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Microsoft has a new technical preview of System Center now available to users. The company designed System Centerto unify datacenter management in the cloud. To download the latest technical preview for Microsoft System Center, it is available on the TechNet Evaluation Center.Currently,Microsoft plans to launch System Center 2016 atthe Ignite conference in late September. New Features: ‘New Software’ indicators in Software Center: The Software Center Applications, Updates, and Operating Systems tabs now show what software was recently added. Numbers in the navigation pane show how many new pieces of software are in each tab. Application Requests from Software Center: Users are now able to re...

Microsoft today aounced that they will be officially launching Windows Server 2016 and System Center 2016 at the Ignite Conference this Fall. Windows Server 2016 is the cloud-ready operating system that features new iovations like Windows Server and Hyper-V containers, Nano Server, and new security features to give you a platform to build and run your cloud-native apps and your mission critical apps. Windows Server 2016 Features: Extended security – Windows Server 2016 introduces new layers of security to harden the platform to address emerging threats, control privileged access and protect virtual machines. Resilient compute – simplified virtualization upgrades, new installment options, and...

Microsoft today aounced the release of Windows Server 2016Technical Preview 5 and System Center 2016 Technical Preview 5 to give customers increased options and more flexibility for managing their hybrid cloud environment. System Center 2016 TP5 comes with new capabilities designed to increase datacenter control and simplify the management of resources across the datacenter and the cloud. Itoffers advances in datacenter control, drives forward management of Linux environments, and helps you enable some of the most advanced features coming in Windows Server 2016. Windows Server 2016 TP5 comes with additional layers of security to help block today’s sophisticated cyber attacks with features to...

Mesosphere, creators of the Datacenter Operating System (DCOS), today aounced it has closed $73.5 million in a Series C funding round led by Microsoft and others. Mesosphere’s partnership with Microsoft started in 2015 when they aounced their plans to bring DCOS to Microsoft Azure. Since Microsoft is now an investor in Mesosphere, they can leverage Microsoft’s expertise in building and operating massive cloud platforms, and providing high-value infrastructure, applications and services. They have already brought the power of open source DCOS components (including Apache Mesos and Marathon) to cloud users via the Azure Container Service, and they’re making our technology available not just on...