Author: Michael Paul | @MicoolPaul
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Microsoft SQL Server 2025 + Veeam Data Platform = Improved Scalability
Hey everyone, Let’s kick this off by highlighting that as of this moment, Microsoft SQL Server 2025 has not yet been validated for the Veeam Data Platform, as it was only made GA yesterday the 18th November 2025, so the information I’m providing here is in preparation for the inevitable support when it’s passed through…
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New VLOG Entries: What’s New in VDCM365 – 2025
Hi all, I’m back with a couple of videos capturing what has changed in Veeam Data Cloud for Microsoft 365 this year so far. I had some exciting personal news this year which impacted my ability to record for a while so I’ve done a ‘H1’ recap for the year so far, and then I’ve…
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New VLOG Series Entry – VDC For Me: Microsoft 365
Hey everyone. Have started off 2025 by launching a new VLOG series with Cloud City Veeam User Group leader Hin Tang called ‘VDC For Me’/’VDC 4 Me’. Each month we’re going to present a different product within the growing Veeam Data Cloud portfolio, asking the question “What’s in Veeam Data Cloud for me?”. These are…
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New Vlog Entry: Veeam Data Cloud for Microsoft 365 Year in Review – 2024
My first post in my upcoming vlog series regarding Veeam Data Cloud for Microsoft 365 feature update recaps.
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Ubuntu 22.04 LTS & Netplan Not Creating Bonded Interface
Did you know that you can’t monitor both MII and ARP in a bonded network interface with Netplan? I didn’t! In this blog I explain the difference between them, and how to configure them and troubleshoot!
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Veeam Data Cloud Microsoft 365: Remove Deleted Sites from Backup Jobs
If you’re using Veeam Data Cloud for Microsoft 365 to backup your SharePoint sites, and then you delete a SharePoint site, you’re going to get a warning it can no longer be backed up, obviously, because it’s gone! If this is intentional then you’ll get bored of the warnings pretty quickly, this blog post shows…
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World Backup Day 2024: Being SMART and Predicting Hardware Failures
Hello again! Onto my second post for world backup day, this time looking at the moments leading up to a disaster. In this post we’re going to look at ways to proactively prevent failures. After all, the best backups are the (tested) ones that didn’t need to be used because everything is fine. Let’s kick…
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World Backup Day 2024: SLAs & Exceeding Them!
Hi, for this year’s world backup day I’ll be providing two posts on topics that I believe are important for data protection, this is the first one: SLAs & Exceeding them! So, what is an SLA? An SLA (Service Level Agreement) is typically an accepted standard for a service. In the case of data protection,…
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VMware vCenter Update Manager: Unable to Import ISOs or Upload Patches
After working on a project recently where vCenter’s Update Manager wouldn’t import files, I decided to write up the troubleshooting steps and fix for my particular scenario.
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Google: Egress Fees Waived – The Reality vs The Marketing
Google Cloud Platform has been making news recently with many headlines claiming egress fees have been waived, but *spoiler alert*, they haven’t. In this article I’ve attempted to separate the marketing from the reality to explain how these changes will really impact you.
Michael Paul | @micoolpaul 