Is Docker finally ready for the age of serverless computing? That’s the message from the announcement this week of native Docker container support for Windows Server 2016. If you’ve been following Docker for a while, you know that Docker containers originally supported only Linux operating systems. Then, Docker made its platform available for Windows users, […]
Datadog Expands Monitoring Solution Across Stack for Microsoft Customers
The leading cloud-monitoring service Datadog announced their latest integrations with Microsoft Azure Resource Manager and Microsoft Azure SQL Database Datadog agent allows customers to seamlessly monitor their stack, from cloud hardware down to custom metrics for their application July 11, 2016 09:00 AM Eastern Daylight Time NEW YORK–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Datadog, the essential monitoring service for dynamic […]
NetEnrich Teams with Microsoft to Drive Azure Adoption
IT infrastructure & operations management services provider will offer and deliver Azure deployment services to Microsoft partners in exclusive pilot project. San Jose, CA—March 22, 2016—NetEnrich announces it has been selected as a Microsoft® Technology Partner to deliver services for setup, migration and management of Azure Backup, Azure Site Recovery and applications to Microsoft partners […]
DevOps Chat: 7 habits of successful DevOps
I recently had a chance to speak again with Sam Guckenheimer of Microsoft about his experience in leading the transition for Microsoft Visual Studio to Visual Studio online. In doing so, Sam and his team developed the 7 habits of successful DevOps. You can listen to my interview below or read along below that. Also […]
DOES 15 – The 7 habits of successful DevOps
Dipping back into the DevOps Enterprise Summit 2015 well, today’s feature is my talk with Sam Guckenheimer of Microsoft. Sam presented on the transformation he oversaw at Microsoft’s Visual Studio moving to Visual Studio Online. It is the story of COTS to SaaS and all of the pitfalls and idiot taxes Sam and team paid along […]
Dating Microsoft again
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Microsoft and Docker provide progress report on Docker for Windows Server
In the fall of 2014 Microsoft and Docker unveiled a new partnership—a commitment to work together to bring native support for Docker containers to the next major release of Windows Server. Earlier this week the two talked about the progress made so far and gave some clues to what customers should expect once the next […]
Does Microsoft really have a DevOps story?
I normally am not a fan of Microsoft conferences. But i’ve always loved the Build Conference. Not just because there is usually an awesome show giveaway. Like this years HP spectre x360, currently my Windows 10 testing machine. But also because the vibe, format, and topic matter is always interesting. I attended this year for […]
Hyper-V Containers combine virtualization with containerization
Containers are all the rage these days. You’re just not cool if you’re not using Docker or some other container technology to build and deploy your IT infrastructure. Traditional containers, however, lack sufficient security for some industries and companies, so Microsoft developed Hyper-V Containers. Container platforms like Docker and Rocket have significant momentum and have […]
Chef and Microsoft Cooking Up Something Big
Chef and Microsoft today announced a major upgrade to their partnership. After twelve months of work integrating Chef, it is thoroughly integrated not only into the Azure stack, but into the Windows stack as well . This will empower enterprises to work in Azure/hybrid cloud environments using Chef’s best in class capabilities to collaborate on […]








