{"id":10185,"date":"2009-12-09T10:46:58","date_gmt":"2009-12-09T10:46:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/aidanfinn.com\/?p=10185"},"modified":"2009-12-09T10:46:58","modified_gmt":"2009-12-09T10:46:58","slug":"ms-merged-windows-server-azure-divisions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/aidanfinn.com\/?p=10185","title":{"rendered":"MS Merged Windows Server &#038; Azure Divisions"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Microsoft has <a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.technet.com\/windowsserver\/archive\/2009\/12\/08\/windows-server-and-windows-azure-come-together-in-a-new-stb-organization-the-server-cloud-division.aspx\" target=\"_blank\">announced<\/a> that the Windows Server and Tools division will merge with Azure online services.&#160; This means that future developments can be integrated.&#160; We\u2019ve already heard that VMM v.Next will allow you to migrate VM\u2019s from your Hyper-V private could up to Azure.&#160; And with bolt-ons we know that we can integrate an internal Active Directory with things like Exchange Hosted Services and BPOS.&#160; It looks to me like MS will make this a more seamless approach, probably leveraging Active Directory Certificate Services.<\/p>\n<p>Interesting times ahead!<\/p>\n<div style=\"padding-bottom: 0px; margin: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; float: none; padding-top: 0px\" id=\"scid:0767317B-992E-4b12-91E0-4F059A8CECA8:df8efff4-2551-4c3a-be6b-c5d9481162e3\" class=\"wlWriterEditableSmartContent\">Technorati Tags: <a href=\"http:\/\/technorati.com\/tags\/Azure\" rel=\"tag\">Azure<\/a>,<a href=\"http:\/\/technorati.com\/tags\/Windows\" rel=\"tag\">Windows<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Microsoft has announced that the Windows Server and Tools division will merge with Azure online services.&#160; This means that future developments can be integrated.&#160; We\u2019ve already heard that VMM v.Next will allow you to migrate VM\u2019s from your Hyper-V private could up to Azure.&#160; And with bolt-ons we know that we can integrate an internal &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/aidanfinn.com\/?p=10185\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;MS Merged Windows Server &#038; Azure Divisions&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"_wpcom_ai_launchpad_first_post":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[170,106],"class_list":["post-10185","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","tag-azure","tag-windows"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t<!-- All in One SEO 5.0.5 - aioseo.com -->\n\t<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Microsoft has announced that the Windows Server and Tools division will merge with Azure online services. 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