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I am a Microsoft fan, but they are doing the cloud all wrong. To setup Azure, you have to use silverlight. To access the servers, you use remote desktop. Micros
by opendomain 13y ago
I am a Microsoft fan, but they are doing the cloud all wrong.
To setup Azure, you have to use silverlight.
To access the servers, you use remote desktop.
Microsoft office 365 is $100 PER YEAR - much more than I would pay for the full suite (over 4years of average use)
If you want to use SQL server, expect to pay $$$ - and integration or reporting services are not included.
There is another feature that is actually nice: if allocate one server, you get 5 extra services automatically, including active directory, block storage, and network setup. if you do not know each part of the cloud, this helps you out, but it is done the "Microsoft way" and can be confusing compared to other cloud services.
- bignaj 13y agoSome of this just flat out isn't true... I access my Azure instances with SSH just like I did on AWS. No Remote Desktop.
- nigelsampson 13y agoAlso the management portal hasn't required Silverlight for at least a year now, it's all HTML5. And if you don't want to use the portal then there's command line tools for both Node and Powershell.
- _delirium 13y agoSeems to have been a more general change; the Bing Webmaster Tools portal dropped Silverlight about a year ago as well. Not sure if there was an official announcement or they've just quietly decided to move away from it.
- ternaryoperator 13y ago>To access the servers, you use remote desktop. Same exact thing on Rackspace for Windows instances. So what? >Microsoft Office 365 is $100 PER YEAR much more than I would pay for the full suite Huh? It can be used on up to 5 machines by, yes, 5 different users.
- spo81rty 13y agoThey changed the portal a whole back and silverlight is no longer used. I hated it too. New one is very nice.
- MartinCron 13y agoPlease forgive my accidental downvote. I intended an upvote.
- ripberge 13y agoThis comment is all wrong actually.
- opendomain 13y agoCan you be more specific? I was trying to be helpful and my comment got down voted to oblivion. I was using Azure today and they still use Silverlight for admin - which mean i can not use it on my Mac. Remote Desktop is the DEFAULT access - they DO support SSH, but the service is not on out of the box.
- snorrk 13y agoAFAIK Silverlight is only required admin the legacy share cache service, which has been end-of-lifed (hence the reluctance to spend the effort needed to support it in the web-based portal). They recently announced that they would keep the Silverlight legacy portal around for a bit longer do give people more time to move away from the shared cache service. I use Azure every day and I haven't needed to touch the Silverlight portal in months.