Tag: Windows Server
Improved Server Manageability through Customer Feedback: How the Customer Experience Improvement Program makes Windows Server 2012 a better product for IT Professionals
I once talked to a doctor who told me about a recent patient that had serious medical symptoms for over a year before visiting the doctor. He said that if the patient had mentioned these symptoms when they first arose, the prognosis was very good but now the patient was in trouble.
Windows Server 2012 Remote Desktop Services (RDS)
The other day I was in a conversation where I drew the distinction between reliable and robust. I hadn’t really thought about it precisely but when asked to articulate the distinction I said that robust was “reliable across a wide range of conditions”.
Building Cloud Infrastructure with Windows Server 2012 and System Center 2012 SP1
Operating Systems are platforms delivering experiences, features, and APIs that developers can build upon. Today, many developers take already shipping versions of Windows and deliver cloud computing solutions. Windows Server 2012 is a cloud-optimized OS, which means that developers can deliver much better cloud computing solutions with much less effort.
SMB 2.2 is now SMB 3.0
We are at an exciting stage of the release. Beta has been out for some time now and we’ve gotten lots of great feedback. As we progress towards releasing the next version of Windows, many of the details are getting decided and communicated. This has been a big week for naming.
Introducing Windows Server “8” Hyper-V Network Virtualization: Enabling Rapid Migration and Workload Isolation in the Cloud
We’ve all heard about the agility that server virtualization delivers. However, our conversations with people in the trenches made it clear that the full potential of virtualization remains frustratingly beyond their grasp. In particular, the lack of agile networking limits the agility you can achieve at a reasonable cost.
Windows Server “8” Beta: Hyper-V & Scale-up Virtual Machines Part 2…
Today’s blog concludes the discussion of Hyper-V & Scale Up Virtual machines. Jeff Woolsey, a Principal Program Manager on the Windows Server team, wrote this blog.
Windows Server “8” Beta: Hyper-V & Scale-up Virtual Machines Part 1…
The thing I love most about Microsoft is our focus on customers. Prior to coming to Microsoft, I spent the majority of my career working for companies that competed against Microsoft. Microsoft would release a new product into a market and sometimes they would nail it immediately and other times they didn’t.
Windows 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 codenamed “Windows Server 8”. Read Jeffrey’s post on the Microsoft Server and Cloud Platform blog. Storage 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”. Read Thomas’ post on the Microsoft Server and Cloud Platform blog.
Simplify 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 Assessment and Planning (MAP) Toolkit 6.0 includes assessment capabilities to evaluate workloads for both public and private cloud platforms. With MAP 6.