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Today’s show will try to help provide insight into the importance of a well-managed mobile platform as well as describe some of the capabilities found within Windows 8, such as DirectAccess, Mobile Broadband, BrancheCache and Windows to Gothat can help empower your business and workforce.
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System Center 2012 with SP1 is now available for MSDN and TechNet Subscribers.
“What’s new with Service Pack 1, Kevin?”
I’m so glad you asked. Check out the “What’s New in System Center 2012 SP1” page for all the details. But in a nutshell, SP1 adds capabilities to fully manage the new functionality that is in Windows Server 2012 and Windows 8.
“Like what?”
Well, for example, Network Virtualization (which our team blogged about during our “31 Days of our Favorite Things” series this past October). The idea is that, like virtual machines, a virtual network (that is, a defined subnet that allows computers to communicate with one another) can be defined that allows you maintain networks of computers that reside in many different physical locations and still maintain their network configurations. Or place them on physical infrastructures without concern for the other “networks” that use the same wire, because they will never be able to see each other.
SP1 for System Center 2012 updates Virtual Machine Manager to include support for creating and managing virtual machine networks.
“What if I don’t have a TechNet or MSDN Subscription? Can I get it to evaluate?”
I’m sure they will be releasing an evaluation version. Keep watching this link: http://aka.ms/PvtCld (just think Private Cloud)
Continuing our Private Cloud basics series, Tom Shinder and Yuri Diogenes are back. And in today’s episode they focus on how you can get started in planning a private cloud environment. Tune in as they lay out some best practices you may want to consider.
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It has been mentioned in other places, but I thought it would be worthwhile to remind all of you IT Pros out there that there is a free e-Book available just for you – to introduce you to Windows 8 and what it means for you and the people and businesses you support.
Here are the links to the three formats the book is available in:
”What’s in the book, Kevin?”
I’m glad you asked. here is what the table of contents looks like…
Introduction CHAPTER 1 Overview CHAPTER 2 Experiencing Windows 8 CHAPTER 3 Windows 8 for IT pros CHAPTER 4 Preparing for deployment CHAPTER 5 Deploying Windows 8 CHAPTER 6 Delivering Windows apps CHAPTER 7 Windows 8 recovery CHAPTER 8 Windows 8 management CHAPTER 9 Windows 8 security CHAPTER 10 Internet Explorer 10 CHAPTER 11 Windows 8 virtualization Index
That should give you a pretty good idea. And if you haven’t yet downloaded the free evaluation of Windows 8, GET IT HERE.
As the general public is just now getting to experience Windows 8, many businesses are wondering if this operating system is really worth replacing Windows 7 with. In today’s episode I chat with Sr. Product Manager on the Windows Commercial Team, Stephen Rose, in hopes of helping to answer that question as well as dispel some common myths that you may have concerning Windows 8 and the new kinds of devices and form factors it is available on.
In Part 4 of our Private Cloud basics series, I spoke with Tom Shinder, Yuri Diogenes about Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) and how this component factors into your Private Cloud planning. Tune in as we chat about the differences between this and Software as a Service and Platform as a Service, what security considerations you should be aware of, as well as how Windows Server 2012 and Windows Azure fits into this equation.
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