SCOM MI had a good run. It gave sysadmins the illusion of modernity — “look, mom, it’s in Azure!” — while still behaving like 2010-era System Center in disguise. But now, it’s official: Azure Monitor SCOM Managed Instance will retire on September 30, 2026. After that date, it’s gone. No grace period, no hidden extension….
Tag: hybridcloud
Goodbye VPN !!!? Microsoft Global Secure Access and the End of the Tunnel
For decades, VPN was the sacred cow of remote access. The one-stop solution: drop a fat encrypted tunnel over the internet and boom — your remote users are “inside.” Problem solved, right? Except no. In 2025, VPN is basically giving every intern a master key to the building. They don’t just get into the room…
Azure Virtual Networks: Your Cloud’s Digital Skynet
hi. ever wondered what keeps your Azure machines whispering secrets to each other, talks to the internet, or talks back home to your HQ? that’s the role of Azure virtual networks (vnets) the core building block of Azure networking learn.microsoft.com+15azure.microsoft.com+15scholarhat.com+15tutorialsdojo.com. vnet is like your private LAN in the cloud, but with global backbone speed, scale,…
Why I Run This Blog (And Why I Keep Writing All These Damn Articles)
A lot of ppl asks me why do I run this blog? okay take a look ))))))))) short version lol, so I don’t lose my mind with the amount of info I process every day. longer version ))))))) because everything I write helps me think, structure, and not drown in this tech flood of updates,…
Stop Spaghetti Networking: Why Azure Hub-Spoke Topology Actually Makes Sense)
hi. u ever looked at a flat vnet setup with 20 peered networks and thought: this looks like my first mind map in 6th grade? yeah, same.it’s a mess. routing breaks, security groups overlap, traffic gets lost in space. and try explaining it to a new hire? forget it. so let’s fix it. enter: Hub-spoke…
VMware’s Not Dead — It’s Just Moving to Azure (And Thank God for That)
hi. u ever tried moving a legacy VMware workload?not fun. there’s always a busted backup plan, a finance guy panicking about licensing, and some old dev server named dev2-final-final-actualthisone running SQL 2008 that nobody wants to touch. but u gotta move. datacenter lease’s expiring. hardware’s dying. CFO’s breathing down ur neck. and public cloud? looks…