Welcome from John Kelbley: Who I Am and What I do Around Here

Hey everyone - I just wanted to let you know who I am.  My name is John Kelbley and I'm a Senior Technical Product Manager with the Windows Server Platform Tech Strategy Team.  Unfortunately, my title and team name don't say much about what I actually do!  I'm part of a team at Microsoft very much focused on Open Source engagement and interoperability.  While I do work with Linux and Open Source, I spend much of my time working with customers and partners helping them understand and deploy new Windows Server-based solutions.  However it happens, many data centers and infrastructures have a mix of heterogeneous technology and I hope to show you how to integrate it with Windows to save time and reduce costs.

Over the last few years my work has included lots of focus on virtualization and HPC.  I've spent a good amount of my spare time working with Hyper-V, and co-wrote Windows Server 2008 Hyper-V: Insiders Guide to Microsoft's Hypervisor.  I worked in IT infrastructure roles for many years before joining Microsoft in 2002.  I love working with storage, backup / recovery (obsessed with this when I was managing messaging systems), and finding cost effective ways to manage and maintain servers infrastructure.  Some of my thoughts and projects can be found on my personal blog.  I look forward to sharing my ideas on server infrastructure and the world of Open Source and Linux here. 

 -John