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RE: Are You vConfused?

Thu, 06 Jun 2013 09:15:37 GMT

Until the time of Hyper-V running on Windows Server 2008R2, VMWare has a slight advantage over Microsoft on the virtualization field. However with Hyper-V on Server 2012 there's now a clear advantage for Microsoft.

RE: Are You vConfused?

Tue, 04 Jun 2013 22:01:52 GMT

I have met with many senior people at VMware and, after many inquiries on this subject, was unable to find clarity and a definitive statement of direction, channel strategy, etc.. They need to stop acting (arrogantly) like a hot start-up, recognize that they are under severe market/price pressure from the likes of Microsoft, and start recognizing and respecting customer and channel partner interests.

RE: Are You vConfused?

Mon, 15 Apr 2013 09:43:26 GMT

I used to use VMware until I had a problem with it and could not get any support whatsoever from the company. I was willing to pay for ugrades but after numerous calls and emails went unanswered I deleted their software and switched to a competitors.

RE: Are You vConfused?

Mon, 15 Apr 2013 03:17:34 GMT

i know im a bit late on this post, but here goes anyway.

CONFUSED? understatement. So what are we to expect with this new announcement? Did we just waste money upgrading to Vsphere5? Did we just buy the wrong hardware to leverage our platforms across multiple providers? Is our new VMWARE agreement going to be able to take advantage of this new offering, even though we dont know what it is, dont know if we need it but want it, dont know if we want it or need it, or simply just dont need or want it?

I think the most important point to take away from this new announcement is that we made a very sound decision based on very solid grounds, even though our providers heads are in the clouds.

RE: VMware Zigs, then Zags

Sun, 17 Mar 2013 19:35:51 GMT

Amy Barzdukas nice article, Microsoft do seem to be doing extremely well in the cloud and have many good client facing services that do give it that much needed positive attention.

The Cloud at this time is extremely expensive and for enterprise customers and those also in the research world, the cloud is unable to offer that level of flexibility yet.

Marcos Nogueira - Not too sure where your comment on VMware "It doesn't bring nothing new to the corporate side", VMware is always pushing the boundaries, some of which Microsoft is still lagging behind.

The problem here is Microsoft is ahead in the cloud, VMware have much to offer and in some cases more than what Microsoft can but whether VMware can sell that vision is another thing. Microsoft are ahead and have a nice profile to go alone with it with as Amy mentions Xbox Live, Outlook/Hotmail.

One thing is for certain is that enterprise customers will still continue to prefer VMware over Microsoft at a non cloud level but only the future will tell how these big companies are able to influence and move customers from this platform to the cloud.

RE: VMware Zigs, then Zags

Fri, 15 Mar 2013 23:08:31 GMT

I still don't understand why company still pay huge amount of money for VMware! It doesn't bring nothing new to the corporate side, it doesn't integrate with nothing!

Congrats for the post!

RE: Dear Windows Server 2003 – It’s Not Me, It’s You

Fri, 15 Mar 2013 03:16:26 GMT

I just love this post ;)

RE: Microsoft VDI vs. VMware View: Freedom of Choice

Thu, 14 Mar 2013 05:29:07 GMT

Hi, Justin,

Can you clarify how you see VMware supporting session-based VDI? In their own datasheet, they disparage this model as "a shared slice of a Windows server" with some FUD about how that model is vulnerable to crashes. See www.vmware.com/.../VMware-View-MicrosoftRDS-Datasheet.pdf

#3 in your list doesn't sound like VMware's offering, but VMWare hosting Microsoft's offering.

Best,

Christa

RE: Microsoft VDI vs. VMware View: Freedom of Choice

Wed, 13 Mar 2013 02:46:37 GMT

Just as an FYI, VMware View has these same three kinds of provisioning available...

Automated Pools, such that one master image VM can be cloned into multiples and give several people their own personal VM on the fly.

Manual Pools, such that each person can be given a customized VM desktop.

Terminal Service Pools, such that many people can connect to the same VM via MS Terminal Services.

RE: Announcing Forefront Unified Access Gateway Service Pack 3

Mon, 25 Feb 2013 18:03:31 GMT

Adam, now that TMG is a "walking dead" , what will be the future of UAG ? are you guys working on a new TMG/UAG solution ??

RE: Dear Windows Server 2003 – It’s Not Me, It’s You

Fri, 15 Feb 2013 12:31:10 GMT

Hice and true. Ws2003 was a great os server.

RE: Dear Windows Server 2003 – It’s Not Me, It’s You

Fri, 15 Feb 2013 05:25:38 GMT

Nice piece of Microsoft PR bs

RE: Dear Windows Server 2003 – It’s Not Me, It’s You

Fri, 15 Feb 2013 05:25:37 GMT

Very good Thank you Letter :) i like it

RE: Dear Windows Server 2003 – It’s Not Me, It’s You

Fri, 15 Feb 2013 00:56:56 GMT

This is one of the best post's I've read all year! AWESOME!

RE: Independent Study: The Total Economic Impact of Windows Server 2012

Sat, 02 Feb 2013 01:04:58 GMT

Interesting

RE: Are you betting your datacenter on a wooden racquet?

Tue, 29 Jan 2013 00:20:22 GMT

Good info

RE: How Xbox can transform your datacenter

Sat, 19 Jan 2013 05:56:28 GMT

Brilliant article, the batch file resolved this annoying issue, thank you a lot!

RE: How Xbox can transform your datacenter

Fri, 18 Jan 2013 13:05:58 GMT

Thanks for sharing this post! Very informative.

RE: Windows Server 2012 and System Center 2012 Named CRN Products of the Year

Wed, 16 Jan 2013 13:32:16 GMT

Thats great news too. I'm actually excited about where IT is going. New techs need a breath of fresh air & I think Windows you really came through this time. Great job!

RE: Transform Your Datacenter with System Center 2012 SP1

Wed, 16 Jan 2013 03:35:05 GMT

Great! But where i can find Management Packs for scom2012SP to:

1. Failover DHCP 2012

2. Failover Cluster

And some other features...

RE: Research: Multi-Hypervisor Usage Shows Need for Consolidated Heterogeneous Management Solution

Fri, 11 Jan 2013 01:01:06 GMT

Good stuff Mr. Grothaus. Multiple hypervisor usage is certainly on the rise - interest level and usage of. I jump into some additional details in a little video blog about what's next for sever virtualization: www.esg-global.com/.../what-is-next-in-server-virtualization

RE: Migrating to Microsoft's Windows Server 2012

Fri, 21 Dec 2012 09:50:37 GMT

Is Microsoft suggesting that people focus on costs? OpenOffice has near feature parity with Microsoft Office, should we look at switching? What about Apple licensing, should we switch to OS X?

In the words of Steve Jobs: The only problem with Microsoft is they just have no taste. They have absolutely no taste. And I don't mean that in a small way, I mean that in a big way, in the sense that they don't think of original ideas, and they don't bring much culture into their products.

RE: Migrating to Microsoft's Windows Server 2012

Fri, 21 Dec 2012 01:38:31 GMT

Seems like one consideration of migrating has to be licensing. Once you bring up on Windows Server 2012 server you have to upgrade all the Client Access Licenses in the organization (with some small exceptions). Therefore, organization should consider some functionality that warrants making the upgrade, as the cost of CALs likely exceeds the cost of the server license.

RE: VMware (finally) admits that its costs are higher than Microsoft’s

Mon, 17 Dec 2012 10:26:00 GMT

Please look at paper download.microsoft.com/.../Competitive-Advantages-of-Windows-Server-Hyper-V-over-VMware-vSphere.pdf for detailed comparison of features

RE: Important Changes to Forefront Product Roadmaps

Sun, 09 Dec 2012 16:48:03 GMT

What's the replacement of TMG??? We need to know.