System Center

July 27, 2012 | 2 comments

It takes a lot more than a 16GB flash drive full of management products to deliver a production cloud.

July 25, 2012 | 8 comments

Microsoft System Center private cloud campaign claims "Ready now." Is it?

April 27, 2012 | No comments

The "hosted private clouds" on display at MMS 2012 were based on shared infrastructure, making them public clouds in reality.

April 26, 2012 | No comments

According to NIST, hybrid cloud infrastructures enable data and application portability - not typically a point of compatibility between PaaS and IaaS clouds.

April 24, 2012 | No comments

Microsoft tipped their hand by announcing a plethora of beta products in 2011, left with little to announce this year at Microsoft Management Summit 2012.

April 17, 2012 | 4 comments

How is a tricked-out bicycle like a System Center 2012 private cloud?

February 15, 2012 | No comments

System Center 2012 RTM planned for "2H CY11" -- can you feel the excitement?

August 10, 2009 | 20 comments

Do not believe the hype from Microsoft execs about System Center single pane of glass management. The loosely integrated tools require administrators to use numerous interfaces.

November 20, 2008 | 4 comments

I recently had the opportunity to attend a two-day Microsoft training class on Hyper-V and SCVMM 2008.  This was a typical Microsoft course with hands-on labs and was billed as a Technical Deep-Dive – whatever that means. I was particularly interested in PRO Tips, which is consistently mentioned as a key benefit of SCVMM.  It [...]

November 19, 2008 | 1 comment

Gartner recently published a report with some interesting details on System Center Operations Manager (SCOM).  One of the three key findings: Operations Manager 2007′s value diminishes when managing non-Microsoft IT elements, whether management is provided by Microsoft or a third party. Sort of reminds me of the value of SCVMM-VirtualCenter integration, but that’s another topic.