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IT Infrastructure Software Spotlight

This section provides news and information about how Microsoft helps organizations of all sizes get the most value from IT. You’ll learn about the challenges and opportunities related to optimizing and securing core infrastructure software, reducing IT costs and managing tomorrow’s business growth.



On The Horizon

Microsoft Announces Exchange Server 2010 Availability and Wave of Innovations at Tech·Ed Europe 2009
Microsoft Announces Exchange Server 2010 Availability and Wave of Innovations at Tech·Ed Europe 2009
Exchange 2010, Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2 help customers realize better productivity, efficiency and potential cost savings up to 70 percent.
FPE vs. FOPE and Exchange 2010
FPE vs. FOPE and Exchange 2010
Mike Chan, product manager for the Forefront team, breaks down the differences between security protection for Forefront Protection for Exchange (FPE) and Forefront Online Protection for Exchange (FOPE) and the built-in protection that exists in Exchange Server 2010.
Forefront Secure Messaging Screencast and Interview
Forefront Secure Messaging Screencast and Interview
Cristian Mora Aguilar, Forefront technical product manager, gives a demo and talks about Microsoft’s secure messaging solution and the business problems it solves.
Julia White Provides Insight into TechEd Europe 2009
Julia White Provides Insight into TechEd Europe 2009
Julia White outlines the news that will be announced at TechEd Europe and how it will benefit organizations.
Steve Ballmer: The New Efficiency
Bob Muglia talks big bets and advancing through technological investments
Bob Muglia talks big bets and advancing through technological investments
Bob Muglia speaks to trends in the enterprise - dynamic datacenters and user-centric computing - and the benefits of taking advantage of the technologies customers have today to best position their companies for the future.
Stephen Elop shares his insights on the future of the enterprise
Stephen Elop shares his insights on the future of the enterprise
Stephen Elop shares his vision for enterprise technology following Microsoft's Global CIO Summit. He talks of technology trends, big bets Microsoft is making, and fostering innovation through constructive disruption.
Microsoft and Partners Optimize Mid-Sized Business IT with Virtualization and Systems Management
Microsoft and Partners Optimize Mid-Sized Business IT with Virtualization and Systems Management
Microsoft and partners Fujitsu and Lenovo help customers more efficiently deploy and manage technology with System Center Essentials Management Suite.
Businesses Save Thousands Moving to Microsoft Virtualization
Businesses Save Thousands Moving to Microsoft Virtualization
Customers can save $170,000 on average when switching from VMware; Microsoft management business grew 30 percent annually due to server virtualization.
Microsoft System Center Management for Virtualization
Microsoft System Center Management for Virtualization
This video describes how simple it is to manage physical, virtual, and heterogeneous hypervisor environments, like Hyper-V and VMware using System Center Virtual Machine Manager.
Hyper-V R2: Initial Installation and Configuration
Hyper-V R2: Initial Installation and Configuration
View a demo of the new Hyper-V Server.
Hyper-V Server 2008 R2: Bare Metal to Live Migration (In about an hour!)
Hyper-V Server 2008 R2: Bare Metal to Live Migration (In about an hour!)
In this one-off video, Matt McSpirit, Partner Technology Specialist at Microsoft UK, walks through a bare-metal installation of Hyper-V Server 2008 R2 (RC) on 2 physical nodes, hooks them up to an iSCSI SAN, configures the SAN storage, and then, from a Windows 7 (RC) laptop, validates, and builds a Hyper-V Server 2008 R2 (RC) Cluster.
IT Innovation in a Challenging Economy
IT Innovation in a Challenging Economy
Microsoft Corporate Vice President Bob Kelly discusses IT as a strategic asset in today’s economy, based on results of a new survey of IT professionals that was commissioned by Microsoft Corp. and conducted by Harris Interactive.
Could U.S. IT Pros Be Losing a Seat at the Strategic Table?
Could U.S. IT Pros Be Losing a Seat at the Strategic Table?
New study commissioned by Microsoft underscores the importance of IT innovation for business success.
NuStar Energy and Microsoft: Fueling Business Success
NuStar Energy and Microsoft: Fueling Business Success
Using Microsoft management, identity and security solutions to optimize its core infrastructure, NuStar Energy has achieved the agility that it needs to respond quickly in a fast-changing business environment.
Iain McDonald Outlines Highlights from Tech•Ed 2009
Iain McDonald Outlines Highlights from Tech•Ed 2009
Iain McDonald, General Manager of Windows Server, outlines some of the highlights from Microsoft Tech•Ed North America 2009 and announcements from Windows Server 2008 R2, Windows 7, Office 2010 and SQL Server 2008 R2.
Microsoft Delivers New Wave of Technologies to Help Businesses Thrive in Today’s Economy
Microsoft Delivers New Wave of Technologies to Help Businesses Thrive in Today’s Economy
Company announces Windows 7 on track for holiday season; Windows Server 2008 R2 RC available today.
System Center Configuration Manager 2007 Service Pack 2 Demo
System Center Configuration Manager 2007 Service Pack 2 Demo
Jeff Wettlaufer demonstrates how to make Windows 7 deployments and life-cycle management cost-effective and efficient with System Center Configuration Manager 2007 Service Pack 2.
System Center Online Desktop Manager Preview
System Center Online Desktop Manager Preview
Craig Marl previews System Center Online Desktop Manager, an integrated security and management tool that provides desktop management capabilities in the form of an online service.
Bob Kelly discusses the cloud
Bob Kelly discusses the cloud
Bob Kelly outlines Microsoft’s vision of clouds as reliable, highly available systems that are built for redundancy.
Application Virtualization demo
Application Virtualization demo
Bill Morein demonstrates decoupling applications from the underlying operating system using application virtualization technology.
Technology Preview: future release of System Center Virtual Machine Manager
Technology Preview: future release of System Center Virtual Machine Manager
Microsoft's Michael Michael previews a future release of System Center Virtual Machine Manager demonstrating the potential of the integration of the private cloud with the public cloud.
Bob Muglia discusses the customer benefits of cloud computing
Bob Muglia discusses the customer benefits of cloud computing
Bob Muglia discusses how cloud computing helps customers scale up their capacity with minimal capital investment.
Microsoft Showcases the Today and Tomorrow of Datacenter, Client and Cloud Management
Microsoft Showcases the Today and Tomorrow of Datacenter, Client and Cloud Management
Company demonstrates management solutions for virtualized environments, Windows 7, and upcoming online service for business desktop management.
Kelly Sees Economy, Flexibility Driving Cloud Computing Adoption
Kelly Sees Economy, Flexibility Driving Cloud Computing Adoption
Bob Kelly, Microsoft’s corporate vice president of Infrastructure Server Marketing, outlines how the right mix of private and public clouds can complement existing IT investments, reduce costs and ease management.