Microsoft - Virtualization Software
Magic Quadrant for Virtualization – No Big Surprises
July 18, 2014 | Eric Wright, vExpert, Cisco Champion
As more shifts happen in the virtualization market place, you would imagine that there would be significant movement in the space around the Gartner Magic Quadrant (MQ) for x86 Server Virtualization. Ironically, there was little to be surprised by in … Read More
The Cloud is Not Perfect: Microsoft Exchange Online Suffers Big Outage
June 25, 2014 | Eric Wright, vExpert, Cisco Champion
In a world where we are striving for the elusive Five 9 (99.999%) uptime, the idea of a 9 hour outage to a cloud service provider is something that doesn’t sit well with many people. Imagine how Microsoft feels as … Read More
Docker Comes in Blue; Azure Blue That is!
June 11, 2014 | Eric Wright, vExpert, Cisco Champion
You’ve been seeing some Docker news coming from us here at Virtualization Software, so it seems fitting to add this exciting news to what has been coming. Along with the recent expansion of Microsoft into the Brazil South Region region, there … Read More
Open Licensing Coming for Microsoft Azure
May 27, 2014 | Eric Wright, vExpert, Cisco Champion
Microsoft has announced that they will add the ability to use Open Licensing to purchase services in their Microsoft Azure cloud platform. The announcement came from Josh Waldo, Senior Director of Cloud Partner Strategy, which is a timely move for … Read More
Microsoft goes cross-platform with PowerShell Desired State Configuration for Linux
May 22, 2014 | Eric Wright, vExpert, Cisco Champion
If you haven’t already had a look at PowerShell DSC (Desired State Configuration), then I highly recommend that you do. The new platform management offering from Microsoft is a powerful tool that provides stateful configuration management for your Microsoft environment.
