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Microsoft Featured in Leading Analyst Firm Research on BI and Data Warehouse Systems

Earlier this week, Gartner published its latest Magic Quadrants for Business Intelligence Platforms and Data Warehouse Database Management Systems. These key research reports assist Gartner clients in navigating important vendor selection decisions. Microsoft was included in both of these Magic Quadrant evaluations, with Leaders Quadrant positioning for both.

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Microsoft and Dell Help Customers Move from Virtualization to Private Cloud Computing
Yesterday, Microsoft and Dell announced Dell vStart 200m, another solution from the companies’ three-year initiative to help customers deploy and manage virtualization and private cloud technologies.  The pre-built appliance brings together the best of Dell and Microsoft technology to give customers virtualization, simply and at scale.

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Today, during an online webcast, “Transforming IT with Microsoft Private Cloud”, Satya Nadella, Microsoft Server & Tools Business president and Brad Anderson, corporate vice president of the Management and Security Division, discussed how Microsoft is making the private cloud real for customers now, helping businesses move faster, save money and better compete in 2012. 

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Tune into TechNet Radio!

• Microsoft Virtual Academy - Private Cloud Scenarios, SQL Server 2012, and Windows Server 2008 R2 Course Previews: In this episode of TechNet Radio, Alan Le Marquand discusses upcoming MVA courses on Private Cloud System Center 2012 scenarios such as Application Management, Orchestrator, Data Protection, Operations and Service Manager as well SQL Server 2012 and Windows Server 2008 R2 courses. He also lays the foundation for an upcoming Microsoft Solution Accelerators course on the MAP toolkit and how you can get involved in hands on training at your local IT Pro Camps. View the full episode here.

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by STB Blogger Office 365 Integration Module for Windows SBS 2011 Essentials Released Today Microsoft is pleased to announce the availability of the Office 365 Integration Module for Windows Small Business Server 2011 Essentials (OIM). Currently...

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Today Microsoft released new features and functionally for Windows Azure, including  new open source capabilities, SQL Azure Database improvements and a simplified Windows Azure billing and management experience.

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by STB Blogger Microsoft announces BizTalk Server 2010 R2 Today Microsoft has announced the next release of BizTalk Server: BizTalk Server 2010 R2. BizTalk Server 2010 R2 will be delivered approximately 6 months following the release of Windows Server...

Check out this TechNet Radio spot featuring Group Product Manager for SQL Server, Bernardo Zamora and Sr. Technical Director for Windows IT Pro and SQL Server Mag, Mike Otey as they discuss Microsoft’s and HP’s Enterprise Database Consolidation...

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Delivering on our announcement at the 2011 PASS Summit in early October, today we are announcing the availability of the SQL Server 2012 Release Candidate (RC).

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