Server, Cloud and all points in-between
All things related to pricing, licensing and business planning for Windows Server, Windows Azure, System Center and Forefront.
Datacenter Expansion and Capacity Planning
Update on recent developments regarding Windows Azure Datacenter Expansion and Capacity planning -...
Date: 05/24/2012
Reduced Pricing on SQL Azure and New 100MB Database Option
Yesterday I posted a blog on the Windows Azure Blog announcing new pricing which will benefit both...
Date: 02/15/2012
Virtualization – More Bang, Less Buck
Yesterday, David Greschler posted a bit on HyperV and System Center which referenced a recent...
Date: 04/14/2011
Virtualization, Consolidation and Cloud - What Will It Mean For Servers? Two Truths and a Myth...
Two Truths and a Myth: The rate of virtualization (number of servers and / or number of instances...
Date: 04/07/2011
Service Provider License Agreement (SPLA) changes for Windows Server
Summary for the Service Provider IT Professionals / Procurement Officers who are desperately late...
Date: 11/18/2010
Virtual Machine Meets Physical License - 3 Things you care about in the cloud
At the PDC, the volume of announcements on product updates, new offers and emerging technology can...
Date: 10/29/2010
Our offer still stands and you know where to find us...
I talked about the results of a benchmarking study performed by Greg Leake a couple months back on...
Date: 08/17/2009
Azure Dev Challenge Questions Tackled
Last month Microsoft announced its first-ever Azure Developer Challenge. Since then, we’ve received...
Date: 06/02/2009
TechEd USA 2009 wrap up
Friday concluded this year’s TechED: North America. We were delighted to have thousands of...
Date: 05/19/2009
A Spirited Debate...
As everyone knows, there is no shortage of passion in the tech industry. Naturally, there are many...
Date: 05/15/2009
The Web Platform
At MIX we unveiled the Web Platform Installer (PI) 2.0 Beta. The WebPI combined with the work we...
Date: 05/08/2009
Azure Developer Challenge – Judged by Om Malik and Michael Cote
As you know, I’m always up for a little friendly competition… I’m excited to announce that today, we...
Date: 05/04/2009
...And we'll prove it!
Yesterday I blogged about some recent findings regarding both system cost and performance when...
Date: 05/01/2009
WebSphere Loves Windows…Who Knew?
For years I’ve heard people say that Microsoft technology is great for mid range solutions. I can’t...
Date: 04/30/2009
Two flavors of cloud computing – Public and Private
Six years ago we announced a multi-year, multi-product vision for the Enterprise which we called...
Date: 04/28/2009
Walking the Walk – the Cloud and Standards
Earlier today, the DMTF announced the creation of the “Open Standards Cloud Incubator” group which...
Date: 04/27/2009
The "Benefits" of Singularity... Thoughts on the Events of the Week
Even before the events of early this week, we were fielding questions about a homogenous hardware /...
Date: 04/24/2009
.NET Services - Cloud Interoperability
Speaking of standards - I’m thrilled to report that we will release the “M5” (Milestone 5) CTP...
Date: 03/30/2009
Moving beyond the “Manifesto”
As you might expect, several of us spent most of Thursday and Friday last week in conversations with...
Date: 03/29/2009
Moving Toward an Open Process on Cloud Computing Interoperability
Moving Toward an Open Process on Cloud Computing Interoperability From the moment we kicked off our...
Date: 03/25/2009
Windows Azure and Windows Server - Licensing Model
Press and blog coverage over the last few weeks spurred several folks to ask questions about our...
Date: 03/23/2009
MIX Day 3: Oslo - "M" and the MSC
Last Friday we spent time talking about Oslo, which included a drill into “M” and demos. Doug Purdy...
Date: 03/23/2009
MIX 09 - Return on Experience
Posting from The Venetian Hotel in Las Vegas where I’m taking part in Microsoft’s 4th annual MIX...
Date: 03/18/2009
Bring back the red shirt
Sign the petition here! See you at Mix.
Date: 03/12/2009
Web Computing - Premsises, Hosting and Cloud
I had the privilege of talking to a number of customers, members of the community and reporters last...
Date: 03/10/2009
Higher Standards for Web Standards
Since the emergence of web services in the 90s, we’ve seen an explosion of standards and standards...
Date: 02/16/2009
Microsoft's Annual SOA and BP conference - SOA meets Cloud
Today we wrapped up the 6th annual SOA and BP conference here in Redmond. This was the 14th stop on...
Date: 01/29/2009
Microsoft Positioned in the Leaders Quadrant of Latest Magic Quadrants for Application Infrastructure
The latest round of research is out from Gartner, and they have positioned Microsoft in the Leaders...
Date: 01/27/2009
Know SOA or No SOA?
You’ve probably seen the chatter as a result of Anne’s recent post. So, the question on all SOA...
Date: 01/09/2009
Ring in the New Year with the SOA & Business Process Conference – goes great with Eggnog…
We had our first real snow last week which means that ski season is finally upon us and everyone in...
Date: 12/15/2008
Signs of the Apocalypse - Sun fears the Browser
- Protest in Auburn over a football coach draws more than an anti-war protest 2. Despite all the...
Date: 12/10/2008
Another Milestone for the BizTalk Product Family
We are excited to announced two things today! 1—As promised, the first public beta of BizTalk Server...
Date: 12/08/2008
Web Platform – Single Install Release Candidate
Today, we posted a release candidate (RC) of the Web Platform Installer (Web PI) here. This effort...
Date: 11/24/2008
TechEd Developer 2008
I had the pleasure of being in Barcelona this week for the TechEd Developer conference. Highlights –...
Date: 11/12/2008
PDC Day 2 – "M" Under OSP, "Lap Around Oslo" & More Services
Day 2 of PDC started off with another fantastic keynote address, thanks to Ray Ozzie, Steve...
Date: 10/28/2008
PDC Day 1 – Azure Services Platform, CTP availability and much more!
Well, we’re finally here, on the ground in LA at PDC. After months of speculation, chatter and...
Date: 10/27/2008
Countdown to Oslo: Introducing "M" and "Quadrant"
Robert Wahbe and I were out on the road this week meeting with press and members of the dev...
Date: 10/10/2008
The Road to PDC - .NET Framework 4.0 and “Dublin”
We’re within a month of this year’s Professional Developer’s Conference, and like a lot of folks,...
Date: 10/01/2008
Oslo and Modeling
Just in case you haven’t seen this yet, check out this article in eWEEK from last week. Focuses on...
Date: 09/18/2008
Microsoft Participating in the Object Management Group (OMG)
This week I had the privilege of sitting with Bob Muglia while he taped a short video on his...
Date: 09/09/2008
BizTalk Server 2009
Today, we announced updated plans for the next major version of BizTalk Server. We launched the...
Date: 09/05/2008
BizTalk Services “R12” Release – Workflow
Drum roll please….for those of you are as interested in the advent of cloud services, this is big....
Date: 07/18/2008
BizTalk Adapter Pack 2.0 announced at WPC
This week I returned to my home state of Texas to attend the Worldwide Partner Conference. Returning...
Date: 07/11/2008
IDS Scheer announces the release of ARIS for BizTalk
June has been an active month for the Business Process Alliance. In a recent post, I shared some...
Date: 06/25/2008
.NET StockTrader 2.0 Demo at TechEd IT Pro
For those that missed it and those hungry to see it again - check out this video from TechEd IT Pro...
Date: 06/16/2008
Steven Martin Blog Videos
New videos to be posted soon.
Date: 06/11/2008
TechEd Developer & "Oslo" Wrap Up
What a week! TechEd is always one of my favorite shows. Not just for learning, but also for the...
Date: 06/09/2008
Convergence - SOA, SaaS, Modeling, Virtualization
Last year at TechEd we talked about deploying technologies in a blended way – both on premises and...
Date: 06/06/2008