As you ramp up plans to test, pilot and begin adopting Windows 8, here's a round-up of several new resources to help you explore, plan for, deploy, manage, and support Windows 8 on an assortment of devices as part of your IT infrastructure.
The Private Cloud Reference Architecture defines what must be considered when designing a private cloud infrastructure for an organization. Weâll show you how to build self-service portals and expose management interfaces used by the internal IT organization to provide cloud services to business groups.
The Hyper-V role enables you to create and manage a virtualized computing environment by using virtualization technology that is built in to Windows Server 2012. Hyper-V virtualizes hardware to provide an environment in which you can run multiple instances of various Microsoft and non-Microsoft operating systems at the same time on one physical computer.
Windows PowerShell is a task-based command-line shell and scripting language designed especially for system administration. Built on the .NET Framework, Windows PowerShell helps IT professionals and power users control and automate the administration of the Windows operating system and applications that run on Windows.