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Microsoft Recaps Delivery Optimization Bandwidth Controls for Organizations

Microsoft expects organizations using its Delivery Optimization peer-to-peer update scheme will optimally see 60 percent to 70 percent improvements in terms of network bandwidth use.
Getting a Handle on Hyper-V Virtual NICs

Hyper-V usually makes it easy to configure virtual network adapters within VMs. That is, until you need to create a VM containing multiple virtual NICs.
Microsoft Highlights Emerging Kubernetes Scalability and Governance Efforts

Microsoft this week highlighted some emerging efforts to improve both the scalability and governance of the open source Kubernetes container orchestration service.
Microsoft Ending Azure Container Service Support in 2020

Microsoft gave notice earlier this month that it will be ending its Azure Container Service on Jan. 31, 2020.