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Windows Server 2012 RTM coming in August

by admin on July 11, 2012 in Uncategorized with Comments Off on Windows Server 2012 RTM coming in August

Yesterday at Microsoft’s Worldwide Partner Conference, the company announced officially that Windows 8 is on-track to reach the Release to Manufacturing (RTM) stage in the first week of August, with general availability to come later in October – essentially confirming many thoughts of the industry on when Windows 8 would be released.

There was no word at the event on when Windows Server 2012 would be released, but a post today on the Windows Server Blog reveals that the operating system will also RTM in the first week of August alongside Windows 8. General availability will be in September (earlier than Windows 8) through “multiple channels”.

The Release Preview of Windows Server 2012 has been downloaded over 500,000 times, according to the blog. Come September, it will definitely be interesting to see what differences there are between the shipping version of Server 2012 and the RP.

Windows Server 2012 SKUs

by admin on July 6, 2012 in Uncategorized with Comments Off on Windows Server 2012 SKUs

The official Windows Server 2012 page shows all four versions along with a brief description of each feature. The pricing ranges from $425 for Essentials up to $4.809 for the Datacenter SKU. One of the versions, Foundation, has no price listed, with Microsoft saying it is just for OEM businesses.

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Visual Studio 2012 Express confirmed for desktop developers

by admin on June 10, 2012 in Uncategorized with Comments Off on Visual Studio 2012 Express confirmed for desktop developers

A few weeks ago, Microsoft announced that it would offer Visual Studio 2012 Express for software developers. However, the Express products were limited to Windows 8 Metro apps along with one for Windows Phone apps and one for web development. At the time, Microsoft said it would not offer a version of the free software for desktop app makers. This decision angered a lot of software developers.

Today, Microsoft has announced it has reversed that decision and will in fact release a desktop app version of Visual Studio 2012 Express after all. In a post on the Visual Studio blog, Microsoft stated:

Adhering to the core principles we’ve set for our Express products, Visual Studio Express 2012 for Windows Desktop will provide a simple, end-to-end development experience for developing Windows desktop applications targeted to run on all versions of Windows supported by Visual Studio 2012. With this new Express edition, developers will be able to use C++, C#, or Visual Basic to create Windows desktop and console applications.  Developers will also get access to new advances available across the Express family in Visual Studio 2012, such as the latest compilers and programming language tools, integrated unit testing, and the ability for small development teams to collaborate via Team Explorer and TFS Express.

The blog added that Visual Studio 2012 Express for the desktop will be a great learning tool for students and will also serve as a way for open source applications to be ported to earlier and current versions of Windows. The desktop port of Visual Studio 2012 Express will be released in the fall.

Bing.com runs on Windows Server 2012

by admin on June 10, 2012 in Uncategorized with Comments Off on Bing.com runs on Windows Server 2012

With the recent announcement of the Windows Server 2012 Release Candidate (RC), we at Bing.com considered how we might benefit from some of the operating system’s new features. Bing.com is a cloud service that runs on thousands of computers spanning many datacenters across the globe. Performance is a key component in running a successful cloud service such as Bing. Bing serves thousands of user queries every second, and users demand both relevancy and speed in those results.
Our deployment of Windows Server 2012 leveraged four key new features, in particular:

  • Built-in Microsoft .NET Framework 4.5, included with Windows Server 2012, including the background garbage collection and associated improved latencies
  • Improved performance at startup, enabled by the multicore JIT functionality of .NET 4.5
  • Ability to collect call stacks for 64-bit .NET JITted applications
  • Evaluation of Hyper-V 3 (the version of Hyper-V in Window Server 2012)

Read more – http://blogs.technet.com/b/windowsserver/archive/2012/06/07/bing-com-runs-on-windows-server-2012.aspx

Windows Server 2012 Release Candidate Datacenter is Now Available

by admin on June 1, 2012 in Uncategorized with Comments Off on Windows Server 2012 Release Candidate Datacenter is Now Available

The next release of Windows Server, Windows Server 2012, will offer businesses and hosting providers a scalable, dynamic, and multitenant-aware, cloud-optimized infrastructure. It securely connects across premises and helps IT Professionals to respond to business needs faster and more efficiently.

Windows Server 2012 Release Candidate (RC):

  • Takes you beyond virtualization
  • Delivers the power of many servers with the simplicity of one
  • Opens the door to every app on any cloud
  • Enables the modern work style

Need more information? See the product details page.

Download – http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/evalcenter/hh670538.aspx?ocid=&wt.mc_id=TEC_108_1_33

Microsoft Visual Studio Professional 2012 RC

by admin on June 1, 2012 in Uncategorized with Comments Off on Microsoft Visual Studio Professional 2012 RC

Visual Studio Professional 2012 RC can help you create applications that have innovative user experiences that delight your customers. The integrated environment helps make complex tasks easier so that you can focus on achieving your goals.

Download – http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=29931&WT.mc_id=rss_alldownloads_all

System Center 2012 Downloads

by admin on April 6, 2012 in Uncategorized with Comments Off on System Center 2012 Downloads

System Center Monitoring pack for SQL Server

The Monitoring pack for SQL Server provides the capabilities for Operations Manager 2007 R2 and Operations Manager 2012 to discover SQL Server 2005, 2008, 2008 R2, and SQL Server 2012. It monitors SQL Server components such as database engine instances, databases, and SQL Server agents.

System Center Monitoring Pack for System Center 2012 – Orchestrator

The monitoring pack fmonitors the health and availability of Microsoft System Center 2012 – Orchestrator.

System Center Security Monitoring Pack for Endpoint Protection

This monitoring pack provides real time monitoring capabilities of security incidents detected by Endpoint Protection clients.

System Center Integration Pack for IBM Tivoli Netcool/OMNIbus

The Integration Pack for IBM Tivoli Netcool/OMNIbus is an add-on for System Center 2012 – Orchestrator that enables you to automate actions in response to alerts that are raised within IBM Tivoli Netcool/OMNIbus.

System Center Integration Pack for HP Operations Manager

The Integration Pack for HP Operations Manager is an add-on for System Center 2012 – Orchestrator that enables you to automate the consolidation and correlation of fault and performance events across you entire physical and virtual IT infrastructure.

System Center Integration Pack for Active Directory

The Integration Pack for Active Directory is an add-on for System Center 2012 – Orchestrator that enables you to connect Orchestrator to your Active Directory Server to automate its management.

System Center Integration Pack for HP Service Manager

The Integration Pack for HP Service Manager is an add-on for System Center 2012 – Orchestrator that enables you to retrieve, create, update and monitor tickets in HP Service Manager.

System Center Integration Pack for VMware vSphere

The Integration Pack for VMware vSphere is an add-on for System Center 2012 – Orchestrator that enables you to connect System Center Orchestrator to your VMware vSphere server to automate actions in VMware vSphere to enable full management of the virtualized computing infrastructure.

System Center Integration Pack for HP iLO and OA

The Integration Pack for HP Lights-Out (iLO) and Onboard Administrator (OA) is an add-on for System Center 2012 – Orchestrator that enables you to automate HP iLO and OA commands.

System Center 2012 – Operations Manager Component Add – On

This page contains an additional tool that applies to System Center 2012 – Operations Manager

System Center Monitoring Pack for System Center 2012 – Configuration Manager

This monitoring pack helps administrators manage and administer Configuration Manager servers, computers, databases, services, disks, applications, or any other kind of object that requires monitoring..

Microsoft Visio 2010 and SharePoint 2010 Extensions for System Center 2012

Enable Visio diagram to integrate current health state from System Center 2012 – Operations Manager

System Center Monitoring Pack for WS-Management and SMASH Device Discovery

This monitoring pack adds a new template to System Center 2012 – Operations Manage to enable discovery and management of WS-Management/SMASH compliant devices..

System Center 2012 – Configuration Manager Component Add-ons and Extensions

Download and install add-ons and extensions for the System Center 2012 – Configuration Manager component.

System Center 2012 – Service Manager Component Add-ons and Extensions

Download and install add-ons and extensions for the System Center 2012 – Service Manager component.

System Center 2012 – Orchestrator Component Add-ons and Extensions

Download and install add-ons and extensions for the System Center 2012 – Orchestrator component.

System Center 2012 Configuration Manager

Configuration Manager 2012 was built on the vision of a user-centric client-management model with the vision of empowering the user, unifying infrastructure, and extending management control across the platform. With Configuration Manager 2012, we have improved Client Patching, end point protection, better compliance/reporting and management of devices synching with the network.

Technical Documentation Download for System Center 2012 – Service Manager

This page lists the technical documentation downloads that are available for the Service Manager component of System Center 2012.

Technical Documentation Download for System Center 2012 – Unified Installer

This page lists the technical documentation downloads that are available for System Center 2012 – Unified Installer.

Technical Documentation Download for System Center 2012 – Operations Manager

This page lists the technical documentation downloads that are available for the Operations Manager component of System Center 2012.

Technical Documentation Download for System Center 2012 – Virtual Machine Manager

This page lists the technical documentation downloads that are available for the Virtual Machine Manager component of System Center 2012.

Technical Documentation Download for System Center 2012 – Orchestrator

This page lists the technical documentation downloads that are available for the Orchestrator component of System Center 2012.

System Center Monitoring Pack for Active Directory (AD)

The Monitoring Pack for Active Directory (AD) provides both proactive and reactive monitoring of your Active Directory deployment.

Download Microsoft SQL Server 2012 RTM

by admin on March 14, 2012 in Uncategorized with Comments Off on Download Microsoft SQL Server 2012 RTM
Microsoft SQL Server 2012 enables a cloud-ready information platform that will help organizations unlock breakthrough insights across the organization.
Here is the fully functional trial version which will expire after six months:

Link – http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=41&srcfamilyid=a74d1b60-6566-4551-b581-03337853b82b&srcdisplaylang=en&u=http%3a%2f%2fdownload.microsoft.com%2fdownload%2f4%2fC%2f7%2f4C7D40B9-BCF8-4F8A-9E76-06E9B92FE5AE%2fENU%2fSQLFULL_ENU.iso

Microsoft® SQL Server® 2012 Release Candidate 0

by admin on November 18, 2011 in Uncategorized with Comments Off on Microsoft® SQL Server® 2012 Release Candidate 0

Microsoft SQL Server 2012 RC0 enables a cloud-ready information platform that will help organizations unlock breakthrough insights across the organization as well as quickly build solutions and extend data across on-premises and public cloud backed by capabilities for mission critical confidence.
SQL Server 2012 RC0 enables a cloud-ready information platform that will help organizations unlock breakthrough insights across the organization as well as quickly build solutions and extend data across on-premises and public cloud backed by capabilities for mission critical confidence:

Link – http://www.microsoft.com/download/en/details.aspx?id=28145&WT.mc_id=rss_alldownloads_all

Microsoft® SQL Server® 2012 Release Candidate 0

by admin on November 18, 2011 in Uncategorized with Comments Off on Microsoft® SQL Server® 2012 Release Candidate 0

Microsoft SQL Server 2012 RC0 enables a cloud-ready information platform that will help organizations unlock breakthrough insights across the organization as well as quickly build solutions and extend data across on-premises and public cloud backed by capabilities for mission critical confidence.
SQL Server 2012 RC0 enables a cloud-ready information platform that will help organizations unlock breakthrough insights across the organization as well as quickly build solutions and extend data across on-premises and public cloud backed by capabilities for mission critical confidence:

Link – http://www.microsoft.com/download/en/details.aspx?id=28145&WT.mc_id=rss_alldownloads_all