How to put Microsoft Azure to work for you?

 

1. Enhance and Implement Backup and Disaster Recovery

Azure is a backup and disaster recovery dream tool. Why? Because of its flexibility, advanced site recovery, and built-in integration.

As a cloud-based solution, Azure is innately flexible – it can back up your data in almost any language, on any OS, and from any location. Plus, you define the frequency and extent of your backup schedule (daily, weekly, monthly, etc.).

Tape backup has a time and place, but it has limited abilities as a stand-alone backup and disaster recovery solution. Azure site recovery can enhance your tape backup with offsite replication, minimal onsite maintenance, up to ninety-nine years of data retention, minimal or no capital investment, and minimal operational costs. Microsoft Azure backup stores three copies of your data in three different locations in the data center, and then another three copies in a remote Azure data center, so you never have to worry about losing data.

If you’re in a Windows virtual environment, Azure’s built-in integration for additional backup will be a quick and painless solution. Azure site recovery integrates with System Center and HyperV architectures, creating a robust and seamless cohesion between Azure, System Center, and HyperV.

2. Host and Develop Web and Mobile Apps

Whether you’re looking for a platform for hosting, developing, or managing a web or mobile app, Azure makes those apps autonomous and adaptive with patch management, AutoScale, and integration for on-premise apps.

With Automatic patch management for your virtual machines, you can spend less time managing your infrastructure and focus on improving your apps. Azure also comes with continuous deployment support, which allows you to streamline ongoing code updates.

AutoScale is a feature built into Azure Web Apps that adjusts your resources automatically based on customer web traffic so you have the resources you need when traffic is high, and save money when you’re not in peak times.

Through Azure, you can seamlessly link your web app to an on-premise app. Connecting apps in both locations lets both employees and partners securely access resources inside your firewall—resources that would otherwise be difficult to access externally.

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Resolve errors for storage account names

Symptom

If your storage account name includes prohibited characters, you receive an error like:

Code=AccountNameInvalid

Message=S!torageckrexph7isnoc is not a valid storage account name. Storage account name must be

between 3 and 24 characters in length and use numbers and lower-case letters only.

For storage accounts, you must provide a name for the resource that is unique across Azure. If you do not provide a unique name, you receive an error like:

Code=StorageAccountAlreadyTaken

Message=The storage account named mystorage is already taken.

If you deploy a storage account with the same name as an existing storage account in your subscription, but provide a different location, you receive an error indicating the storage account already exists in a different location. Either delete the existing storage account, or provide the same location as the existing storage account.

Cause

Storage account names must be between 3 and 24 characters in length and use numbers and lower-case letters only. The name must be unique Microsoft Azure.

Solution

Make sure the storage account name is unique. You can create a unique name by concatenating your naming convention with the result of the uniqueString function.

"name": "[concat('storage', uniqueString(resourceGroup().id))]",

"type": "Microsoft.Storage/storageAccounts",

Make sure your storage account name does not exceed 24 characters. The uniqueString function returns 13 characters. If you concatenate a prefix or postfix to the uniqueString result, provide a value that is 11 characters or less.

"parameters": {

  "storageNamePrefix": {

    "type": "string",

    "maxLength": 11,

    "defaultValue": "storage",

    "metadata": {

    "description": "The value to use for starting the storage account name."

    }

  }

}

Make sure your storage account name does not include any upper-case letters or special character

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Microsoft Tech Support Phone Number

 Microsoft is a major technology company that sells software, electronics and computers around the world. As one of the largest companies in the world, it isn't surprising that its tech support department gets a lot of calls every day.

Why Do People Call Microsoft Tech Support?

Customers call Microsoft tech support for a range of reasons, including:

• Help with installing software or setting up equipment or a device
• Questions about how to operate software or a device
• Troubleshooting problems with Microsoft products
• Assistance with renewing software subscriptions
• Assistance with filing a warranty claim
• Referrals to authorized technicians and providers of repair services

Best Practices for Calling Microsoft Tech Support

Microsoft prefers it when customers begin their support requests through the Microsoft website. Once on the "Contact Us" page, you will be presented with a menu of products and services.

Click on the icon that represents your product or service category and you'll be offered a dialog box and asked to type in your problem or question. From there, you'll be given some self-help suggestions and the offer of getting in touch with Microsoft via a telephone callback or live chat.

When requesting a callback from Microsoft, be sure that you have information about your product or service handy. This information could include your order number or the serial number for your product. You should also have pen and paper available so that you can take notes during your call. These notes can be helpful if you need to escalate your case.

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How can I upgrade from a Microsoft 365 Personal to Family subscriptions?

 If you purchased a Microsoft 365 Personal subscription from the app: 

1. Go to device Settings > [your name] > iTunes & App Stores > Subscriptions and Cancel Subscription.

2. Your subscription will not be fully cancelled until 15 days after the date your subscription was set to renew.

3. After this time has passed, go to Settings > iTunes & App Stores > Subscriptions to purchase a Microsoft Family subscription. 

 

If you already had a Microsoft 365 subscription and did not purchase it from the app, you can manage it at  here.  

If you face any problem Call  +1-833-400-0077 for more help and support of  Microsoft 365 Family Subscription.

Manage software purchased with Microsoft Products

 Applies to

• Windows 10
• Windows 10 Mobile

Software purchased with the Microsoft Products and Services Agreement (MPSA) can now be managed in Microsoft Store for Business. This allows customers to manage online software purchases in one location.

There are a couple of things you might need to set up to manage MPSA software purchases in Store for Business.

To manage MPSA software in Microsoft Store for Business

1. Sign in to the Microsoft Store for Business.
2. Click Manage, and then click My Organization.
3. Click Connected tenants to see purchasing accounts and the tenants that they are connected to.

Add tenant

The tenant or tenants that are added to your purchasing account control how you can distribute software to people in your organization. If there isn't a tenant listed for your purchasing account, you'll need to add one before you can use or manage the software you've purchased. When we give you a list to choose from, tenants are grouped by domain.

To add a tenant to a purchasing account

1. Sign in to the Microsoft Store for Business.
2. Click Manage, and then click My Organization.
3. Click Connected tenants, and then click the ellipses for a purchasing account without a tenant listed.
4. Click Choose a tenant, and then click Submit.

If you don't see your tenant in the list, you can add the name of your tenant

To add the name of your tenant

1. On Add a tenant, click Don't see your tenant?.
2. Enter a domain name, and then click Next, and then click Done.

You'll need to get permissions for the admin that manages the domain you want to add. We'll take you to Business Center Portal where you can manage permissions and roles. The admin will need to be the Account Manager.

Add global admin

In some cases, we might not have info on who the global admin is for the tenant that you select. It might be that the tenant is unmanaged, and you'll need to identify a global admin. Or, you might only need to share account info for the global admin.

If you need to nominate someone to be the global admin, they need sufficient permissions:

• someone who can distribute software
• in Business Center Portal (BCP), it should be someone with Agreement Admin role

To add a global admin to a tenant

We'll ask for a global admin if we need that info when you add a tenant to a purchasing account. You'd see the request for a global admin before returning to Store for Business.

• On Add a Global Admin, click Make me the Global Admin, and then click Submit. -or-
• On Add a Global Admin, type a name in Invite someone else, and then click Submit.

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How to talk a person at Account Microsoft Billing?

The problem is a simple one:

1. There was a withdrawal made, by Microsoft, from my company bank account (not credit card, it was a direct debit from our account), which is NOT part of our company 365 Business subscription.  This has been asked, answered, and verified by a number of MS support staff.  There is no record of this payment when the support team look from within my Office 365 account.  I believe them.

2. This payment definitely was taken by Microsoft.

3. I own a small business (couple of people), and neither myself nor my colleagues used our company bank account to purchase Office 365 Personal or otherwise.  I have checked mine (the MS Support staff wanted to be sure), I haven't checked my colleagues, but I've asked, and they've answered, several times.

4.  The money definitely left my company bank account.

5.  The value isn't much, but a) I like puzzles, b) I want to make sure there isn't any fraud going on, and c) it is an incorrect withdrawal and should be corrected.

6.  If the reference on the bank transfer is to believed, it was for an Office 365 Personal account.  I would love to know who the owner of this account is.

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How to update your Microsoft billing address and payment options?

 To update your billing address:

1. Go to account.microsoft.com and sign in to the Microsoft account you want to update.
2. Go to Payment & billing and select Address book. You can add or edit billing and shipping addresses from here.
   Note To change your default billing address, you may need to add a new address and then set it as your new default address.

To update a payment option:

1. Go to account.microsoft.com and sign in to the Microsoft account you want to update.
2. Go to Payment & billing and select Payment options. You can add or edit payment options from here.
3. Pick a payment method, and select Edit info.
   Note Microsoft accepts payments from credit/debit cards, PayPal, and bank accounts.

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