About this tag
The architecture tag on WindowsForum.com covers a broad range of topics related to system design, including software architecture, IT infrastructure, and cloud computing. Discussions explore the differences between architecture and infrastructure, DBMS architecture, and virtualization concepts such as stand-alone systems, VMs, and containers. Real-world examples include Services Australia's legacy system modernization, Cuhaci Peterson's use of NVIDIA GPU technology for architectural design, and VLink's Microsoft Solutions Partner designation for Azure. The tag also includes practical guides like creating a Windows ISO using UUPDump. These threads provide insights into architectural decisions in enterprise IT, cloud migration, and system design.
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    Services Australia Upgrades Child Support Online Account Platform

    Services Australia has begun a program to “uplift” the online account platform used by Child Support customers, a move the agency says will replace an end‑of‑life system with a modernised, customer‑facing digital platform and a set of incremental features already entering service. Reported...
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    Stand Alone, VMs, and Containers: A Simple Three Image Guide for Windows

    A simple three-image metaphor — a lone pickup with a crate, a convoy of trucks hauling trailers, and a single pickup stacked with multiple boxes — captures the essential differences between stand‑alone systems, virtual machines (VMs), and containers better than most dense technical diagrams...
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    VLink Earns Microsoft Solutions Partner for Digital & App Innovation (Azure)

    VLink today announced it has achieved the Microsoft Solutions Partner designation for Digital & App Innovation (Azure) — a formal recognition that positions the company as a validated provider of cloud-native application development, application modernization, and DevOps-led delivery on...
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    Cuhaci Peterson Partners with NVIDIA to Transform Architecture Workforce with Cloud GPU Technology

    Here’s a summary of the article “Cuhaci Peterson Teams with NVIDIA to Empower Workforce” from Eastern Progress: Overview: Cuhaci Peterson, an architecture and engineering firm specializing in grocery and retail design, is transforming its operations using NVIDIA's virtual GPU (vGPU) technology...
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    How to Create a Windows ISO using UUPDump (Windows 11 24H2)

    Creating a Windows ISO can be an essential task for IT professionals and enthusiasts. This guide will take you through the process step-by-step using UUPDump. Step 1: Access UUPDump 1. Open your preferred web browser. 2. Go to the UUPDump website: UUPDump 3. Alternatively access or visit our...
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    Windows 7 Difference between architecture and infrastructure in software?

    Hello, I've been working on implementing level order traversal in my project and encountered some challenges. I followed the guidelines for level order tree traversal. While the content was helpful, I'm currently facing specific issues in applying the concepts. Here are the challenges I'm...
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    Windows 10 The difference between architecture and infrastructure in software?

    I recently posed a question about the distinction in the architecture of MapR and Cloudera. In my query, I used the terms "architecture" and "infrastructure" interchangeably. Is this usage appropriate? To provide context, MapR and Cloudera are Hadoop distributions, each incorporating different...
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    Windows 7 Understanding the Nuances of DBMS Architecture

    Hello, I've recently been diving into the intricacies of Database Management System (DBMS) architecture, and I've found this fascinating article on dbms system architecture. DBMS architecture is a critical foundation for database systems, but it can also be quite complex. As I was reading...
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    ASUS ROG debuts Strix G15 and G17 Advantage Edition gaming laptops with new Radeon RX 6800M GPUs

    ASUS Republic of Gamers (ROG) and AMD have extended their longtime partnership with the unveiling of the ROG Strix G15 and G17 Advantage Edition Windows 10 gaming laptops—the world’s first laptops using AMD Radeon RX 6800M GPUs, paired with Ryzen 9 5900HX CPUs. Ever since the creation of the...
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    Microsoft Edge’s multi-process architecture

    The post Microsoft Edge’s multi-process architecture appeared first on Windows Blog. Continue reading...
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    Announcing Windows 10 Insider Preview Build 19541

    Hello Windows Insiders, today we’re releasing Windows 10 Insider Preview Build 19541 to Windows Insiders in the Fast ring. Don’t forget to read our last blog post to understand how the Fast ring will work going forward. If you want a complete look at what build is in which Insider ring, head...
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    TA18-004A: Meltdown and Spectre Side-Channel Vulnerability Guidance

    Original release date: January 04, 2018 Systems Affected CPU hardware implementations Overview On January 3, 2018, the National Cybersecurity and Communications Integration Center (NCCIC) became aware of a set of security vulnerabilities—known as Meltdown and Spectre— that affect modern...
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    Modernizing the DOM tree in Microsoft Edge

    The DOM is the foundation of the web platform programming model, and its design and performance impacts the rest of the browser pipeline. However, its history and evolution is far from a simple story. Over the past three years, we’ve embarked on an in-flight refactoring of the DOM in Microsoft...
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    Combining Windows 10 features with Unity games in your own plugin

    In case you're curious how to add Universal Windows Platform functionalities that isn't already covered with Unity APIs or with existing plugins - here is how you can write your own plugins targeting UWP. Edit: one little correction, instead of checking all boxes for the stub plugin, just...
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    Learn about the samples for Universal Windows Platform

    One way to learn app development for the Universal Windows Platform (UWP) is by taking advantage of the extensive and growing samples collection on GitHub. You can use these samples to learn about specific UWP features and APIs and as a source of working code that you can copy and paste into...
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    PolyBase in SQL Server 2016 | Data Exposed

    This week's episode of Data Exposed welcomes Sahaj Saini, Program Manager on the SQL Server team. Today, Sahaj joins us from our southern California office to show us an exciting new feature of SQL Server 2016 called PolyBase. PolyBase simplifies management and querying of both relational and...
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    Jumpstart your Win10 IoT development with the AllJoyn Studio for Visual Studio 2015

    Building Windows 10 IoT? Then you'll want to check out the Link Removed and Brian Rockwell's great post on how to use it... Link Removed AllJoyn® in Windows® 10 An AllJoyn® development toolkit to quick-start AllJoyn® development. The AllSeen Alliance created AllJoyn® to empower the Internet...
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    Azure API Management Policy Expressions 101 | Azure Friday

    Scott talks to Vladimir Vinogradsky in this three-part series on Azure API Management Policy Expressions. This first episode covers the basics and explains the architecture of API Management and where policy expressions fit in. You'll see how you can use familiar Razor syntax and how API...
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    Troubleshooting AllJoyn with Windows 10 Insider Preview Builds

    AllJoyn is a technology that enables IoT devices and applications to discover and interact with each other. Since AllJoyn is built into Windows 10 and the Windows 10 SDK, it's easy to take advantage of AllJoyn using the Universal Windows Platform (UWP). Link Removed This blog post will help...
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    SQL Server 2016 Always Encrypted | Data Exposed

    In this episode of Data Exposed, Scott welcomes Jakub Szymaszek, a Senior Program Manager in the SQL Server team. In this episode, Jakub discusses the Always Encrypted technology in SQL Server 2016. Quite different from TDE, Always Encrypted, as Jakub explains, is the encryption of data not only...