Planning ahead for Windows Server 2016 end of support
In accordance with the Microsoft Lifecycle Policy, extended support for Windows Server 2016 will end on January 12, 2027.
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A number of people view the cloud in all or nothing terms – you move everything to the cloud or you leave everything where it is. The reality is that a lot of cloud adoption is going to follow the hybrid approach using both on-premises and cloud services.
Windows Server 2008 R2 Hyper-V has passed Common Criteria Evaluation Assurance Level 4+ (EAL 4+)
I’m going to interrupt our flow of Windows Server “8” blog posts to share this hot off the press news regarding Windows Server 2008/R2 and Common Criteria. I am happy to announce that Windows Server 2008 R2 Hyper-V has passed the Common Criteria Evaluation Assurance Level 4+ (EAL 4+).
Building an Optimized Private Cloud using Windows Server “8” Server Core
I like to say that Windows Server “8” is a transformational release. We stopped thinking of ourselves as an OS for an individual server and started thinking of ourselves as an OS equally suited for a single server or a cloud using lots of servers.
Windows Server “8” – Taking Server Application Storage to Windows File Shares
Whenever I work with the Windows Server “8” storage, I get a huge smile as I think about what customers are going to be able to do and the excellent engineering that went into the features.
Rocking the Windows Server “8” Administrative Experience
Windows Server has always distinguished and prided itself on its Administrative Experience. Our mission for Windows Server “8” was to deliver the best cloud-optimized OS. This required us to reimagine the experience, focusing on scenario-based multi-machine management from a client machine implemented on top of PowerShell and WMI.
Windows Server “8” beta available now!
The beta of Windows Server “8” is now available for IT professionals and software developers around the world to download, to evaluate, and to give us feedback on. In September we introduced Windows Server “8” with a preview to help developers and hardware partners prepare new and existing applications, systems and devices.
Windows Server 8: Standards-Based Storage Management
Take a look at Jeffrey Snover’s blog post, Distinguished Engineer and Lead Architect for Window Server, where he discusses standards-based storage management in the next release of Windows Server codenamed “Windows Server 8”. Read Jeffrey’s post on the Microsoft Server and Cloud Platform blog.
Storage and Continuous Availability Enhancements in Windows Server 8
Check out Thomas Pfenning’s blog post, General Manager Server and Tools, where he discusses the storage and availability enhancements in the next release of Windows Server codenamed “Windows Server 8”. Read Thomas’ post on the Microsoft Server and Cloud Platform blog.
Windows Server 8: An Introduction
Take a look at Bill Laing’s blog, Corporate Vice President for Microsoft’s Server and Cloud business, to get an overview of the next release of Windows Server codenamed Windows Server 8. Read Bill’s post on the Microsoft Server and Cloud Platform blog.
Simplify your customers’ cloud migration planning with MAP 6.0
The next version of the Microsoft Assessment and Planning (MAP) Toolkit—version 6.0— is now available for free download. Planning a customer journey to the cloud just got easier. The Microsoft Assessment and Planning (MAP) Toolkit 6.0 includes assessment capabilities to evaluate workloads for both public and private cloud platforms. With MAP 6.
Microsoft a Leader in x86 Server Virtualization
Great news to share with our Windows Server blog readers – Gartner published the 2011 Magic Quadrant for x86 Server Virtualization Infrastructure, in which Microsoft is listed among the leaders, along with Citrix and VMware.
World IPv6 Day and IIS 7
Wednesday June 8 2011 is World IPv6 Day and there will be plenty of representation by IIS7 on the Windows Server side. From Microsoft we will have participation in this event by Microsoft.com, Bing.com and Xbox.com; all of which run IIS7 web servers on their front end.