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On January 15 th , we announced the availability of System Center 2012 Service Pack 1, which helps deliver on Microsoft’s Cloud OS vision to provide customers with one consistent platform for infrastructure, applications, and data – spanning customer datacenters, hosting service provider...

I am really looking forward to this year’s Microsoft Management Summit (MMS) at the Mandalay Bay Resort and Casino in Las Vegas, April 8-12, 2013. MMS is a very exciting time of year. It’s an opportunity for Microsoft to share some its deepest technical trainings with our customers, and...

I’m seeing an interesting trend taking hold in organizations, which is the increasing implementation of multiple hypervisors within IT infrastructures. The reasons you, as decision makers in IT, typically cite for adopting this heterogeneous approach vary. They often include the desire to support...

This week CRN named Windows Server 2012 and System Center 2012 to its annual Products of the Year list, which recognizes the best products evaluated by the CRN Test Center in 2012. Earlier this year, CRN recognized capabilities in System Center 2012 that simplify management of on-premises datacenters...

I recently blogged about some of the positive sentiments and comments Windows Server 2012 Hyper-V has been receiving from the press and recently surveyed customers, as well as the sharp uptick in deployments. As customer adoption grows for Windows Server 2012, the new Hyper-V and our private cloud solution...

The last couple of weeks have been exciting times for those of us at Microsoft who have been working on Windows Server 2012, as we officially launched the product and made it broadly available to you, our customers. As part of our launch activities I’ve been presenting keynotes at our global events...

With Windows 8, Windows RT devices, and Windows Phone 8 coming soon, we are excited to give you a preview of the new client management capabilities and vision we’ll be delivering in the coming months: System Center 2012 Configuration Manager Service Pack 1 Interoperability of Windows Intune...

Microsoft’s Private Cloud is built on the industry leading foundation of Windows Server and System Center. The System Center 2012 Service Pack 1 (SP1) update enables System Center to run on and manage the final version of Windows Server 2012, released earlier this week . System Center 2012 SP1...

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...

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 detail. The report reviews Hyper-V in Windows Server...

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 on the industry leading foundation of Windows...

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 for download today. Community Technology...

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!” If you look at the NIST (National Institute...

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 you to go read about it on the new Server &...

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...

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) and System Center 2012 as I’ve been on the...

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 in their infrastructure. Some of these facts are...

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 built on the System Center platform. With the System...

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 our customers should get the best value with...

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 the Virtual Machine Manager component of System...

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 to address Endpoint Protection false-positive situations...

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 business consumes IT services. Start your evaluation...

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 definitely encourage you to watch Brad Anderson’s...

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 the future holds for all of us in the...

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 3301 Come and learn about System Center 2012...