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It has been said that imitation is the most sincere form of flattery. If that is true, then we are certainly feeling flattered, but that feeling is vying neck and neck with a feeling of confusion. Earlier today, HP announced their foray into the “CloudOS” space with an OpenStack-based offer...

Gordie Howe once famously said, “All hockey players are bilingual. They know English and profanity.” No doubt, there are times when most IT Pros feel similarly gifted (like when a production server goes down as you’re about to head home for dinner). That said, there is real (and growing...

My father loves Western movies, so I watched a lot of them growing up. Westerns tend to have “standard” characters that are easy to recognize, like the rough outlaw with a heart of gold, or the damsel in distress. But true Western fans will recognize another staple character – the snake...

As this year’s Microsoft Management Summit (MMS) kicks off in Las Vegas, Nevada, there is a lot to be excited about. Microsoft corporate vice president of program management in the Windows Server and System Center Group (WSSC), Brad Anderson, took center stage at the Summit to deliver the keynote...

Microsoft Private Cloud Solutions Drive IT and Business Agility for Academic and Financial Services Organizations Three Microsoft customers have seen impressive gains in operational efficiency and business agility through private cloud solutions provided by using Windows Server and System Center....

MMS is tailored specifically to IT Professionals and provides some of the deepest level of technical training Microsoft has to offer. Attendees will learn from industry experts while attending 300 and 400 level sessions, and instructor-led and self-paced labs. In addition, registered attendees can save...

As a follow up to his first conversation with guest Rand Morimoto of Convergent Computing, Joel Sider, Senior Marketing Manager, Server and Tools Business at Microsoft, continues his discussion of best practices when implementing virtualization and private/hybrid cloud solutions with MVP and long-time...

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...

The Cloud OS is Microsoft’s vision for providing customers with a consistent platform for infrastructure, applications and data that spans their datacenter, service provider datacenters, and the Microsoft public cloud. Windows Server 2012 and Windows Azure are at the core of the Cloud OS. SQL Server...

Recently we came across the updated VMware cost per application calculator and discovered what our customers and partners have been telling us all along – VMware vSphere 5.1 costs more than Windows Server 2012 and System Center 2012 combined. And we’re not just talking about license acquisition...

As part of the product management team for Windows Server & System Center, it’s been very energizing to see the excitement in the community around the 2012 releases of Windows Server and System Center. I just came back last week from conducting launch events in Southeast Asia for Windows Server...

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...

It’s sometimes easier to think about cloud computing in all or nothing terms – move everything into the cloud or leave everything as-is, on-premises. But, as most know, the emerging reality is more of a hybrid approach, combining both cloud and on-premises resources. Windows Server 2012 and...

Those of you that have implemented virtualization technologies, such as Windows Server with Hyper-V, have been able to experience the benefits it provides to you and your company through the consolidation of enterprise workloads in virtual machines, which in turn helps to reduce your hardware, power...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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, builds on the cloud optimizing features of Windows...

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...

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...