Microsoft Server & Tools Blogs
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