Organizations anticipating difficulties in carrying out future Windows Server or SQL Server upgrades can now purchase insurance-type plans from Microsoft.
- By Kurt Mackie
- March 03, 2017
For years, Microsoft has been steadily bridging the gap between Azure and Windows Server. With the two products more tightly integrated than ever, partners with hybrid and private cloud expertise are poised to reap the benefits.
- By Scott Bekker
- December 14, 2016
Microsoft is extending its patching support for Windows Server or SQL Server products by six years with the introduction of new licensing models.
- By Kurt Mackie
- December 09, 2016
Microsoft recently detailed its update model for Windows Server 2016, which became generally available in mid-October.
- By Kurt Mackie
- November 14, 2016
In a sign that the "software-defined" movement has gone mainstream, Microsoft is touting its latest server OS as the perfect platform for running a software-defined datacenter (SDDC).
- By David Ramel
- November 09, 2016
Microsoft's Windows Server 2016 Essentials product is now generally available (GA), the company said Tuesday.
- By Kurt Mackie
- October 26, 2016
Google has expanded its datacenter service offerings to include Windows Server 2016 instances, the search giant announced Monday.
- By Kurt Mackie
- October 25, 2016
Windows Server 2016 and System Center 2016 are now generally available (GA), Microsoft announced Wednesday.
- By Kurt Mackie
- October 13, 2016
Microsoft shined the spotlight on its forthcoming enterprise products on Monday at the Ignite conference, taking place this week in Atlanta, Ga.
- By Kurt Mackie
- September 26, 2016
Microsoft on Tuesday released the latest cumulative updates (CUs) to Exchange Server 2013 and Exchange Server 2016, bringing the usual hotfixes and, in the case of the latter, long-awaited support for Windows Server 2016.
- By Kurt Mackie
- September 20, 2016
Microsoft is stumping for Windows Server 2016 ahead of its debut next month at the Ignite conference. This week, the company touted the new server's technical performance specs compared to the current crop of Windows Server offerings.
- By Kurt Mackie
- August 26, 2016
Support for Windows Server 2012 and Windows Server 2012 R2 is now included in Microsoft's emerging Server Management Tools (SMT) suite, the company said this week.
- By Kurt Mackie
- July 28, 2016
Even though it lost Microsoft's product update support one year ago, Windows Server 2003 is still in use by nearly one-fifth of organizations, according to a recent Spiceworks report.
- By Kurt Mackie
- July 14, 2016
The next-gen versions of Microsoft's Windows Server and System Center products will reach general availability at the Ignite conference this September, the company said Tuesday.
- By Kurt Mackie
- July 12, 2016
Microsoft partners are evaluating whether the Windows Server 2016 generation Azure Stack improves enough upon the Windows Server 2012-era Windows Azure Pack to meet customers' demands for private or hybrid cloud solutions.
- By Jeffrey Schwartz
- June 08, 2016