One of the ideals we hold in high regard for ConfigMgr 2012 is the reliability of the system and, specifically, achieving very high success percentages for management operations and deployments. Successful management can be a challenge, with laptops coming...

Can upgrading your server operating system improve your IT efficiency? You bet it can. A commissioned study conducted by Forrester Consulting is now available which uses their Total Economic Impact methodology to explore the potential costs and benefits...

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...

We hope you are enjoying all the industry buzz surrounding the Sept. 4 release of Windows Server 2012 and the unveiling of our Cloud OS vision . Amidst all of the excitement and noise, we wanted to call your attention to this informative article by respected...

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...

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...

One of the biggest advantages of the Private Cloud is the ability to offer self-service to your Line of Business owners. That way they can deploy and manage their services more quickly and efficiently. To gain this ability, you need a way to take all...

If your developers are in India, your IT operations team is in the United States, and your customers are all over the world, you have a big coordination challenge. The Xerox India Development Center (IDC) faced a thicket of technical and business challenges...

Along with wrenches and wire cutters, mechanics at 3,000 Toyota dealerships across Europe use PCs running specialized auto diagnostic software as key tools of their trade. These PCs store technical documentation and run diagnostic software called Global...

I’m an avid tennis fan, and with the Australian Open into its second week, it will come as no surprise (least of all to my wife) that tennis is top of mind for me right now. I recently read an article on the evolution of tennis racquets over the...

Hi Everyone, We have previously looked at how we enable application self-service , a standardized approach to deploying applications , and how we monitor applications across private and public clouds . And today we are going to explore the various...

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...

As we kick off the new year, Microsoft will be holding a live webcast, “Transforming IT with Microsoft Private Cloud” , on January 17 at 8:30 AM PST . Join this event to hear more from Microsoft president Satya Nadella and corporate vice president...

The idea for this blog started one rainy Saturday afternoon when my 5-year-old daughter hopped on the computer and pulled up her favorite online game. It was amazing how quickly she’s learned to use a computer. And, for the most part, she learned...

Check out this great infographic from Marcus Austin of Firebrand Training. It appeared on Server Watch .

As more and more organizations are moving towards the private cloud , you may be wondering what you can do to give your apps the best chance of running most efficiently. You are possibly working to create your private cloud. Perhaps, you have it already...

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...

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...

Tomorrow – Nov. 15 th – you can catch Mike Schutz, Senior Director of Windows Server and Virtualization Product Manager at Microsoft, and Samm DiStasio, Vice President of Microsoft Alliance and Solution Development at Citrix, talk about how...

I am very excited to announce the Release Candidate of System Center Virtual Machine Manager 2012 (VMM) and the corresponding Evaluation VHD . This is a great step forward in enabling our customers to create private cloud solutions, and will allow you...

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...

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...

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...

Microsoft Management Summit 2012 April 16–20 | The Venetian, Las Vegas, NV In a tough economic climate, it can be difficult for managers to understand the business value of sending staff to MMS because of the upfront costs. Here are some talking...

The Microsoft Management Summit 2012 is packed with engaging ways to learn about how Microsoft management technologies enable a new breed of datacenter, private cloud and public cloud solutions, and deliver a more flexible and productive desktop infrastructure...