Microsoft expands SDN functionality in Windows Admin Center
Microsoft has expanded the SDN functionality of Windows Admin Center (WAC) 2211. New capabilities should better protect the Azure Stack HCI service from outside threats.
The SDN functionality provides protection for Azure Stack HCI. New default networking capabilities in Azure Stack were high on... Read more
Microsoft introduces secure-core server portfolio
Microsoft releases its first secure-core servers. The organization adopts the 'secure-core server' label to describe server environments that protect against specific attack methods and malware types.
Secure-core servers defend against specific types of exploits and attacks. Think of ransomware ... Read more
Dell Technologies’ HCI portfolio gets a major upgrade
Dell Technologies has given its hyper-converged infrastructure (HCI) portfolio a significant upgrade. Additions include both hardware options in the form of PowerEdge servers, new software options and a preview of Azure Stack OS.
The upgrade to the tech giant's HCI portfolio applies to all its l... Read more
Microsoft replaces standalone Hyper-V Server with Azure Stack HCI
Upcoming Windows Server 2022 will not be shipped with Hyper-V server – Microsoft’s free tool to help manage virtual machine fleets and build hybrid clouds.
According to the principal product manager on Microsoft’s Windows server development team, Elden Christensen, no claim was made about ... Read more
Microsoft drops semi-annual release servicing for Windows Server
The move reflects the company's new strategic focus on its Azure Stack HCI platform.
Starting with Windows Server 2022, Microsoft will no longer be providing Semi-Annual Channel releases of Windows Server. Now there will only only be Long Term Servicing Channel (LTSC) releases of Windows Server,... Read more
HPE now supports Azure Stack HCI and SQL Server on GreenLake
HPE has augmented its GreenLake Offer by adding on-premises Microsoft SQL Server and Azure Stack HCI availability, to complement the existing SimpliVity and Nimble dHCI hyper-converged systems support in GreenLake and Nutanix.
GreenLake is HPE’s subscription-based offering that supplies hardwa... Read more
Microsoft announces Windows Admin Center Preview 2012
Update includes many new features for Microsoft's graphical tool for managing server clusters.
Today Microsoft announced an update to the tool in Preview, Windows Admin Center Preview 2012.
Windows Admin Center is a flexible, locally-deployed, browser-based management platform designed to hel... Read more
‘Microsoft works on managed Azure Stack private cloud environment’
Microsoft is working on a managed Azure Stack private cloud environment, codenamed Azure Stack Fiji.
According to ZDNet, the tech giant is currently developing Azure Stack Fiji. The service allows companies managed by Microsoft Azure to run a local version of the public cloud in their own data c... Read more
Microsoft releases new version of Azure Stack HCI
Microsoft has introduced a second version of its Azure Stack HCI service. The completely new version of the service allows Azure Stack HCI to run on its own existing hardware and is no longer based on Windows Server like the first version.
The Hyper-Converged Infrastructure (HCI) service Azure S... Read more