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Maximize your Windows Server investments with new benefits and more flexibility
Customers like you, with businesses of all sizes, have trusted Windows Server as the platform to run your mission-critical workloads for over 30 years.![background pattern](https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-server/blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/Windows-Server-brand-gradient-1-300x164.webp)
Windows Admin Center for Azure Virtual Machines is now generally available
Today, we are extending capabilities in your cloud infrastructure with the general availability of Windows Admin Center for Azure Virtual Machines.![a person writing on a whiteboard](https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-server/blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/IT-Pro-portrait-in-modern-office_Jaden_03-300x164.jpg)
Don’t miss the launch of Windows Server and System Center 2016 at Ignite
Recently we announced our plans to launch Windows Server 2016 and System Center 2016 at the Ignite Conference in Atlanta on September 26-30. We hope you can join us for the fun! We are working on a full set of sessions, including guest appearances by customers and MVP’s who have been working closely with our![a woman sitting on a table](https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-server/blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/Two-people-in-front-of-a-laptop-300x164.webp)
Microsoft Loves Linux
In a press and analyst briefing a few months back, Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella put up a slide proclaiming “Microsoft ♥ Linux”. Wow! What a great slide and what a change for Microsoft! The trade press picked up on this slide in a major way, with a number of articles echoing this new approach to![a man looking at the camera](https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-server/blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/protecting-your-datacenter-and-c.jpg)
Protecting your datacenter and cloud from emerging threats
Cybersecurity has hit the mainstream. You would be hard pressed to find someone who doesn’t know about a company that has been breached and dragged across the news. Security veterans might say that this is just the tip of the iceberg but you have to admit – it’s a very large tip. The actors and![a person sitting in front of a building](https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-server/blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/Team-chatting-in-open-workspace-300x164.jpg)
Enterprise-grade virtualization and next-gen app platform
With the releases of Windows Server 2012 and Windows Server 2012 R2, we made huge improvements across the board in software defined compute, storage, networking and more. We’re regularly hearing about your successes as well as your next round of feature requests J. In these discussions with you, we’ve also noticed the conversation has matured.![a man sitting at a table using a laptop in front of a window](https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-server/blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/Person-working-on-a-Surface-laptop-300x164.webp)