While at DOES San Francisco 2016 last week I had a chance to sit down with two presenters who work at Microsoft. One is someone I have interviewed before at both DOES and here on staging-devopsy.kinsta.cloud, Sam Guckenheimer, Product Owner of Microsoft Visual Studio Cloud Services. Joining Sam and I is Ed Blankenship, Product Manager […]
Docker On Windows, Are You Serious? Microsoft’s Hands-on Lab Show’s You How
You have probably heard or read about the availability of Docker on Windows and Azure. Both Docker and Microsoft have turned up the noise on their collaboration. But have you really looked into what these two are up to? If not, now is your chance. Microsoft has put up a great free hands on lab all about […]
Native Docker for Windows Arrives: Are Containers Finally Serverless?
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, […]
Conjur Delivers Automated Access Management to Windows Platforms
Native .NET Libraries and Windows Remote Desktop Support Spans Microsoft Workloads in Cloud, Hybrid and PaaS Environments WALTHAM, Mass. – April 5, 2016 – Conjur, Inc., provider of automated access management software, has released significant product enhancements for Microsoft® Windows® environments that addresses the growing customer requirements for building, managing and securing Windows workloads in […]
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 […]
Automated Windows User Management Leaps Forward with JumpCloud
JumpCloud™, the leading automated server management tool for DevOps and IT pros, today announced that its best-in-class user management functionality now supports the Windows server platform. JumpCloud’s automated server management solution provides user management, patch management, security, and compliance capabilities for cloud, virtual, and/or on-premises servers. With the addition of Windows support, DevOps and IT […]