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Blog Post: Take a video tour of Microsoft data centers

WIlfried Schadenboeck

Microsoft recently posted a video tour of several data centers where the company stores the data and software for services like Hotmail, Bing, Xbox Live, Windows Live SkyDrive, Exchange and Office 365. You can watch the embedded video below.

on 9 Aug 2011
Blog Post: Looking for Standards how to design Datacenters?

WIlfried Schadenboeck

Beside the approach Microsoft takes to design Modern or Modular Datacenters which is very advanced and innovative, there exists some de-facto standards from the industry. BICSI 002 ( www.bicsi.org ) , updated in 2011, sets forth requirements, recommendations and additional information...

on 15 May 2013
Blog Post: Microsoft’s Data Center Takes Fresh Approach On Water Reuse

WIlfried Schadenboeck

http://blogs.technet.com/b/msdatacenters/archive/2011/10/13/microsoft-s-data-center-takes-fresh-approach-on-water-reuse.aspx From: Christian Belady, General Manager of Data Center Advanced Development Around the globe, water is becoming a scarcer and more valuable commodity, and that’s...

on 13 Oct 2011
Blog Post: Microsoft Cloud Farms

WIlfried Schadenboeck

It’s an exciting time for Microsoft’s datacenter program. In addition to operating one of the largest global datacenter footprints in the industry, Microsoft have been working on multiple next-generation, modular facilities that are in various phases of construction. One of the most innovative...

on 6 Jan 2011
Blog Post: TechEd Europe - Speaker–“Envisioning the Modern Datacenter”

WIlfried Schadenboeck

Are you struggling to keep critical services running in your Datacenter in accordance to agreed upon SLAs? Are you finding it difficult to control and manage various and heterogeneous environments and keep them from growing out of control? If so, how would you like to learn how Microsoft manages its...

on 15 May 2013
Blog Post: Data center classification

WIlfried Schadenboeck

The below table gives a quick overview of Datacenter Qualification and what are the requirements for each of the different tiers Tier level Requirements 1 Single non-redundant distribution path serving the IT equipment Non-redundant capacity components Basic site infrastructure guaranteeing 99...

on 9 Nov 2011