“In the Cloud” Podcast, Episode 5: Hybrid Cloud Management
In this episode I talk about the Hybrid Cloud and CRN's recent piece entitled "Microsoft Leaps Ahead of VMware in Hybrid Cloud Management." You can read my post on this same topic from late last week...
View ArticleTechEd 2013: Big News and a Big Event
As many of you already know, at this year’s TechEd we’re going to take the wraps off a range of new products and services, and I am very excited to be delivering the keynote address at both TechEd...
View ArticleEpisode 6 of the ‘In the Cloud’ podcast: High Availability
In this episode, I take a look at the topic of high availability, back up, and disaster recovery. These are incredibly important topics for businesses that depend on consistent access to corporate...
View ArticleBetter Together: Microsoft Workloads & Platforms
I’ve heard IT departments all over the world share a very similar joke about how the rest of the company has no idea where their e-mail comes from or where their SharePoint sites are stored – they just...
View ArticleThe ‘In the Cloud’ Podcast, Episode 8: The Countdown to TechEd 2013!
In this episode, I discuss what to expect from TechEd North America (June 3) and TechEd Europe (June 25), as well as some of the big themes in my Day 1 keynote at both events. This is a huge event for...
View ArticleTechEd 2013: After Today, Cloud Computing is No Longer a Spectator Sport
[Posted Monday, June 3] In Satya Nadella’s post from earlier today, he describes Microsoft’s transformation to a “cloud-first” business:Two years ago we bet our future on the cloud and quietly...
View ArticleNine More Reasons Everyone Should be Excited about the Microsoft Cloud
Earlier this week (both on-stage and on this blog) I commented that “cloud computing is no longer a spectator sport“ and that now, more than ever, there are countless reasons to get excited about what...
View ArticleKeep Calm and Migrate from VMware Using MAT
The new Hyper-V featuresintroduced by Windows Server 2012 were game changing for the IT industry, and the impact has been so positive that, just about every customer I speak with is conducting their...
View ArticleTechEd Europe: Big Bets & Big Opportunities
I am absolutely thrilled to be delivering the Day 1 keynote at TechEd Europe for the third straight year. This is consistently an amazing event with the very best and brightest companies and IT pros...
View ArticleWhat’s New in 2012 R2: Beginning and Ending with Customer-specific Scenarios
Part 1 of a 9-part series. Over the last three weeks, Microsoft has made an excitingseries of announcements about its next wave of products, including Windows Server 2012 R2, System Center 2012 R2, SQL...
View ArticleWhat’s New in 2012 R2: Enabling Open Source Software
Part 4 of a 9-part series.The Common Engineering Criteria (CEC) that I’ve talked about in previous posts have been instrumental in ensuring that the teams contributing to 2012 R2 met rigorous and...
View ArticleWhat’s New in 2012 R2: Hybrid Networking
Part 7 of a 9-part series. Today’s post is the first of two sections; to read the second half, click here.One of the foundational requirements we called out in the 2012 R2 vision document was our...
View ArticleWhat’s New in 2012 R2: Cloud-integrated Disaster Recovery
Part 7 of a 9-part series. Today’s post is the 2nd of two sections; to read the first half, click here. As an industry we have worked on disaster recovery (DR) and high availability (HA) solutions...
View ArticleTechNet Radio: Talking about how to really “Transform the Datacenter”
Last week I got to sit down with the guys from TechNet Radio and talk about the 2nd big pillar in the What’s New in 2012 R2 series: Transform the Datacenter.In this episode – which is a follow up to...
View ArticleWhat’s New in 2012 R2: PaaS for the Modern Web
Part 9 of a 9-part series. A major promise underlying all of the 2012 R2 products is really simple: Consistency.Consistency in the user experiences, consistency for IT professionals, consistency for...
View ArticleThe Edge Show: Wrapping up the “What’s New in 2012 R2” Series
To wrap up our nine-part series on the new 2012 R2 wave of products, I sat down stood up with Rick Claus from The Edge Show to talk about the third pillar of the R2 release: Enable Modern Business...
View ArticleWhat You Have to Gain from Cloud-based Financial Management IT
For the last 2 years my team has been working with a partner from the Bay Area called Cloud Cruiser– and the results of this partnership are going to benefit a lot of enterprises.We partnered with...
View ArticleMicrosoft Wants to Help VMware Experts “Future-Proof “ Their Career
The IT industry never slows down and IT pros are constantly assessing what’s next and what’s best– not only for their business, but also for their careers. The virtualization world is going through a...
View ArticleNetworking Without Limits: SDN
After nearly 40 years of creating enterprise software, there are few companies who have come to appreciate the importance of infrastructure in the quite the way we have at Microsoft. We recognize that...
View ArticleSuccess with Hybrid Cloud: Defining “Hybrid”
In any region, at any size, in any industry, an enterprise’s IT infrastructure has an enormous impact on the success of that organization. There are as many infrastructure setups and strategies as...
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