The cloud revolution began in the Linux and Unix world, and for a long time the cloud wasn’t a welcoming environment for workloads that run on Windows Server. Even today, not all cloud platforms are ...

Microsoft's Azure App Platform Team-- the domain these days of Corporate Vice President Scott Guthrie -- is working on a hosting framework for Web apps that will work across both Windows Azure and ...

Dianna Gunn built her first WordPress website in 2008. Since then, she's poured thousands of hours into understanding how websites and online businesses work. She's shared what she's learned on blogs ...

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Reports of the demise of Windows Active Directory are greatly exaggerated – here’s how Microsoft is supporting AD in its latest server platform. We’ve often heard that on-premises solutions are on ...

Rackspace Hosting is looking to make cloud computing appealing to a broader set of customers that might not have the resources or acumen to manage systems and apps in the cloud. The company Tuesday ...

Microsoft has just released its most recent Windows Server platform. Check out the improved hybrid cloud features, beefed up security and improved support for large on-premises applications. Image: ...

Deadlines have a way of getting your attention. On January 14th, 2020, Microsoft will stop providing security updates for Windows Server 2008, almost nine years after the last major update to the ...

A couple of decades ago, Microsoft was the kaiju of network computing. First came MS-DOS, and Windows soon followed. Each simply took over business desktops. Before Novell knew what hit it, Windows ...