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Azure Cloud Volumes ONTAP File Services Advanced

May 07, 2023

[By Yifat Perry](https://bluexp.netapp.com/blog/author/yifat-perry-product-marketing-lead)

## [Azure Blob as File System on Linux: What You Need to Know Before You Try](https://bluexp.netapp.com/blog/azure-cvo-blg-azure-blob-as-file-system-on-linux)

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Azure Cloud Volumes ONTAP Elementary 9 minute read Caching

Apr 27, 2023

[By Yifat Perry](https://bluexp.netapp.com/blog/author/yifat-perry-product-marketing-lead)

## [Azure HPC Cache: Use Cases, Examples, and a Quick Tutorial](https://bluexp.netapp.com/blog/azure-cvo-blg-azure-hpc-cache-use-cases-examples-and-a-quick-tutorial)

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Azure Cloud Volumes ONTAP Data Migration Elementary

Apr 27, 2023

[By Yifat Perry](https://bluexp.netapp.com/blog/author/yifat-perry-product-marketing-lead)

## [Azure Data Box: Solution Overview and Best Practices](https://bluexp.netapp.com/blog/azure-cvo-blg-azure-data-box-solution-overview-and-best-practices)

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Azure Cloud Volumes ONTAP Hybrid Cloud Elementary 7 minute read

Apr 19, 2023

[By Yifat Perry](https://bluexp.netapp.com/blog/author/yifat-perry-product-marketing-lead)

## [Azure Stack Hub: How It Works, Pricing, and Capacity Planning](https://bluexp.netapp.com/blog/azure-cvo-blg-azure-stack-hub-how-it-works-pricing-and-capacity-planning)

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Azure Cloud Volumes ONTAP Hybrid Cloud DevOps Customer Case Study Google Cloud Advanced BlueXP Kubernetes

Dec 28, 2021

[By Keren Trajtenberg](https://bluexp.netapp.com/blog/author/keren-trajtenberg-cloud-solution-architect)

## [How to Solve DevOps and Kubernetes Storage Challenges Using Cloud Volumes ONTAP: A Case Study](https://bluexp.netapp.com/blog/cvo-blg-how-to-solve-devops-k8s-storage-challenges-using-cvo-a-case-study)

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Azure Cloud Volumes ONTAP Cloud Manager Advanced 3 minute read BlueXP

Oct 24, 2021

[By Niyaz Mohamed](https://bluexp.netapp.com/blog/author/niyaz-mohamed-principal-technical-marketing-engineer)

## [Use guest-connected iSCSI storage with Azure VMware Solution](https://bluexp.netapp.com/blog/azure-cvo-blg-use-guest-connected-iscsi-storage-with-azure-vmware-solution)

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Azure Cloud Volumes ONTAP Cloud Manager Advanced 5 minute read BlueXP

Oct 18, 2021

[By Niyaz Mohamed](https://bluexp.netapp.com/blog/author/niyaz-mohamed-principal-technical-marketing-engineer)

## [Use multiple protocols with Azure VMware Solution (as in on-premises)](https://bluexp.netapp.com/blog/azure-cvo-blg-use-multiple-protocols-with-azure-vmware-solution-as-in-on-premises)

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Azure Azure NetApp Files Advanced 2 minute read BlueXP

Oct 14, 2021

[By Niyaz Mohamed](https://bluexp.netapp.com/blog/author/niyaz-mohamed-principal-technical-marketing-engineer)

## [Integrate Azure NetApp Files with Azure VMware Solution](https://bluexp.netapp.com/blog/azure-blg-integrate-azure-netapp-files-with-azure-vmware-solution)

[Azure](https://bluexp.netapp.com/blog/topic/azure) [Azure NetApp Files](https://bluexp.netapp.com/blog/topic/azure-netapp-files) [Advanced](https://bluexp.netapp.com/blog/topic/advanced) [2 minute read](https://bluexp.netapp.com/blog/topic/2-minute-read)

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Azure Cloud Volumes ONTAP Azure NetApp Files Advanced 7 minute read BlueXP

Oct 13, 2021

[By Niyaz Mohamed](https://bluexp.netapp.com/blog/author/niyaz-mohamed-principal-technical-marketing-engineer)

## [Get started with Azure VMware Solution using NetApp-based cloud offerings ](https://bluexp.netapp.com/blog/azure-blg-netapp-cloud-offerings-with-azure-vmware-solution)

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Azure Cloud Volumes ONTAP Disaster Recovery Advanced 11 minute read

Aug 16, 2021

[By Yuval Kalderon](https://bluexp.netapp.com/blog/author/yuval-kalderon-cloud-solution-architect)

## [Cloud Volumes ONTAP for Azure: Disaster Recovery Site Set Up](https://bluexp.netapp.com/blog/cvo-azure-blg-setting-up-azure-disaster-recovery-with-cloud-volumes-ontap)

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Azure Cloud Volumes ONTAP Advanced 7 minute read Performance BlueXP

Jul 11, 2021

[By Robert Bell](https://bluexp.netapp.com/blog/author/robert-bell-product-marketing-manager)

## [Azure Latency Reductions with Cloud Volumes ONTAP and NVMe Caching](https://bluexp.netapp.com/blog/azure-cvo-blg-azure-latency-reductions-with-cloud-volumes-ontap)

[Azure](https://bluexp.netapp.com/blog/topic/azure) [Cloud Volumes ONTAP](https://bluexp.netapp.com/blog/topic/cloud-volumes-ontap) [Advanced](https://bluexp.netapp.com/blog/topic/advanced) [7 minute read](https://bluexp.netapp.com/blog/topic/7-minute-read) [Performance](https://bluexp.netapp.com/blog/topic/performance)

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Azure Cloud Volumes ONTAP Database Advanced Analytics BlueXP Perspectives Infrastructure

May 23, 2021

[By Yifat Perry](https://bluexp.netapp.com/blog/author/yifat-perry-product-marketing-lead)

## [MongoDB on Azure: Managed Service vs. Self-Managed](https://bluexp.netapp.com/blog/azure-cvo-blg-mongodb-on-azure-managed-service-vs-self-managed)

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