Are you virtualizing your servers? Yes, of course! Are you spending less time managing your servers as a result? Hmm … No! Server Virtualization is Great, But … Server virtualization has been a great set of technologies to reduce our capital expenses and some operating expenses by...

Our series is in full swing and now its time to walk through the installation of System Center 2012 VMM to begin managing our VMware, Hyper-V, and Xen hosts, virtual machines, and templates. Assuming you have Server 2012 installed already, plenty of disk space and at least 4GB of ram, your first step...

Keith Mayer takes on part 16 of our series with a Step-by-Step approach to using System Center for deploying Windows 8 apps in the enterprise. He writes, "Among a whole host of new management features, Service Pack 1 for System Center 2012 Configuration Manager adds the ability to now deploy and manage...

System Center Service Pack 1 (SP1) is here to help transform the datacenter and deliver on Microsoft's cloud OS vision. Download the free evaluation for 180 days, with no feature limits. System Center 2012 with SP1 works seamlessly with Windows Server 2012 to provide a management solution from the cloud...

Microsoft recently launched a new trivia game where you can play for prizes: DOWNLOAD, PLAY, WIN Download free software evaluations of the Cloud OS, the more you try the more you can win Play trivia, the more you play the better chances you have to win Win a chance for some excellent prizes...

PowerShell Saturday #003 will bring together devops, IT professionals, DBAs, and developers from Atlanta and the surrounding areas for a full day of intense learning and fun on October 27, 2012. With fifteen sessions covering a milieu of topics like Windows 8, Exchange, SQL Server, and of course PowerShell...

Join us at the Cloud OS Signature Series to learn about Windows Server 2012 and a whole host of new features and updates we’ve made to Windows Azure, System Center, and Visual Studio this year. • Windows Server 2012 is at the heart of the ‘Cloud Operating System (OS)’ and delivers...