The consensus about Windows Server 2012 is amazingly consistent everywhere I look. I’ve been hearing and experiencing a lot of customer and partner excitement for Windows Server 2012 beta (previously known as Windows Server “8” beta...

In my last post , I provided some facts related to Microsoft’s virtualization and private cloud offerings to help ensure that our customers and partners have accurate information as they’re exploring technology options and making investments...

The Microsoft Solution Accelerators team is pleased to announce that the System Center Cloud Services Process Pack is now available for download . The System Center Cloud Services Process Pack is Microsoft’s Infrastructure as a Service solution...

Cloud computing, both private and public, is fundamentally shifting the IT industry and a primary driver of that trend is economics. At Microsoft, we believe that as your private cloud grows, you should benefit from economies of scale. In short, we believe...

Read this great post on the Windows Server Blog by Anders Vinberg, a Technical Fellow in our Management Division. In the post he describes how the Virtual Machine Manager component in System Center 2012 SP1, now available as a community technology preview...

Check out the recent blog post from Brocade’s Susan Hartford where she discusses her company’s ADX load balancer provider. This new offering provides integration between the Brocade ServerIron ADX series of application delivery switches and...

Endpoint Protection has just identified a key business application as malware. What do you do? Summary Points Though Microsoft’s antimalware technologies have one of the lowest false-positive rates in the industry, you should always be ready...

Interested in learning first hand exactly how a Microsoft private cloud can help your business? Our new guided labs will show you how a Microsoft private cloud, built on System Center 2012 and Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1, dramatically changes the way your...

Configuration Manager 2012 is finally here! We are having a great time at MMS talking to everyone about the new features and functionality that they now have access to in the GA product. For those folks that couldn’t make it to the conference, I...

A highly virtualized datacenter is just the beginning for realizing large scale benefits like improved utilization and reduced costs. And with virtualization as the starting point, you can add on that foundation with highly agile and flexible services...

This year I have the honor of delivering two keynotes to nearly 5,000 IT professionals at the annual Microsoft Management Summit (MMS). I’m excited, not just because this is the largest gathering we’ve ever had at MMS, but because of the opportunities...

MMS 2012 officially kicks off tomorrow and we want to let you know about two very special sessions you definitely shouldn’t miss: System Center 2012: Behind the Scenes Overview Session: AM-B101 Time/Place: Tuesday, April 17 11:45-1:00 PM; Murano...

VMlimited is back – and their top salesman Tad is resorting to old tricks: claiming to offer a cloud solution when all he’s really selling is glorified virtualization. If you have been missing Tad since his last antics , check out his latest...

The Microsoft Management Summit is the place to be to learn about the evolving role of IT as cloud innovator. But you don’t need a plane ticket to experience MMS! This year we’re streaming the keynotes live to make it super-easy to catch all...

As part of Microsoft Office 365, Microsoft SharePoint Online – Dedicated & SharePoint Online – Federal offers an online productivity experience to enterprises in a dedicated, private environment. SharePoint Online provides features and...

Hi, I’m Charlie Satterfield, a Sr. Program Manager in the Management & Monitoring team here at Microsoft. A bit of background on the team – we run a management and monitoring service for 5,000 servers and receive about 20,000 alerts on...

I wanted to answer a question that’s come up a lot with customers over the last several months: How do business hours and maintenance windows differ or relate to each other in Configuration Manager 2012? To clarify this, I’ve provided some...

Today, we’re excited to announce the keynote lineup for this year’s upcoming TechEd North America and TechEd Europe events! TechEd is Microsoft’s premier technology conference for IT professionals and developers, offering the most comprehensive...

My favorite migration feature within System Center 2012 Configuration Manager is Migration Distribution Point upgrade, which is the ability to perform an in-place upgrade of an existing Configuration Manager 2007 Distribution Point to a Configuration...

ZDNet readers have spoken, voting in favor of Hyper-V 54% to 46%, as part of a lively discussion between Jason Perlow and Ken Hess in this week’s ZDNet Great Debate : “Hyper-V or VMware?” Advocating for Hyper-V, Jason Perlow made...

You are planning to install a Configuration Manager 2012 environment within your organization? That is great news. If you are like most organizations, you already have an earlier version of Configuration Manager in your enterprise. Given that, I wanted...

Yesterday morning, ZDNet kicked off its Great Debate “Hyper-V or VMware?”, with opening comments from Jason Perlow and Ken Hess. Microsoft supporter Jason Perlow made a strong case for Hyper-V, noting that the functionality in Windows Server...

Gone are the days of file replication for the majority of data in Configuration Manager . While content for applications, packages and a small subset of discovery still use file replication, all the other information in Configuration Manager now uses...

Bill Laing, Corporate Vice President, Server and Cloud at Microsoft, announces that Windows Server “8” beta is available now! Read Bill's post on the Windows Server Blog for more information. Windows Server "8" beta available now .

Check out the abstracts for Corporate Vice President, Brad Anderson's, MMS 2012 Keynotes: Day 1: Microsoft Private Cloud. Built for the Future. Ready Now. Cloud computing and the delivery of true IT as a Service is one of the most profound industry shifts...