Hi, I’m Charlie Satterfield, a Sr. Program Manager in the Management & Monitoring team here at Microsoft. A bit of background on the team – we run a management and monitoring service for 5,000 servers and receive about 20,000 alerts on...

I wanted to answer a question that’s come up a lot with customers over the last several months: How do business hours and maintenance windows differ or relate to each other in Configuration Manager 2012? To clarify this, I’ve provided some...

Today, we’re excited to announce the keynote lineup for this year’s upcoming TechEd North America and TechEd Europe events! TechEd is Microsoft’s premier technology conference for IT professionals and developers, offering the most comprehensive...

My favorite migration feature within System Center 2012 Configuration Manager is Migration Distribution Point upgrade, which is the ability to perform an in-place upgrade of an existing Configuration Manager 2007 Distribution Point to a Configuration...

ZDNet readers have spoken, voting in favor of Hyper-V 54% to 46%, as part of a lively discussion between Jason Perlow and Ken Hess in this week’s ZDNet Great Debate : “Hyper-V or VMware?” Advocating for Hyper-V, Jason Perlow made...

You are planning to install a Configuration Manager 2012 environment within your organization? That is great news. If you are like most organizations, you already have an earlier version of Configuration Manager in your enterprise. Given that, I wanted...

Yesterday morning, ZDNet kicked off its Great Debate “Hyper-V or VMware?”, with opening comments from Jason Perlow and Ken Hess. Microsoft supporter Jason Perlow made a strong case for Hyper-V, noting that the functionality in Windows Server...

Gone are the days of file replication for the majority of data in Configuration Manager . While content for applications, packages and a small subset of discovery still use file replication, all the other information in Configuration Manager now uses...

Bill Laing, Corporate Vice President, Server and Cloud at Microsoft, announces that Windows Server “8” beta is available now! Read Bill's post on the Windows Server Blog for more information. Windows Server "8" beta available now .

Check out the abstracts for Corporate Vice President, Brad Anderson's, MMS 2012 Keynotes: Day 1: Microsoft Private Cloud. Built for the Future. Ready Now. Cloud computing and the delivery of true IT as a Service is one of the most profound industry shifts...

Primary Sites “What has changed in Configuration Manager ?” This is one of the first questions people ask me when talking about the next release. That is a VERY big question to answer and I don’t intend to answer it all right here...

Microsoft is working to streamline our blogging process. All future Windows Server Blogs will be located on the dedicated Windows Server Blog Site . Check the blog often for detailed Windows Server information and updates. Please click here for past...

That’s right - MMS 2012 has sold out this year (April 16 – 20 th @ The Venetian in Las Vegas). Didn’t register in time? Don’t worry, we’ve got you covered! Waitlist Information If you do not have a registration code and wish...

Microsoft and Dell announce amped up virtualization, private cloud and management solutions. The move to cloud is on. Customers have realized great value and savings with virtualization, and many want to take the next step to private cloud computing...

When I think about managing remote offices, it reminds me of a job I had developing RIP’s (Raster Image Processor) for digital printers. I was on a team of 40 engineers in a remote location. We had our own rules and our own way of doing things –...

It's time once again for the Microsoft Management Summit! MMS 2012 will be held at the Venetian Hotel in Las Vegas, NV April 16th - 20th. In this special edition of the Edge Show, Corporate Vice President Brad Anderson comes by with some breaking news...

Recently we had a software update administrator, who we’ll call Kevin, come to us with questions about how his organization should manage software updates in the upcoming Configuration Manager 2012 release. Kevin explained that since the release...

The end of an era, the start of a new one. Check out how NetLander is helping NASA decommission their last mainframe and migrate to Microsoft Windows Server . A key element of this successful migration was delivered by Clerity Mainframe Rehosting software...

Working in enterprise IT organizations here and at other companies has convinced me that applications are the lifeblood of any business. I used to be amazed at how quickly the CIO would get involved if a revenue generating application wasn’t performing...

Members of the Windows Server team speak with Microsoft News Center about their groundbreaking work in moving customers to the cloud—and what else they find fascinating. Check out the full interview with the Windows Server Team to Learn More...

Following the release of System Center 2012 Release Candidate , Microsoft is pleased to announce the availability of the Release Candidate of the Orchestrator Integration Packs for the following System Center 2012 components: System Center 2012...

As more and more organizations are moving towards the private cloud , you may be wondering what you can do to give your apps the best chance of running most efficiently. You are possibly working to create your private cloud. Perhaps, you have it already...

As we work on the System Center 2012 Configuration Manager release, I would like to share some of the improvements you can expect in the Administrator Console experience. While the emphasis is all about the new look and feel (yes, it’s not the Microsoft...

Check out Travis Wright’s blog and learn more about the System Center Cloud Services Management Pack Release Candidate that is now available for download. The System Center Cloud Services Process Pack offers a self-service experience to facilitate...

Why are a growing number of businesses talking about creating private clouds in their datacenters? Many businesses have already introduced server virtualization to reap the benefits of running more workloads on fewer physical servers. There are obvious...