Microsoft recently described a number of improvements to expect with its R2 version of Windows Server 2012, which may arrive as a public preview release next week. The "customer preview" of Windows ...

There's nothing revolutionary in this release, but there are enough improvements that the rollup will make your IT life much easier. System Center is key to Microsoft's vision of the cloud OS and its ...

Last year, Microsoft announced plans to host Linux in virtual machines -- along with Windows Server VMs -- in Windows Azure. But that's not the end of what Microsoft is doing to try to make its ...

Preview editions of Hyper-V 2012 R2 and System Center Virtual Machine Manager 2012 R2 pick up where the strong initial releases left off Hyper-V 3.0 was perhaps the shiniest of the shining-star ...

Microsoft recently rolled out Windows Server 2012 R2 Preview. The update for Microsoft’s flagship server OS includes a number of features to improve and enhance managing virtual servers with Windows ...

Microsoft today announced that Windows Server 2012 R2 has been released to manufacturers (RTM). "The amazing new features in this release cover virtualization, storage, networking, management, access, ...

It's always a good idea to make sure your hardware firmware and BIOS is updated prior to a major undertaking such as upgrading a server for hypervisor work. Besides, it's not that hard to do in the ...

A preview version of Windows Server 2012 R2 is now out, complete with a nag feature aimed at administrators. The new preview pushes related Microsoft services at SMBs via a dashboard that will “remind ...

In a major reworking of Microsoft’s Windows Server licensing, the company has announced that there will be just four Windows Server 2012 SKUs. With Windows Server 2012, Microsoft is moving to a ...