Gentlemen…. Start you engines!

Hello folks,

It’s time to get in gear and take the new releases that hit the street Last week.  It was a great week, it was marked by several important milestones for us.

We released a wave of innovation that spans our entire family of Server & Tools. The bits are out and ready for you to take advantage of the added goodness in the 2012 R2 family. Download any of the newly available evaluations and start learning.

• Microsoft Hyper-V Server 2012 R2
• Microsoft System Center 2012 R2 Configuration Manager and Endpoint Protection
• Microsoft System Center 2012 R2
• Windows 8.1 Enterprise
• Windows Server 2012 R2 Essentials
• Windows Server 2012 R2

On top of that the Windows Azure Pack and the new release of the Windows Intune service both made it to market.

Speaking of Azure, the Windows Azure Backup, a new service that enables customers to back up their servers to Windows Azure, either through Windows Server Backup or System Center Data Protection Manager, is planned for general availability on Monday October 21. We covered this in our step-by-step series.

To learn more. Microsoft Virtual Academy also has a series of modules that will definitely help.

• What's New in Windows Server 2012 R2 Jump Start
• What's New in System Center 2012 R2 Jump Start
• Windows Server2012 R2 Storage Jump Start: New Choices

Cheers!

Pierre Roman | Technology Evangelist
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