Jeffrey Snover articles
Windows Server 2012, PowerShell 3.0 and DevOps, Part 2
This concludes my two part series. In my first post, I provided some background information about PowerShell and DevOps. In this post, I’ll provide you a bunch of specifics. PowerShell 3.0, like Windows Server 2012, has a ton of new features and enhancements so I’ll only scratch the surface. While PowerShell has always been focused
Announcing the Windows Server 2012 Community Roadshow
We’ve put a lot of work into Windows Server 2012, and are happy to see the positive feedback from press and those who’ve downloaded the beta. We look forward to presenting Windows Server 2012 at our June TechEd events in Orlando and Amsterdam. In this blog, Christa Anderson, a Program Manager in our Partner and
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”. A lot of what Klaas describes in his blog about RDS reminds
Introducing the Server and Cloud Partner and Customer Solutions Team Blog
You’ve heard me talk time and time again about how much time we spent with customers and partners during the planning of Windows Server 2012. Well we didn’t stop at the end of planning. In today’s blog, Natalia introduces herself, her team and their blog which will document some of the details of our customer/partner
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. System Center 2012 already delivers
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. On Monday, Brandon LeBlanc
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” is the most
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. Virtualization Nation, In the last blog, we discussed how Windows Server “8” introduces NUMA for virtual machines and how Hyper-V automatically does the right thing when creating a virtual
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. We brushed aside
Standards-based Management in Windows Server “8”
Microsoft Windows has long supported standards-based management. We were one of the founding members of the Distributed Management Task Force (DMTF) and shipped the first, and richest, Common Information Model (CIM) Object Manager (CIMOM) we all know as Windows Management Instrumentation (WMI). While WMI has served our customers and partners well, the true promise of