Feature Enhancements In Enterprise Mobility Suite (EMS)

The growing Cloud environment and the constant need to provide better services, has Microsoft adding new capabilities to its Enterprise Mobility Suite (EMS). EMS is a subscription service bundle consisting of Azure Active Directory Premium, Azure Rights Management and Intune. Using Azure AD’s identity and access management services, EMS enables control over who uses your apps in the Cloud.  Azure RMS secures sensitive data and files by configuring access policies to certain types of data. It is platform independent and can be configured in a cloud-only or on-premise setup. The Intune provides key solutions for device and applications management. 

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Cloud Based Load Tests with Visual Studio Online

An important part of the application life cycle is the Testing phase which validates and verifies whether your application confirms to the requirements and whether its built accordingly. You can create and run test plans, test suites and test cases in Team Web Access, or you can easily launch Microsoft Test Manager (MTM) to manage and run test cases. When you launch MTM, Team Web Access starts in the context of your team project, so there is no need to explicitly connect to your VSO Team Project.

The main objective of cloud based load testing is to test the capacity of a single server, uncover any serious performance issues, and identify opportunities to improve the capacity or performance of the service.

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Why Businesses should consider Cloud backup and Recovery

Backing up data has become a standard business practice and in most industries it is an operational requirement. Today’s fast-growing highly mobile workforce is placing new demands on IT.  As data growth increases, it finds its way onto laptops, desktops etc increasing security breach. Today, most companies have data protection and data security best practices in place to protect sensitive information while keeping IT costs in check.

When instituting a backup strategy, there are several factors to consider before choosing a method. These factors can help businesses determine whether a cloud backup solution would be more secure, cost-effective and reliable than portable media backup, such as tapes, for their organization. Read more