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News for our Hosting Provider Partner Community
Validating Hyper-V 2012 and Failover Clustering 2012 Hotfixes and updates with PowerShell Scripts
These are some very useful PowerShell (PS) scripts for HyperV host configuration or to use as...
Date: 09/03/2013
Powershell 3.0 Advanced Scripting and Jumpstart Course now available on Microsoft Virtual Academy
Head over to MVA to get started brushing up on your powershell skills!...
Date: 08/21/2013
Hyper-v Best Practices Checklist
Hello hosting community, This was brought to my attention via my colleague Jason, and is an...
Date: 07/17/2013
Cloud and Datacenter Solutions Hub Solutions and Design Guidance
Hello Cloud community, Please check out this new site. Your one stop for guidance on these...
Date: 06/28/2013
Microsoft Windows Server 2012 R2 and System Center 2012 R2 - Preview evaluation
The next versions of Windows Server 2012 R2 and System Center 2012 products are now in pre-release...
Date: 06/25/2013
Technical Documentation for Technical Scenarios for System Center 2012 SP1 - New Integration Map!
We'd like to announce an update to the FREE downloadable files for cross-component documentation for...
Date: 05/23/2013
Forrester Consulting ROI Study on Windows Server 2012 and Benefits of Hyper-V
A commissioned study conducted by Forrester Consulting is now available which uses their Total...
Date: 02/21/2013
System Center 2012 Service Pack 1 General Availability
Tuesday, January 15 marks a major milestone for Hosting Service Providers who leverage the Microsoft...
Date: 01/18/2013
OVF Import tool for VMM
Hey hosting community, Just wanted to drop a short note here that we have a new tool available that...
Date: 10/18/2012
FreeBSD Support for Windows Server Hyper-V
Yesterday, Microsoft, alongs with parners NetApp and Citrix, announced the availability of FreeBSD...
Date: 08/10/2012
Microsoft Announces New Cloud Opportunities for Hosting and Cloud Partners - System Center 2012 SP1 - Service Provider Foundation (SPF)
During the second day of Microsoft Corp.’s annual Worldwide Partner Conference (WPC) , we...
Date: 07/19/2012
Downloadable Virtual Machines for System Center 2012 SP1 CTP2 Evaluation Now Available !
AppController – Evaluation VHD...
Date: 07/05/2012
Windows Server 2012 Jump Start Recordings released!
Windows Server 2012 Jump Start Recordings released! Make sure you don’t miss to have a look at...
Date: 06/29/2012
Can System Center Service Manager work for Hosters?
I uncovered a very interesting blog post today about the use of Service Manager at Service Providers...
Date: 06/27/2012
System Center 2012 SP1 CTP2 now available!
Hello all, Things are moving quickly in the world of System Center SP1. The latest public version of...
Date: 06/15/2012
Windows Server 2012 Technical training Resources
- Free 250 page Microsoft ebook on Windows Server 2012...
Date: 06/14/2012
Now Available - Windows Server 2012 Release Candidate (RC) Datacenter
Windows Server 2012 Release Candidate (RC) Datacenter is now available. You can download the latest...
Date: 06/01/2012
Upcoming System Center 2012 Webcast Series: Bare Metal to Private Cloud
This webcast series will show you some of the best practices and process for getting started with...
Date: 05/23/2012
First Update Rollup for System Center 2012
Here is the first Update Rollup for Microsoft System Center 2012 and the issues that are fixed in...
Date: 05/16/2012
Website Panel 1.2.1 Released
Many service providers have expressed interest in Website panel to offer web, email, database, and...
Date: 05/12/2012
System Center Orchestrator (SCO) Integration Packs (IP's) for System Center Components - TechNet Download site
https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?displaylang=en&id=28725 This download site...
Date: 05/10/2012
Cumulative update package 1 for SQL Server 2012 Released 4/12
Details can be found at this KB article: https://support.microsoft.com/kb/2679368/en-us
Date: 04/19/2012
SQL Server 2012 AlwaysOn Testing Tip
Interesting nuance in SQL Server 2012 AlwaysOn testing – if you stop SQL Service manually on...
Date: 04/18/2012
SQL Server 2012 has RTM!
Exciting news! Microsoft announced today that SQL Server 2012 has released to manufacturing....
Date: 03/06/2012
Beta of Windows Server “8” is now available
Windows Server "8" has a significant amount of improvements that are specifcially targetted at the...
Date: 03/05/2012
Worldwide Partner Conference 2012 in Toronto - Registration is Open
Join the Microsoft Partner Network Community; we are building a community that is all about you....
Date: 03/01/2012
Lync Hosting Pack Site posted
For those of you who have been waiting to stand up a stand alone Lync Hosted solution or integrate...
Date: 03/01/2012
Register for the SQL Server 2012 Launch Event - March 7, 2012
The SQL Server 2012 Virtual Launch Event kicks off onMarch 7, 2012 starting at 8:00AM Pacific (-8:00...
Date: 02/28/2012
Interactive Training and VLABS for Hyper-V and System Center 2012
TechNet Virtual Labs are 90 minute online labs that enable you to learn and/or gain insight into our...
Date: 12/12/2011
Exchange 2010 SP2 Released to Market with Guidance
Overview Microsoft Exchange Server 2010 SP2 helps IT Professionals achieve new levels of reliability...
Date: 12/05/2011
Announcing System Center 2012 Private Cloud Community Evaluation (CEP) Program for our Hosting/Cloud Partners
Applications are still being accepted for the Microsoft® System Center 2012 Private Cloud...
Date: 11/18/2011
Hyper-V concepts poster in a web friendly format
If you ever have the need to describe the concepts or benefits around virtualization on Hyper-V,...
Date: 05/13/2011
SCVMM 2012 Resources
The System Center Virtual Machine Manager Beta was released at MMS at the end of May and since then,...
Date: 05/09/2011
Virtualization Jump Start: Hyper-V administration for VMware Pros Free Online Training
The entire Virtualization Jump Start series for VMware professionals is now available to stream...
Date: 04/26/2011
Hosted CRM 2011 Guidance now available
https://www.implement.com/blog/bid/62472/Hosted-CRM-2011-Deployment-Guidance-Posted Thanks to our...
Date: 04/12/2011
Dynamic Datacenter Boot Camp Module 1
Many of our US-based providers have been invited to attend one of the DDC Boot Camps that have been...
Date: 03/10/2011
Microsoft Releases SP1 for Windows Server 2008 R2 and Windows 7
On February 22nd, Microsoft released Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2 service pack 1 (SP1). The...
Date: 02/28/2011
Resources for starting your Dynamic Data Center solution deployment
Hello all, our good friends at Microsoft Consulting who have created the DDC Toolkit have provided...
Date: 02/16/2011
Help with activation
Have you been looking at standing up a new cloud environment or perhaps just getting into hosting on...
Date: 01/07/2011
The Dynamic Data Center Program for Hosters: Partnering for Success
We recorded a short webcast that outlines some of the business opportunities that are available for...
Date: 12/20/2010
OCS 2007 R2 Architecture poster
Yes, LYNC is coming, but for those Hosters who arent early adopters and are going for stability: a...
Date: 10/13/2010
How to size your Windows 2008 R2 RDS Session Host in your hosting environment
I have been looking around for sizing guidance on RDS Session host for some of my hosting partners....
Date: 10/12/2010
Hosted Exchange 2010 Migration Guide
I am pleased to announce the Hosted Exchange Migration guide. It will provide you the latest and...
Date: 09/15/2010
THANKS PFE: SharePoint 2010... Multi-tenancy Support for Hosters - It is there if you want it.
Our good friend Kip Ng shares his latest exploration into hosting SharePoint 2010 multitenancy:...
Date: 09/14/2010
Windows Phone 7 Developer East Coast USA events & FREE!!
Date: 08/13/2010
Hosted Exchange 2010 Wiki by Henrik Walther
Anyone interested in this blog post probably knows Henriks work with hosted exchange over the years....
Date: 08/03/2010
Exchange 2010 SP1 Beta now available
The first version of Exchange with native multitenancy capabilities built in is now available for...
Date: 06/17/2010
Hyper-V Best Practices Analyzer released
More and more of our Hosting partners are moving Hyper-V deployments out of their labs and POC...
Date: 05/03/2010