Preview editions of Hyper-V 2012 R2 and System Center Virtual Machine Manager 2012 R2 pick up where the strong initial releases left off Hyper-V 3.0 was perhaps the shiniest of the shining-star ...

Last week, Microsoft released the latest version of its server operating system, Windows Server 2012, along with a number of related versions and variants. But one member of the new Windows Server ...

[ Editor’s note: This article has been revised to underscore the fact that we tested VMware vSphere with vCenter Server but we tested Windows Server 2012 Hyper-V without System Center 2012, and ...

The small business Windows server suite from Microsoft. Designed to integrate with Office 365 and Internet backup such as Windows Azure, Windows Server 2012 R2 Essentials supports up to 25 users and ...

Microsoft provided details this month about its Windows Server 2012 R2 Essentials product to come, which is designed for small-to-medium (SMB) businesses as a "first server" product. Microsoft ...

European admins look forward to new capabilities in Windows Server 2012 and high-end features in the free version of Hyper-V 3.0, such as shared-nothing live migration. Hyper-V 3.0 will also include ...

Russell Smith is a technology consultant and trainer specializing in management and security of Microsoft server and client technologies. He is a Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer with more than 15 ...