I seem to be getting a lot of requests for these reports lately so I thought I’d document the URL to find these for reference on this blog. http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/server-cloud/datacenter/virtualization-enterprise-applications.aspx Most recently...

The IT Pro Evangelism team, Microsoft Learning and the Microsoft Virtual Academy are pleased to announce the next Jump Start course Microsoft Tools for VMware Integration & Migration on Thursday, March 14 th from 8am – 12pm PST .    This...

StorSimple is the most adopted storage solution with Windows Azure. StorSimple offers: An appliance that connects Windows Servers to Windows Azure storage Automatic archiving with Windows Azure storage Elastic storage with Windows Azure Backup and restore...

http://technet.microsoft.com/en-US/evalcenter/jj659306.aspx?wt.mc_id=TEC_133_1_7 Windows Server 2012 Essentials (formerly Windows Small Business Server Essentials) is a flexible, affordable, and easy-to-use server solution designed and priced for small...

We are pleased to announce that System Center 2012 Update Rollup 3 (UR3) has been released.  Keeping with our currently schedule of releasing update rollups quarterly, Update Rollup 3 provides updates for issues that have been reported to Microsoft...

I had a few Partners I was working with tell me that they were having some problems figuring out how to get Azure Connect working.  Specifically, they wanted to connect a physical or VM on-premise to a VM in Azure and allow them to communicate by...

We released some new management packs (MPs) last week for Operations Manager to monitor Windows Server 2012. REMINDER: Windows Server 2012 can only be monitored by an Operations Manager 2012 or 2012 SP1 agent please refer to this blog post for more information...

For those of you who are already running Windows Server 2012 – don’t forget that you can preview the Azure Online Backup Feature for free for 6 months. Here’s how you get started: Open Windows Server Backup and click on the “continue” button which will...

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Click on a link below to launch an interactive guided lab that will help you evaluate the Microsoft private cloud core capabilities of Infrastructure Management, Service Delivery & Automation, and Application Management. The following guided labs...

Hello Partners! Make sure that you check out the Partner Learning Plans site and register for all the Server 2012 on-demand training for Windows Server 2012. http://www.microsoftlearningplans.com/  

Infrastructure Planning and Design Guide for System Center 2012 - Operations Manager The Infrastructure Planning and Design team is working on a new guide: System Center 2012 - Operations Manager . Get the beta by visiting the Connect website at https...

One of the great new features in Windows Server 2012 is Data Deduplication.   There’s a cool tool that allows you to see what kind of savings you’d get on a particular volume.  You can see more details on dedup, including this feature here...

Accelerated Bootcamp to Upgrade your Skills to MCSA Windows Server 2012 This accelerated four day course will cover new features and functionality in Windows Server 2012. This is not a Product Upgrade course, detailing the considerations for migrating...

I installed Win8 RTM last night on my primary work machine, a Samsung 700T tablet. I did all my customizations, installed Office and such…and then went out to the store to grab all the apps I had already installed previously (Win8 does a really nice job...

Overview The Microsoft Assessment and Planning Toolkit (MAP) is an agentless, automated, multi-product planning and assessment tool for quicker and easier desktop, server and cloud migrations. MAP provides detailed readiness assessment reports and executive...

The Microsoft® Private Cloud Fast Track Program is a joint effort between Microsoft and its hardware partners. The goal of the program is to help organizations decrease the time, complexity, and risk of implementing private clouds. The program provides...

The Infrastructure Planning and Design team is pleased to announce that the System Center 2012 - Virtual Machine Manager guide is now available for download. Download the guide now: http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=245473 This guide outlines the...

VM Recovery Tool The stand-alone Virtual Machine Recovery Tool works with System Center 2012 – Virtual Machine Manager (VMM) to temporarily remove a host, cluster, virtual machine, or service from VMM when that object is in a failed or persistent warning...

From the Server App-V Product Team: I’d like to announce that we now have a Server App-V Community Recipe Forum on TechNet. As you know, most applications can be sequenced using the Server App-V Sequencer without requiring any special steps. However,...

If you didn’t get a chance to attend TechEd this year…or you made it and want to review a session or grab the deck…check it out here:   http://channel9.msdn.com/Events/TechEd/NorthAmerica/2012

So, you want to get started with Windows Azure VM’s and System Center? Well, here’s the fast track. Check this out when you have time – Mark Russinovich @ TechEd talking about Azure Virtual Machines . Get an Azure 3 month trial account: https://www.windowsazure...

Introducing Windows Server 2012 , by Mitch Tulloch, is now ready for free download! Please see the links below to download one or all of the available formats. PDF Introducing Windows Server 2012 PDF ebook EPUB Introducing Windows Server 2012 EPUB ebook...

Couple things first.  Check out the TechEd 2012 Session on what’s coming in SC 2012 SP1:  http://northamerica.msteched.com/topic/details/2012/VIR201#fbid=ovh6LDyxJpE Download SC 2012 SP1 CTP2 Here: http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details...

System Center MVP Cameron Fuller authored a great blog post on using a common SQL backend database for System Center.  I get this question all the time in my conversations with customers/partners and Cameron’s advice is spot-on. http://blogs.catapultsystems...