Author: Michael Paul | @MicoolPaul

Data Protection Considerations: Digesting the SQL ConstantCare Report

July 3, 2023

For those of you who don’t spend much time or have much experience with SQL Server, Brent Ozar is a well-known and respected Microsoft SQL consultant. In addition to consultancy and training services, Brent Ozar offers tools such as the First Responder Kit, and a SQL Server monitoring service called SQL ConstantCare. SQL ConstantCare is…
Red Hat Announces a Change to the Open Source Availability of Red Hat Enterprise Linux

June 28, 2023

A few years after Red Hat converted CentOS into CentOS Stream, Red Hat are making further changes that impact downstream derivatives of Red Hat Enterprise Linux, more details are available within this blog post.
Microsoft Azure Resource Locks & Alerts – A ‘What, How, and Why?’ Guide

June 26, 2023

Accidental deletions are never wanted, in this blog post I show you how to add a layer of protection & reporting to accidental/malicious deletion attempts within Microsoft Azure.
Microsoft 365 – Changing Azure Subscriptions For Metered APIs

June 19, 2023

So you started consuming a metered API, and now your organisation requires you to change the subscription it’s billed to? In this blog post I show you how to update this in only a few steps!
Veeam Backup & Replication – Linux Agent Deployment & Management with Active Directory

June 5, 2023

Linux + Active Directory doesn’t have to be a nightmare, and Veeam Agent Deployment & Management is no exception to this, I show you how easily it works together in this blog post.
Veeam Backup & Replication + Oracle – RMAN Plugin Unexpected Throttling

May 26, 2023

It’s not every day you trip up on a bug instead of misconfiguration, but that’s what happened when I was last deploying Veeam’s Oracle RMAN plug-in. So, in this blog post I decided to write up what my problem was, the troubleshooting steps taken to pin-point the problem, verify, and workaround the problem, and a…
VB365: Protected Teams API Call Process Changes

May 19, 2023

After much backlash, Microsoft have improved the way you request access to Microsoft Teams Protected API Calls.
Veeam & File Shares: Licensing & Feature Comparison

May 18, 2023

It’s easy to backup a file share right? Of course it is! But protecting the data in the most useful way can require a bit of extra consideration. In this blog post I’ve compared the ways Veeam can protect file shares, and any licensing considerations or ‘gotchas’ to be aware of.
The Road to the VeeamON Stage (again)

May 12, 2023

Time flies quickly and it’s good to reflect. With VeeamON 2023 starting later this month I found myself reflecting on what an amazing journey I’ve had so far.
The Many Forms of Modern Authentication – An Exchange Server Story

May 5, 2023

Microsoft recently released Exchange Server 2019 CU13 also known as ‘H1 2023’. This has introduced another method for implementing Modern Authentication, but this comes with design decisions that I’ll explore within this blog post.