October, 2011

Whether you’re talking about closet space in your house or the capacity of your datacenter, storage is something you can never have enough of. But storage space alone isn’t the whole story. Storage for data needs to be both flexible and reliable...

As announced on the Server and Cloud Platform Blog , System Center App Controller 2012 Beta is now available! App Co ntroller is a new member of the System Center family and provides a number of capabilities that enable Application Self Service across...

Post by Garth Fort, General Manager of the Management and Security Product Management Team: Cloud Computing is emerging as a major opportunity in shaping the nature of business and IT conversations. Cloud Computing enables what we call “IT as...

Before I was a software product manager, I led line-of-business application engineering teams, both here and at other companies. Back then, I was always amazed at how much conversation and negotiation with datacenter IT managers were required before we...

Hi All, We are extremely excited to announce the availability of the release candidates for System Center 2012 Configuration Manager and System Center 2012 Endpoint Protection (formerly known as Forefront Endpoint Protection 2012) today. Both releases...

I am a Seattleite. Born and raised in the beautiful, but sometimes very rainy Pacific Northwest. Every year in September, I take my kids to the Western Washington County Fair, also known as the Puyallup Fair. It is an amazingly well run fair and so much...

In its simplest form, the User/Device Affinity feature in ConfigMgr 2012 is just about saying, "this user uses this device as a primary place of work". Knowing this is a place you frequently do work, we can optimize delivery. Knowing another device is...

Click here to see what Edwin Yuen has to say about the realities of Private Cloud Economics and why customers and partners are choosing Microsoft Private Cloud solutions.

Most people have heard of the campaign where customers say, “ Windows 7 was my idea .” Well, Windows Server 8 continues to carry that torch and has become a solution that customers can truly say was their idea. As Bill Laing mentioned in...

Author’s Note - Special thanks to Craig Morris at Microsoft who really was the "Usurper of User/Device Affinity" and a key part of our User Centric work the past years. He's now off lending his expertise to our Windows Intune team to achieve the...

HP VirtualSystem for Microsoft Available Today! In January 2010, we announced an extended partnership with HP to integrate our technology stacks – from infrastructure to application – and improve your experience developing, deploying and...

Windows Server 8 is a cloud optimized OS. You’ve probably heard that phrase or similar comments a lot recently since we introduced Windows Server 8 last month (see Bill Laing’s blog post .) Let’s drill in a bit to explain what that really...

Version 2 of the Microsoft Security Compliance Manager (SCM 2) is now available for download. Security Compliance Manager 2 is a free tool from the Microsoft Solution Accelerators team that enables you to quickly configure and manage your computers, traditional...

Last month at the BUILD Conference we introduced Windows Server 8 and began discussing how it will help customers deliver the most dynamic, available, and cost-effective server platform for what we call "cloud optimized IT." I wanted to follow up on Bill...

Changing the sales conversation with customers Microsoft is changing the conversation with customers on Cloud Computing. Now partners have the Cloud Assessment Tool , to drive the right sales discussion with customers. This tool helps partners drive...

I am writing this blog on a slate device from my favorite coffee shop in Seattle. And I don't just use my slate at home when I act in the role of a "consumer". I find this form-factor ideal for carting around to meetings in the office, and I use it almost...

Hi Folks, As you may know, the upcoming release of System Center Configuration Manager 2012 introduces a user-centric paradigm for desktop management that helps address the management challenge of consumer devices entering the workplace. A majority...