June, 2012

Attention Microsoft Partners! Your opportunity to win one of six executive gadgets including Smartphone Battery Extenders, portable Pico Projectors and Bose Noise Cancelling Headphones! Starting on Tuesday, July 10 th at 2:00 p.m. ET, we’re kicking...

Gartner just released their 2012 Magic Quadrant for x86 Server Virtualization Infrastructure *, and I am very happy to report that Microsoft is listed as a leader. You can download the full report at the link above, and I hope you read the research in...

Today at 9:40 AM PDT, Satya Nadella, president of Microsoft’s Server and Tools Business (STB), will participate in an onstage fireside chat moderated by Derrick Harris, GigaOm senior writer, at the GigaOm Structure event. Tune in to hear Nadella...

The System Center team is pleased to announce that the second community technology preview (CTP2) of System Center 2012 Service Pack 1 (SP1) is now available for download . Windows Server 2012 Release Candidate Microsoft’s Private Cloud is built...

This week at TechEd North America, general manager Garth Fort discussed two key release milestones that will enable organizations using System Center Configuration Manager to extend client management and security to heterogeneous platforms. Both are available...

Forefront Identity Manager (FIM) 2010 R2 is now generally available! FIM 2010 R2 adds many new capabilities to help organizations handle the growing complexity of managing identity and permissions across heterogeneous systems. We feel that 2010 R2 is...

One of the questions I hear while I’m at events or speaking with customers is “how does virtualization differ from private cloud computing, aren’t they really just the same?” My answer to this question is a resounding “NO...

At TechEd 2012, it is your opportunity to focus on technology and business issues that will help you solve today's real-world IT challenges and prepare for Windows Server 2012. As we all know it can be a daunting task to configure and manage a server...

A few months ago we talked about the launch of Dell’s 12th generation PowerEdge servers and how it is helping to fuel the move to private cloud for many companies. We also talked about the vStart 50m, vStart 100m and vStart 200m solutions from Dell...

This morning, Satya Nadella, President, Server & Tools Business, kicked off TechEd North America 2012 with a great keynote. Attendees lined up at the door to hear Satya lay down Microsoft's vision for the new era of the cloud enabled OS. We encourage...

The Microsoft Server and Cloud Platform Blog is now part of the Server & Tools Blog Network. In an effort to make it much easier to keep up with all of the great content that is being published across our many Cloud, Windows Server and System Center blogs...

For 20 years industry professionals have found TechEd to be the best opportunity to stay aligned with Microsoft’s current technologies and new products. TechEd Orlando is sold out, but whether you are headed down to Orlando or tuning in from home...