Microsoft Windows Server Blog

Events February 7, 2013 1 min read

Final Stops for the Windows Server 2012 Community Roadshow: Australia, Serbia, and Thailand!

Hi, this is Christa Anderson, Community Lead for the Windows Server and System Center Group.

Events January 22, 2013 1 min read

Free Microsoft Virtual Academy Courses on Hyper-V and Microsoft Virtualization for VMware Professionals

This is some pretty exciting stuff being brought to you by our Microsoft & VMware virtualization experts Symon Perriman, Jeff Woolsey and Matt McSpirit.

Updates January 12, 2013 1 min read

Fix available for Root Certificate Update issue on Windows Server

Hi, all, Christa Anderson here. We want to make you aware of an issue that might affect your Windows Server deployments, and tell you how we’re addressing it with the help of our awesome Customer Technical Support team.

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Events December 5, 2012 1 min read

Registration is now open for the Microsoft Management Summit (MMS) 2013

Hey Everyone, Swing over the System Center Team Blog and get all of the details on MMS, 2013.

Updates November 20, 2012 1 min read

Server Posterpedia v2 available in the Windows Store!

In today’s post, Martin McClean and Brian Lich talk about their Windows Store app, Server Posterpedia.

Updates October 9, 2012 2 min read

Windows Server 2012 Essentials released to manufacturing, available for evaluation today!

Hi, I’m Sinead O’Donovan, Director of Program Management on the Windows Server Essentials team.

Announcements September 4, 2012 1 min read

Windows Server 2012 is here — and so is the Cloud OS

Today’s launch of Windows Server 2012 puts a spotlight on the transformational shift underway across the entire IT ecosystem.

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Updates August 22, 2012 11 min read

Software Defined Networking, Enabled in Windows Server 2012 and System Center 2012 SP1, Virtual Machine Manager

Unlocking Network Flexibility, Efficiency, and Multi-tenancy for the Cloud We are very excited about the promise of Software Defined Networking (SDN) for enabling automation, flexibility, and reliability in the multi-tenant cloud.

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Announcements August 21, 2012 1 min read

Windows Server 2012 Release Candidate Essentials available now

Great news! We reached another important milestone on the road to the final release of Windows Server 2012 Essentials: the Release Candidate (RC) is available now for download and evaluation.

Announcements July 11, 2012 8 min read

Download the beta release of Windows Server 2012 Essentials today!

What an exciting time to be part of the Windows Server team! Earlier this week we announced the RTM and general availability of Windows Server 2012 in conjunction with the Windows 8 team’s announcement of their dates.

Updates July 2, 2012 9 min read

The Windows Server 2012 Information Experience

I recently had a conversation where someone was talking about the difference between people vested in their community and those that aren’t.

Updates June 28, 2012 6 min read

Open Management Infrastructure

Many years ago, Microsoft joined with other companies to define the Hardware Abstraction Layer (HAL), a set of standards to abstract the devices on a PC (and later, a server) for the OS.