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Microsoft Management Summit (MMS) - news from Brad Anderson

Over the past 11 years, the Microsoft Management Summit (MMS) has grown from a small user group...

Author: ServerAndToolsBlogsTeam Date: 10/01/2013

Windows Azure cloud services achieve federal security milestone

Microsoft received notice that Windows Azure was granted the FedRAMP Joint Authorization Board (JAB)...

Author: ServerAndToolsBlogsTeam Date: 09/30/2013

Power BI for Office 365 Preview - New Natural Language Search, Mapping Capabilities

Today we’re pleased to announce the addition of significant new features to the Power BI for...

Author: ServerAndToolsBlogsTeam Date: 09/25/2013

Microsoft and Oracle Deliver Enterprise-grade Cloud Software and Services

For years Microsoft and Oracle have helped customers address enterprise technology needs, and during...

Author: ServerAndToolsBlogsTeam Date: 09/24/2013

Customers, Clouds and Choice

As competition in the cloud space heats up, things are looking better than ever for customers, as...

Author: ServerAndToolsBlogsTeam Date: 09/19/2013

Installing and Configuring the Microsoft Windows Server Essentials Experience role

Previously, we heard a lot of feedback that users want rich features in Windows Server Essentials to...

Author: ServerAndToolsBlogsTeam Date: 09/17/2013

Monitoring Microsoft Hyper-V Replica using System Center Operations Manager

Customers asked us if they can have a monitoring mechanism for Hyper-v Replica in a rainy day...

Author: ServerAndToolsBlogsTeam Date: 09/16/2013

Top Picks from TechEd 2013 - Windows Server Active Directory (AD) Sessions

Active Directory (AD) still continues to be a topic of interest for new and seasoned IT...

Author: ServerAndToolsBlogsTeam Date: 09/11/2013

Windows Server 2012 R2 RTM - Available for download to MSDN and TechNet Subscribers

A few moments ago we announced availability of the Windows Server 2012 R2 download for MSDN and...

Author: ServerAndToolsBlogsTeam Date: 09/09/2013

Top Picks from TechEd 2013: A Virtualization Trifecta

In this week’s Top Picks from TechEd 2013, we have selected some sessions on virtualization....

Author: ServerAndToolsBlogsTeam Date: 09/04/2013

Gartner Recognizes Microsoft as a Cloud Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) Visionary

Four months ago, we moved Windows Azure Infrastructure Services out of preview and into general...

Author: ServerAndToolsBlogsTeam Date: 08/28/2013

Windows Server 2012 R2 Reaches the Release to Manufacturing (RTM) Milestone

As noted in my earlier post about the availability dates for the 2012 R2 wave, we are counting the...

Author: ServerAndToolsBlogsTeam Date: 08/27/2013

San Francisco's Finest Custard - Get the Scoop with the Hyper-V Team

VMWorld is in full swing and Microsoft is there. The most obvious question that VMworld attendees...

Author: ServerAndToolsBlogsTeam Date: 08/26/2013

Attack of the Clones

DFSR – or any proper file replication technology - spends a great deal of time validating that...

Author: ServerAndToolsBlogsTeam Date: 08/22/2013

Enabling Modern Apps with the Windows Azure Pack

Don’t let the title fool you – this post is critically important for Developers and IT...

Author: ServerAndToolsBlogsTeam Date: 08/21/2013

Mark Your Calendars for Oct. 18: The R2 Wave is Coming

As some of you may have already noticed, earlier today Microsoft announced that Windows 8.1 will be...

Author: ServerAndToolsBlogsTeam Date: 08/13/2013

Microsoft Datacenter TCO Tool Goes Live!

The Microsoft Cloud OS solution provides a modern datacenter with enterprise class virtualization,...

Author: ServerAndToolsBlogsTeam Date: 08/07/2013

Top Picks from TechEd 2013: Windows 8 Security Combo

When we started this series, we planned to do one episode a week and highlight a single session....

Author: ServerAndToolsBlogsTeam Date: 08/07/2013

Microsoft Virtual Academy (MVA) Courses on System Center

All this new stuff that has been coming out so quickly (2012, 2012 SP1, and soon 2012 R2 in only...

Author: ServerAndToolsBlogsTeam Date: 08/05/2013

Microsoft SQL Server security features in Windows Azure Virtual Machines

With the availability of SQL Server 2008 R2 enterprise edition and SQL Server 2012 enterprise...

Author: ServerAndToolsBlogsTeam Date: 08/02/2013

What's New in 2012 R2 with Brad Anderson: IaaS Innovations

The move to a service provider model is one of the most significant shifts we are seeing in data...

Author: ServerAndToolsBlogsTeam Date: 07/31/2013

Windows 8.1 Enterprise Preview now available for download

Windows 8.1 Enterprise Preview is now available for download so customers can start testing the...

Author: ServerAndToolsBlogsTeam Date: 07/30/2013

Visual Studio - Leader Quadrant for Integrated Software Quality Suites

Visual Studio has always been a great tool for developers. In 2010, as we continued to expand the...

Author: ServerAndToolsBlogsTeam Date: 07/26/2013

Linux Support on Windows Server 2012 R2 Hyper-V

The ability to provision Linux on Hyper-V and Windows Azure is one of Microsoft’s core efforts...

Author: ServerAndToolsBlogsTeam Date: 07/25/2013

What’s New in 2012 R2: Your Cloud Partner for Enabling Open Source Software

Microsoft has become a strong platform company. Customers want interoperability and the flexibility...

Author: ServerAndToolsBlogsTeam Date: 07/24/2013

Get Going with the Hyper-V Fibre Channel Design Guide

Virtual Fibre Channel for Hyper-V provides the guest operating system with unmediated access to a...

Author: ServerAndToolsBlogsTeam Date: 07/23/2013

SQL Server 2014’s In-Memory OLTP Architecture

At the SQL PASS conference last November, we announced the In-memory OLTP database technology...

Author: ServerAndToolsBlogsTeam Date: 07/22/2013

Brad Anderson Examines People Centric IT in Action – End-to-End Scenarios Across Products

When you upgrade a notebook computer or a smartphone device, do you really want to think about how...

Author: ServerAndToolsBlogsTeam Date: 07/17/2013

The Contribution of Computing to Improving Our World

Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates shares his thoughts and perspective on computing’s impact on...

Author: ServerAndToolsBlogsTeam Date: 07/16/2013

Scaling Up and Out in Windows Azure Web Sites

When you are starting on a new web project, or even just beginning to develop web sites and...

Author: ServerAndToolsBlogsTeam Date: 07/11/2013

Bring Your Own Device (BYOD) and Protecting Corporate Information

Today Brad Anderson posted, “The modern workforce isn’t just better connected and more...

Author: ServerAndToolsBlogsTeam Date: 07/10/2013

Power BI for Office 365 Revealed

Today, we are pleased to announce a new offering that builds on our self-service BI story -- Power...

Author: ServerAndToolsBlogsTeam Date: 07/08/2013

Imagine Cup 2013 - Showcasing the World’s Brightest Students

Good education is a critical component in enabling students to be successful in life and to make a...

Author: ServerAndToolsBlogsTeam Date: 07/05/2013

Building Quality at Scale

Microsoft products are being developed and delivered in a shorter period of time than ever before....

Author: ServerAndToolsBlogsTeam Date: 07/03/2013

x86 Server Virtualization Infrastructure Magic Quadrant from Gartner

On Thursday Gartner released their 2013 Magic Quadrant for x86 Server Virtualization Infrastructure,...

Author: ServerAndToolsBlogsTeam Date: 07/02/2013

Windows Server 2012 R2 Essentials Preview now available for download

As we set out to further invest in Windows Server 2012 R2 Essentials, we wanted to build upon the...

Author: ServerAndToolsBlogsTeam Date: 07/01/2013

AlwaysOn with the SQL Server 2014 Preview

AlwaysOn encompasses the SQL Server solutions for mission-critical high availability and disaster...

Author: ServerAndToolsBlogsTeam Date: 06/27/2013

Windows 8.1 Preview Arrives - download now available

A couple of weeks ago, Antoine Leblond talked about continuing the Windows 8 vision with Windows...

Author: ServerAndToolsBlogsTeam Date: 06/26/2013

Going Deep with Windows Server, SQL Server and System Center

We hope everyone is enjoying TechEd Europe 2013 and the host city of Madrid, Spain. It’s a...

Author: ServerAndToolsBlogsTeam Date: 06/26/2013

Brad Anderson Discusses Microsoft Big Bets & Big Opportunities at TechEd Europe 2013

Earlier today Brad Anderson posted, “TechEd Europe: Big Bets & Big Opportunities” on...

Author: ServerAndToolsBlogsTeam Date: 06/25/2013

TechEd Europe Opens with Product Preview Availability

Welcome to TechEd Europe 2013 being held in Madrid, Spain June 25-28, 2013. We have a lot of...

Author: ServerAndToolsBlogsTeam Date: 06/25/2013

The enterprise cloud and our Partners

As longtime competitors, partners and industry leaders, Microsoft and Oracle have worked with...

Author: ServerAndToolsBlogsTeam Date: 06/24/2013

IPv6 Fundamentals for Windows Administrators

The last post we talked about why you should care about IPv6. In this next installment Ray Zabilla...

Author: ServerAndToolsBlogsTeam Date: 06/24/2013

Discover Insight Nuggets by Digging in Big Data

We’ve all heard about “Big Data” by now but what does it really mean? Big Data is...

Author: ServerAndToolsBlogsTeam Date: 06/21/2013

Migrate from VMWare Using MVMC Automation Toolkit (MAT)

The MVMC Automation Toolkit (MAT) provides a series of sample PowerShell scripts which automate the...

Author: ServerAndToolsBlogsTeam Date: 06/19/2013

Microsoft Security Blog Launches “Targeted Attacks Video Series”

“Many of the CISOs I talk to tell me that “Advanced Persistent Threats” (APT)...

Author: ServerAndToolsBlogsTeam Date: 06/17/2013

SMB Shares with Hyper-V Replica

SMB is getting a lot of attention with Windows Server 2012, and we’ve had questions from a few...

Author: ServerAndToolsBlogsTeam Date: 06/14/2013

The Modern Datacenter with Software-Defined Networking (SDN)

Software-defined networking is about enabling software – rather than the hardware – to...

Author: ServerAndToolsBlogsTeam Date: 06/13/2013

Social Bots and Malware on the Rise

​Malware authors and distributors follow the money. When you consider the growing popularity...

Author: ServerAndToolsBlogsTeam Date: 06/12/2013

Bonjou! TechEd North America 2013 Recap

TechEd North America 2013 took place last week in New Orleans, Louisiana. There were many...

Author: ServerAndToolsBlogsTeam Date: 06/11/2013

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