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Everyone is talking about the Cloud. At next week’s Worldwide Partner Conference, you and 12,000 other partners will be encouraged to take the cloud conversation to the next level from traditional...
View ArticleMake the Most of Your WPC Experience
The 2011 Microsoft Worldwide Partner Conference (WPC) is kicking off today, and with over 12,000 attendees expected, it promises to be an exciting event. The Server and Cloud team at Microsoft has been...
View ArticleMicrosoft Delivers New Cloud Tools and Solutions at the Worldwide Partner...
Cloud computing is as big a transformation, and opportunity, as the technology industry has ever seen. Partners and customers can look to Microsoft for the most comprehensive cloud strategy and...
View ArticleTake your business to the next level with new partner programs and incentives...
There’s a lot of hype around the evolution of virtualization and management, and the emergence of cloud computing. One thing that everyone can agree upon however is that most customers want to take...
View ArticleSimplify your customers’ cloud migration planning with MAP 6.0
The next version of the Microsoft Assessment and Planning (MAP) Toolkit—version 6.0— is now available for free download. Planning a customer journey to the cloud just got easier. The Microsoft...
View Article“Windows Server 8” sneak preview
If you’re in IT you are likely pulled between an almost infinite need for more computing power to deliver business solutions and the ever increasing demands for greater agility, higher efficiency and...
View ArticleBEWARE THE VMWARE MEMORY VTAX; PLUS--GOOD NEWS FOR HYPER-V...
Virtualization Nation, The last few weeks have been buzzing with virtualization news. Just two examples are the Windows Server “8” Hyper-V Sneak Peek at the Microsoft Worldwide Partner Conference (WPC)...
View ArticleBeware the VMware Memory vTax Part 2…
Virtualization Nation, In my last blog, Beware the VMware Memory Tax; Plus Good News for Hyper-V…, I responded to the flood of emails we’ve received about the VMware Memory Tax introduced in vSphere 5....
View ArticleThe Microsoft Path to the Private Cloud Contest - Begins August 30th, 2011!
Your opportunity to win one of two Xbox 360 4GB Kinect Game Console Bundles! Starting next week on August 30th at 9:00 a.m. PST, we’re kicking off ourMicrosoft Path to the Private Cloud Contest. During...
View ArticleCheck out the New Microsoft Server and Cloud Platform Website!
We’re pleased to announce the launch of the new Microsoft Server and Cloud Platform website (http://www.microsoft.com/server-cloud). The new site is a comprehensive source for information relating to...
View ArticleCustomers Reap Benefits from Comprehensive Cloud Approach
Take a look at Brad Anderson’s, Corporate Vice President at Microsoft, perspective on Microsoft’scloud computing strategy, our private cloud solutions and the economics of those solutions versus...
View ArticleDelivering business value with an app-centric approach to Private Cloud
Hear more from Edwin Yuen, Director of Cloud and Virtualization Strategy, about Microsoft's approach to private cloud and how that differs from VMware's: Yesterday in his keynote, Paul Maritz’s said...
View ArticleMicrosoft Path to the Private Cloud: Day 2, Question 1
Yesterday we kicked off the “Microsoft Path to the Private Cloud” Contest, read official rules. As of the posting of this blog, we still have not received a tweet with the winning answers. That means...
View ArticleMicrosoft Path to the Private Cloud Contest: Day 2, Question 2
Yesterday we kicked off the “Microsoft Path to the Private Cloud” Contest, read official rules. Today we have another Xbox to give away, so see below for second question in the series of three for the...
View ArticleWindows Server 8: An Introduction
Take a look at Bill Laing's blog, Corporate Vice President for Microsoft's Server and Cloud business, to get an overview of the next release of Windows Server codenamed Windows Server 8. Read Bill's...
View ArticleStorage and Continuous Availability Enhancements in Windows Server 8
Check out Thomas Pfenning's blog post, General Manager Server and Tools, where he discusses the storage and availability enhancements in the next release of Windows Server codenamed "Windows Server 8"....
View ArticleWindows Server 8: Standards-Based Storage Management
Take a look at Jeffrey Snover's blog post, Distinguished Engineer and Lead Architect for Window Server, where he discusses standards-based storage management in the next release of Windows Server...
View ArticleWindows Server “8” Beta – Hyper-V Replica
Hyper-V Replica (HVR) is a new feature in Windows Server “8” Beta that provides asynchronous replication of Hyper-V virtual machines for BCDR (Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery) scenarios....
View ArticleHyper-V Replica - Prerequisites for certificate based deployments
An often asked question from early HVR deployments has been about the product’s certificate requirements. This post captures the pre-requisites for enabling replication using certificate based...
View ArticleWindows Server “8” Beta Hyper-V Component Architecture Poster
The new Windows Server “8” Beta Hyper-V Component Architecture poster is now available from the Microsoft Download Center. This poster provides a visual reference for understanding key Hyper-V...
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