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Today, as a result of our effort to better align security and protection solutions with the workloads and applications they protect, Microsoft is announcing changes to the roadmaps of some of the security solutions made available under the Forefront brand. As part of this effort, the next release...

I wanted to take a moment to share some thoughts from my co-worker, Brett, regarding the Microsoft Worldwide Partner Conference held last week and in particular about a new program we launched called the "Switch to Hyper-V" program. Check out what Brett has to say below and see the links to some of the...

Last week I was reading a recently published, independent review of Windows Server 2012 in Windows IT Pro . The author, Sean Deuby, highlights his top ten features, of which four of the first five are virtualization and Hyper-V specific. He calls out features such as Hyper-V Shared Nothing Live Migration...

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 and how they are not only exceptional virtualization...

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, we’ve launched the Server & Tools...

Dell vStart 200 for Microsoft Available Today! Last week, you heard about System Center and the Microsoft private cloud solution – and how together they help customers and partners move faster, save money and better compete today. Many of our customers are excited about getting the benefits...

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 his Windows Server 8 Introduction post, input from...

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 managing IT environments. Today, I’m excited...

There’s a lot of hype around the evolution of virtualization and management, and the emergence of cloud computing. One thing that everyone can agree upon however is that most customers want to take virtualization and management to the next level by migrating to a cloud infrastructure and are looking...