Server, Cloud and all points in-between

All things related to pricing, licensing and business planning for Windows Server, Windows Azure, System Center and Forefront.

Update on recent developments regarding Windows Azure Datacenter Expansion and Capacity planning -...

Date: 05/24/2012

Yesterday I posted a blog on the Windows Azure Blog announcing new pricing which will benefit both...

Date: 02/15/2012

Yesterday, David Greschler posted a bit on HyperV and System Center which referenced a recent...

Date: 04/14/2011

Two Truths and a Myth: The rate of virtualization (number of servers and / or number of instances...

Date: 04/07/2011

Summary for the Service Provider IT Professionals / Procurement Officers who are desperately late...

Date: 11/18/2010

At the PDC, the volume of announcements on product updates, new offers and emerging technology can...

Date: 10/29/2010

I talked about the results of a benchmarking study performed by Greg Leake a couple months back on...

Date: 08/17/2009

Last month Microsoft announced its first-ever Azure Developer Challenge. Since then, we’ve received...

Date: 06/02/2009

Friday concluded this year’s TechED: North America. We were delighted to have thousands of...

Date: 05/19/2009

As everyone knows, there is no shortage of passion in the tech industry. Naturally, there are many...

Date: 05/15/2009

At MIX we unveiled the Web Platform Installer (PI) 2.0 Beta. The WebPI combined with the work we...

Date: 05/08/2009

As you know, I’m always up for a little friendly competition… I’m excited to announce that today, we...

Date: 05/04/2009

Yesterday I blogged about some recent findings regarding both system cost and performance when...

Date: 05/01/2009

For years I’ve heard people say that Microsoft technology is great for mid range solutions. I can’t...

Date: 04/30/2009

Six years ago we announced a multi-year, multi-product vision for the Enterprise which we called...

Date: 04/28/2009

Earlier today, the DMTF announced the creation of the “Open Standards Cloud Incubator” group which...

Date: 04/27/2009

Even before the events of early this week, we were fielding questions about a homogenous hardware /...

Date: 04/24/2009

Speaking of standards - I’m thrilled to report that we will release the “M5” (Milestone 5) CTP...

Date: 03/30/2009

As you might expect, several of us spent most of Thursday and Friday last week in conversations with...

Date: 03/29/2009

Moving Toward an Open Process on Cloud Computing Interoperability From the moment we kicked off our...

Date: 03/25/2009

Press and blog coverage over the last few weeks spurred several folks to ask questions about our...

Date: 03/23/2009

Last Friday we spent time talking about Oslo, which included a drill into “M” and demos. Doug Purdy...

Date: 03/23/2009

Posting from The Venetian Hotel in Las Vegas where I’m taking part in Microsoft’s 4th annual MIX...

Date: 03/18/2009

Sign the petition here! See you at Mix.

Date: 03/12/2009

I had the privilege of talking to a number of customers, members of the community and reporters last...

Date: 03/10/2009

Since the emergence of web services in the 90s, we’ve seen an explosion of standards and standards...

Date: 02/16/2009

Today we wrapped up the 6th annual SOA and BP conference here in Redmond. This was the 14th stop on...

Date: 01/29/2009

The latest round of research is out from Gartner, and they have positioned Microsoft in the Leaders...

Date: 01/27/2009

You’ve probably seen the chatter as a result of Anne’s recent post. So, the question on all SOA...

Date: 01/09/2009

We had our first real snow last week which means that ski season is finally upon us and everyone in...

Date: 12/15/2008

  1. Protest in Auburn over a football coach draws more than an anti-war protest 2. Despite all the...

Date: 12/10/2008

We are excited to announced two things today! 1—As promised, the first public beta of BizTalk Server...

Date: 12/08/2008

Today, we posted a release candidate (RC) of the Web Platform Installer (Web PI) here. This effort...

Date: 11/24/2008

I had the pleasure of being in Barcelona this week for the TechEd Developer conference. Highlights –...

Date: 11/12/2008

Day 2 of PDC started off with another fantastic keynote address, thanks to Ray Ozzie, Steve...

Date: 10/28/2008

Well, we’re finally here, on the ground in LA at PDC. After months of speculation, chatter and...

Date: 10/27/2008

Robert Wahbe and I were out on the road this week meeting with press and members of the dev...

Date: 10/10/2008

We’re within a month of this year’s Professional Developer’s Conference, and like a lot of folks,...

Date: 10/01/2008

Just in case you haven’t seen this yet, check out this article in eWEEK from last week. Focuses on...

Date: 09/18/2008

This week I had the privilege of sitting with Bob Muglia while he taped a short video on his...

Date: 09/09/2008

Today, we announced updated plans for the next major version of BizTalk Server. We launched the...

Date: 09/05/2008

Drum roll please….for those of you are as interested in the advent of cloud services, this is big....

Date: 07/18/2008

This week I returned to my home state of Texas to attend the Worldwide Partner Conference. Returning...

Date: 07/11/2008

June has been an active month for the Business Process Alliance. In a recent post, I shared some...

Date: 06/25/2008

For those that missed it and those hungry to see it again - check out this video from TechEd IT Pro...

Date: 06/16/2008

New videos to be posted soon.

Date: 06/11/2008

What a week! TechEd is always one of my favorite shows. Not just for learning, but also for the...

Date: 06/09/2008

Last year at TechEd we talked about deploying technologies in a blended way – both on premises and...

Date: 06/06/2008

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