Microsoft Server & Tools Blogs
Kosmos File System (KFS) Released as an Open Source Project
This is a guest post by Sriram Rao, Principal Scientist Lead in the Cloud and Information Services...
Author: ServerAndToolsBlogsTeam Date: 09/28/2012
Hyper-V over SMB support in System Center Virtual Machine Manager 2012
In Windows Server 2012, Hyper-V added the capability to store virtual machine (VM) resources on...
Author: ServerAndToolsBlogsTeam Date: 09/27/2012
Windows Server Hyper-V Drivers Included in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.9 Beta
Since 2010, we’ve worked with Red Hat to support our mutual customers with enhanced...
Author: ServerAndToolsBlogsTeam Date: 09/25/2012
New Administrative Interfaces for Windows Server 2012
There were two server installation types prior to Windows Server 2012: full and core. Core servers...
Author: ServerAndToolsBlogsTeam Date: 09/22/2012
SQL Server 2012 SP1 Community Technology Preview 4 Now Available
In late July, we released SQL Server 2012 SP1 CTP3, the first public Community Technology Preview...
Author: ServerAndToolsBlogsTeam Date: 09/20/2012
Migrate From VMware to Hyper-V in Windows Server 2012 using a free, simple, standalone tool
Windows Server 2012 is generally available for evaluation and purchase by all customers around the...
Author: ServerAndToolsBlogsTeam Date: 09/18/2012
New Office 365 subscriptions for consumers and small businesses
With a single subscription, you can use Office across a wide variety of devices - everything from...
Author: ServerAndToolsBlogsTeam Date: 09/18/2012
Windows Azure Web Sites Improved Today
Windows Azure allows you to deploy and host up to 10 web-sites in a free, shared/multi-tenant...
Author: ServerAndToolsBlogsTeam Date: 09/17/2012
Remote Server Administration Tools (RSAT) now available for Windows 8
Remote Server Administration Tools for Windows 8 includes Server Manager, Microsoft Management...
Author: ServerAndToolsBlogsTeam Date: 09/14/2012
Time to Create - Visual Studio 2012 is officially launched!
It’s an amazing time for developers. The number of platform choices they have is outstanding....
Author: ServerAndToolsBlogsTeam Date: 09/12/2012
System Center 2012 SP1 Beta - Supporting Windows Server 2012, Azure VM’s and more !!!
Microsoft’s Private Cloud is built on the industry leading foundation of Windows Server and...
Author: ServerAndToolsBlogsTeam Date: 09/11/2012
System Center 2012 Configuration Manager - SP1 Beta Now Available for Download
We are very pleased with the reception System Center 2012 has had since its release in April. Many...
Author: ServerAndToolsBlogsTeam Date: 09/10/2012
Cloud Based Backup - Windows Azure Online Backup
It’s sometimes easier to think about cloud computing in all or nothing terms – move...
Author: ServerAndToolsBlogsTeam Date: 09/07/2012
The Cloud OS Becomes Reality - Windows Server 2012 Now Available
The Microsoft Cloud OS provides enterprises with a highly elastic and scalable infrastructure with...
Author: ServerAndToolsBlogsTeam Date: 09/04/2012
Jose Barreto Shows You “How-To” Build a VM Cluster
Many of you have likely read some of the technical blog posts produced by Jose Barreto. Last...
Author: ServerAndToolsBlogsTeam Date: 08/30/2012
SQL Server 2012 TPC-E Results Raise the Bar in OLTP Performance
Maximizing SQL Server’s performance and scalability is a complex engineering challenge. Beyond...
Author: ServerAndToolsBlogsTeam Date: 08/28/2012
Building an application for the Windows Store - Part 1
In previous posts, I’ve alluded to one of our key focus areas for Visual Studio 2012 being the...
Author: ServerAndToolsBlogsTeam Date: 08/26/2012
Making your application media playback shine in Windows 8
You’re listening to your favorite band in a Windows music app, and a friend sends you an mp3...
Author: ServerAndToolsBlogsTeam Date: 08/23/2012
Network Agility and Flexibility Realized via Software Defined Networking (SDN)
When we talked with customers about their datacenters, we found that virtualization was not fully...
Author: ServerAndToolsBlogsTeam Date: 08/22/2012
Windows Server 2012 Essentials Reaches Release Candidate (RC) Milestone
Windows Server 2012 Essentials Release Candidate (formerly Windows Small Business Server Essentials)...
Author: ServerAndToolsBlogsTeam Date: 08/21/2012
Document Quarantine Using Windows Server 2012 Dynamic Access Controls
Document quarantine refers to a scenario where you want to identify, protect, and take further...
Author: ServerAndToolsBlogsTeam Date: 08/20/2012
Windows Server 2012 now available in the Windows Azure VM Gallery
As we’ve talked about in the past, combining infrastructure and platform services provides...
Author: ServerAndToolsBlogsTeam Date: 08/18/2012
Milliman Works to Transform Insurance Industry with Windows Azure Cloud-based Solution
To help insurance companies manage their high-performance computing needs, Milliman, a global...
Author: ServerAndToolsBlogsTeam Date: 08/17/2012
Visual Studio 2012 and .NET Framework 4.5 have released to the web!
I’m thrilled to announce that this morning we released Visual Studio 2012, Team Foundation...
Author: ServerAndToolsBlogsTeam Date: 08/15/2012
Managing RID Issuance in Windows Server 2012
By default, a domain has capacity for roughly one billion security principals, such as users,...
Author: ServerAndToolsBlogsTeam Date: 08/11/2012
FreeBSD Support for Windows Server Hyper-V Announced
Today, Microsoft and partners NetApp and Citrix are excited to announce the availability of FreeBSD...
Author: ServerAndToolsBlogsTeam Date: 08/09/2012
Welcome to the new Windows Phone Dev Center
We are pleased to announce the debut of the Windows Phone Dev Center, the new online home for...
Author: ServerAndToolsBlogsTeam Date: 08/08/2012
Windows Server 2012 Is Coming
Windows Server® powers many of the worlds' largest datacenters, enables small businesses around...
Author: ServerAndToolsBlogsTeam Date: 08/07/2012
Platform Delivered. Microsoft Visual Studio 2012 and Windows Server 2012 Released to Manufacturing (RTM)
Today is another exciting day for Developers and IT Professionals as we mark a new milestone for the...
Author: ServerAndToolsBlogsTeam Date: 08/01/2012
A Deep Dive into Virtual Machine Manager Services
Virtual Machine Manager 2008 R2 had support for Virtual Machine templates (VM templates). At their...
Author: ServerAndToolsBlogsTeam Date: 07/31/2012
Fault-tolerance in Windows Azure SQL Database
A few years ago when we started building Windows Azure SQL Database, our Cloud RDBMS service, we...
Author: ServerAndToolsBlogsTeam Date: 07/30/2012
Free Server Training at the Microsoft Virtual Academy (MVA)
Time is money. We’ve all heard that saying. Getting trained is hard and many people...
Author: ServerAndToolsBlogsTeam Date: 07/27/2012
The New Office - Developer and IT Pro Resources
Last week we unveiled the customer preview of the new Microsoft Office, available at...
Author: ServerAndToolsBlogsTeam Date: 07/24/2012
The Microsoft Exchange Server 2013 Preview is ready for download!
Microsoft Exchange Server 2013 enables you to maintain control, increase user productivity, and keep...
Author: ServerAndToolsBlogsTeam Date: 07/23/2012
Inside PowerShell with The Scripting Guys
It’s fascinating to watch how quickly PowerShell has been embraced by the community. It is a...
Author: ServerAndToolsBlogsTeam Date: 07/20/2012
4 Trillion Objects and Counting - Amazing Growth for Windows Azure Storage
Cloud storage is an integral part of building and using cloud applications and services. Windows...
Author: ServerAndToolsBlogsTeam Date: 07/18/2012
Introducing Windows Azure Active Directory (AD) - Web Single Sign-on (SSO)
Modern software systems rarely operate in an unconnected closed environment. Today’s systems...
Author: ServerAndToolsBlogsTeam Date: 07/12/2012
Windows Server 2012 Essentials Beta - now available for download
This beta is a significant engineering milestone for the team. We’d obviously like to get as...
Author: ServerAndToolsBlogsTeam Date: 07/11/2012
FREE Windows Server 2012 Virtual Labs
Everyone loves a great deal, and free is about as good as it gets. So why not take advantage of some...
Author: ServerAndToolsBlogsTeam Date: 07/09/2012
Windows Server 2012 Networking: A platform for Partner solutions
Hi there! In the previous blog post, we showcased the work we drive with customers in the TAP...
Author: ServerAndToolsBlogsTeam Date: 07/06/2012
Identity has many faces, managing them is an enterprise challenge
We bet many of you have more than fifty passwords and and if you really count everything, you will...
Author: ServerAndToolsBlogsTeam Date: 06/27/2012
TechEd Europe: LightSwitch HTML Client Preview; Visual Studio 2012 Tools for SharePoint debut
Jazon Zander posts about his keynote at TechEd Europe 2012 in Amsterdam, where he shared updates on...
Author: ServerAndToolsBlogsTeam Date: 06/26/2012
Join us live online for TechEd Europe keynotes from Amsterdam
We will be streaming LIVE from TechEd Europe starting with the keynote on Tuesday 26 June at 8:30 AM...
Author: ServerAndToolsBlogsTeam Date: 06/25/2012
Moving beyond server virtualization
Microsoft's Brad Anderson writes about Gartner's latest Magic Quadrant for x86 Server Virtualization...
Author: ServerAndToolsBlogsTeam Date: 06/22/2012
Tune in to the Windows Phone 8 sneak peek today
If you are developing for the Windows phone you might be interested in the sneak peek announcement...
Author: ServerAndToolsBlogsTeam Date: 06/20/2012
Tune in to the Windows Phone 8 sneak peak today
If you are developing for the Windows phone you might be interested in the sneak peek announcement...
Author: ServerAndToolsBlogsTeam Date: 06/20/2012
Microsoft breaks Surface, announcing family of Windows 8 tablets
Microsoft entered new territory Monday evening, announcing the Surface family of tablet computers....
Author: ServerAndToolsBlogsTeam Date: 06/18/2012
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Author: ServerAndToolsBlogsTeam Date: 06/18/2012