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Licensing, Security And Pizza: Five Things I Learned At Microsoft Management Summit 2013

Our ongoing World Of Servers series hit Las Vegas last week and dosed up on Windows Server knowledge at the Microsoft Management summit. Here are five key lessons to take away from that event.


‘They Even Ate Lunch In The Server Room’

One of the challenges in our World Of Servers competition to win a trip to TechEd North America in New Orleans involves confessing your data centre secret. At last week’s Microsoft Managent Summit in New Orleans, I heard a doozy.


Updates For System Center 2012 SP1 And Other Microsoft Server Products

A stack of Microsoft server products were updated late last week (while Lifehacker was busy taking notes at the Microsoft Management Summit rather than checking update blogs). Here’s the skinny on what has changed in System Center 2012 SP1 and other network management tools.


Win A Trip To TechEd New Orleans With Lifehacker And Windows Server 2012

Know your way around Windows Server? Fancy a fully-paid trip to TechEd 2013 in New Orleans this June? Thanks to Microsoft, Lifehacker is offering two of our IT Pro readers the chance to travel to North America for TechEd 2013 North America and help write about the event for us as part of our World Of Servers coverage. Are you up for the challenge?


Windows To Go Traps To Avoid

Windows To Go allows enterprises to create a bootable Windows 8 image that runs directly from a USB drive. It can be a useful way of allowing access to corporate resources through a known Windows environment, but there are traps to watch for.


Top 10 Lesser-Known Facts About Windows Azure Security

The first rule of cloud security club is that you never talk about cloud security club, but we’ve decided to ignore that rule. Here are ten lesser-known aspects of how Microsoft tries to ensure that its Windows Azure cloud offering stays secure.


The Hidden Benefits Of A Data Centre Saint

The picture above shows a portrait of Saint Jude the Apostle, the patron saint of impossible causes. One of the entrants in our World Of Servers competition to win a trip to TechEd North America in New Orleans confessed to keeping a picture of this saint in the data centre. We’d like to think nothing’s impossible in a data centre with the right gear, but it certainly grabbed our attention. Reckon you can grab it more?


Why Unix Is Dead In Microsoft’s Private Cloud

Microsoft’s System Center platform includes a wide range of options for configuring and managing Unix and Linux systems. However, when it comes to rolling out and managing virtual machines and creating private cloud environments, there’s not much room for Unix.


How Quickly Is Your Storage Doubling?

The average business is doubling its storage requirements every four years. Where does your workplace sit relative to that figure?


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