With Windows Server 2012, Hyper-V, Windows Azure and System Center 2012 SP1
Are you virtualizing your servers? Yes, of course!
Are you spending less time managing your servers as a result? Hmm … No!
Server Virtualization is Great, But …
Server virtualization has been a great set of technologies to reduce our capital expenses and some operating expenses by consolidating a larger number of virtualized server workloads in a smaller footprint of physical rack space. As a result, we've been able to purchase less data center hardware and likely have lower power and cooling costs in running our data center.
However, most IT Pros are not seeing a reduction in the amount of time they spend with day-to-day management of server operating systems and applications. Let face it … whether you have 100 physical servers or 100 virtual servers, you still have 100 server operating system instances to administer, configure, monitor, patch and update. In fact, because of reduced capital costs when using server virtualization, many IT Pros report that they are now faced with managing a much larger ( and growing ) number of operating system instances and applications – these days, it seems like everyone in the company wants their own VMs! As a result, IT Pros are forced to spend most of their day managing VMs and applications, and often don't have enough time to spend on improving their IT environments.
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Below is the weekly breakdown of each topic that we've written in this series to help you build your own Private Cloud. Be sure to bookmark this page and check back daily to progress through building your Private Cloud this month!
WEEK 0 - Get ready to follow along!
Get prepared to follow along with our content series by downloading Windows Server 2012, the FREE Hyper-V Server 2012, System Center 2012 SP1, and Windows Azure. Once you have these components, you'll be ready to follow along with us as we build your Private Cloud together!
DOWNLOAD the Bits You'll Need to Follow Along!
DO IT: Download Windows Server 2012
DO IT: Download the FREE Hyper-V Server 2012
DO IT: Download System Center 2012 SP1
DO IT: Activate your FREE Windows Azure 90-Day Subscription
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