Solution: Storage

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What’s new in failover clustering: #02 VM Load Balancing 

This post was authored by Subhasish Bhattacharya, Program Manager, Windows Server. Introduction: Optimizing your private cloud In our discussions with customers, we learned that a key consideration for private cloud deployments is the capital expenditure (CapEx) required to go into production. We also learned that customers added redundancy to their private clouds, thereby increasing CapEx,
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Ten reasons you’ll love Windows Server 2016 #5: Software-defined storage 

This is the fifth post in the “Ten Reasons You’ll Love Windows Server 2016” videos by Matt McSpirit, Technical Evangelist at Microsoft. In this episode Matt interviews Elden Christensen, a Principal Program Manager in the Windows Server product group. Elden and his team bring the high availability and file services to the Windows Server platform.
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Moving forward in the cloud world with software-defined storage 

Over the coming weeks, we’ll be publishing more on Windows Server 2016 and the key capabilities coming in the next wave of Microsoft datacenter solutions. To start off, we’re looking at storage and its evolution. Stay tuned for more on software-defined datacenter and the modern application platform.   Storage is a foundational component of the
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Next-generation storage for the software-defined datacenter 

This is a post from Siddhartha Roy, Group PM Manager, High Availability and Storage and Paul Luber, Group PM Manager, Storage and File Systems Storage is a foundational component of the datacenter fabric and is an intrinsic part of Microsoft’s software-defined datacenter solution.  Our storage investments are centered on bringing value to customers in terms
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Reducing Storage Costs with Microsoft VDI 

As enterprises are adapting to more personally owned devices, IT is looking for a way to manage these devices and provide the users with access to corporate applications and data while ensuring compliance. Virtual Desktop Infrastructure via Remote Desktop Services enables IT to deliver corporate desktops and applications that employees can access from their personal
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The R2 is available at Tech Showcase! 

Windows Server 2012 R2 is available at Tech Showcase. The new R2 offers exciting features and enhancements across virtualization, storage, networking, virtual desktop infrastructure, access and information protection, and more. Attend a Microsoft Tech Showcase event and explore what R2 has to offer you and your organization. Register at https://aka.ms/Yclp43   Tech Showcase events, hosted
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Announcing the General Availability of Windows Server 2012 R2: The Heart of Cloud OS 

For years now, Microsoft has been building and operating some of the largest cloud applications in the world. The expertise culled from these experiences along with our established history of delivering market-leading enterprise operating systems, platforms, and applications has led us to develop a new approach for the modern era: the Microsoft Cloud OS. The
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EMC Support for the SMB 3.0 Protocol – the Future of Storage Protocols 

One of the key issues this blog has covered recently is the transformation of storage.  Microsoft is focused on helping customers control the costs of storage, whether by using industry-standard hardware or simplifying existing hardware infrastructure.  To that end we have made significant investments in the SMB 3.0 protocol for file-based storage.  This helps customers
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The Hybrid Cloud Storage Transformation 

A frustrating reality for IT leaders is that their teams continue to struggle with the complications of data growth even though they spend more money on storage every year. It’s not surprising that IT leaders are looking for new storage architectures to help them solve their scalability problems and reduce their costs. A post to
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New Windows Server 2012 R2 Innovations – Download Now 

Windows Server 2012 R2 is in preview right now and ready for your evaluation.  We have been rolling out detailed information on our Cloud OS vision though Brad Anderson’s What’s New in 2012 R2 blog series.  That will continue but we thought you would like a short consolidated list for consideration.  Here are some key innovations in Windows