware.

Who can use a VPS?

Using a VPS requires basic knowledge of server administration. It is essential for managing the operating system (Linux, Windows or WordPress) installed on the machine, and configuring the applications.

What are the advantages of a VPS, compared to a dedicated server?

The advantage of a VPS is that you don’t have to worry about hardware management — so you would not need to monitor the status of hard disks, RAM, and CPU.

I recommend using a dedicated server if you want to manage the hardware aspects yourself, build more elaborate architectures, create an infrastructure that includes a private network, and deploy other complex solutions that are not web services.

As a general rule, users with a growing volume of web activity either move up to dedicated servers, or Public Cloud solutions. These services offer more complex, flexible infrastructures that can adapt to a high level of growth.

Microsoft announces general availability of System Center 2022

Microsoft has announced the availability of System Center 2022. The latest release brings System Center Operations Manager (SCOM), Virtual Machine Manager (VMM), System Center Orchestrator (SCORCH), Service Manager (SM), and Data Protection Manager (DPM).

To offer enhanced datacenter management experience for IT environments including, for example, Windows Server, Azure Stack HCI, or VMWare deployments, this release offers new capabilities. In the preview phase, various organizations such as Olympia, Schaeffler, and Entain also recognized the validity of the capabilities that System Center 2022 has to offer.

You can now get System Center 2022 from the Volume Licensing Service Center, or begin at the Evaluation Center.

Learn more by going to:

• Product page.

• Technical documentation.

• System Center Tech Community.