Overview Automation dramatically increases both productivity and quality of IT Operations—with the move to the cloud, the benefits of automation multiply. Two new virtual labs at the TechNet Evaluation Center show you how to build efficient automation and self-service features with System Center...

On May 21, MVA continues its monthly series of free Q&A sessions led by Microsoft technical evangelists. This month, we’re releasing several great System Center 2012 SP1 courses and have invited Symon Perriman to answer any questions you may have about the product: Register for free . T...

The featured Windows Server 2012 virtual lab at the TechNet Evaluation Center shows you how to take advantage of enhanced storage features. Overview Today, many businesses identify datacenter storage as a high cost driver. Windows Server 2012 helps deliver enterprise-class storage availability...

The Beta of System Center 2012 Service Pack 1 (“SP1”) enables System Center customers to jointly evaluate System Center 2012 with Windows Server 2012 and Windows 8. The Beta is for evaluation purposes only and not to be used in production as described in the EULAs associated with the product...

The Evaluation Center team is proud to announce the launch of the Wave 15 Office client and server preview evaluation experiences for the IT Professional and Developer audience. Solution Overview Office 365 ProPlus Preview is your new Office delivered fast to all your Windows devices. Office 365...

The Evaluation Center is proud to announce the launch of the Forefront Identity Manager 2010 R2 trial evaluation. How to Get Forefront Identity Manager 2010 R2 trial Go to the FIM 2010 R2 TechNet landing page to register first, then download the evaluation. Go to the FIM 2010 R2 Resource Page to review...

The Evaluation Center is proud to announce the launch of the Windows Server 2012 release candidate (RC) evaluation experience for the IT Professional and Developer audience. Solution Overview Organizations want a more consistent, integrated approach that helps them solve fundamental business and IT challenges...

The Evaluation Center team is to announce the launch of the SQL Server 2012 trial evaluation experience. Solution Overview Microsoft SQL Server 2012 is a cloud-ready information platform that will help organizations unlock breakthrough insights and quickly build solutions. SQL Server 2012 extends organizations...