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Delivering Results Using Windows Server 2012 – Dynamic Access
Control
Windows Server 2012 operating system brings Microsoft's
experience from building and operating public clouds to deliver
a highly dynamic, available, and cost-effective server platform
for the private cloud. It offers enterprises a scalable,
dynamic, and multitenant-aware cloud infrastructure that helps
them securely connect across premises. Windows Server 2012
allows IT to respond to business needs faster and more
efficiently by delivering an open, scalable, and cloud-ready web
and app platform.
Published: 05/15/2013
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Microsoft IT
Builds a Field Dashboard to Improve Business and Marketing
Operations
Microsoft IT collaborated with the company's Corporate Business
to design and implement a new global scorecard solution that
enables Field Leadership to manage the health of their business,
to make decisions to improve their subsidiary scorecard results,
and to help them prepare for the corporate and area business
review processes.
Published: 05/07/2013
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Protecting Client
Data at Microsoft with System Center Data Protection Manager
2010
Client data backup and management at Microsoft refers to the
methods, services, and processes that are involved in managing
both corporate and personal data for client computers. It can
also refer to sharing data between employees, teams, or groups.
Microsoft IT piloted Microsoft System Center Data Protection
Manager 2010 to protect client corporate data and found the
program successful, with over 3,000 people now using the
service. The service became a part of Microsoft Client Corporate
Data Management Service portfolios together with IntelliMirror
folder redirection, user state virtualization, and virtual file
share storage.
Updated: 05/06/2013
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Providing
Client-Server Backup and Recovery at Microsoft with System
Center Data Protection Manager 2010
Learn how Microsoft Information Technology (IT) used System
Center Data Protection Manager (DPM) 2010 to create a
comprehensive client-server data backup and recovery solution.
The new DPM 2010-based solution has enabled Microsoft IT to
provide online and offline backup services to employee PCs,
consolidate their backup servers by 40%, lower costs by $6
million, and reduce monthly support calls by 46%.
Updated: 05/06/2013
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343 Industries Gets
New User Insights from Big Data in the Cloud
The Halo franchise is an award-winning collection of properties
that has grown into a global entertainment phenomenon. To date,
more than 50 million copies of Halo video games have been sold
worldwide. As developers prepared to launch Halo 4, they were
tasked with analyzing data to gain insights into player
preferences and support an online tournament. To handle those
requests, the team used a powerful Microsoft technology called
Windows Azure HDInsight Service, based on the Apache Hadoop big
data framework. Using HDInsight Service to process and analyze
raw data from Windows Azure, the team was able to feed game
statistics to the tournament’s operator, which used the data to
rank players based on game play. The team also used HDInsight
Service to update Halo 4 every week and support a daily email
campaign designed to increase player retention. Organizations
can also take advantage of data to quickly make business
decisions.
Published: 05/02/2013
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Securing Active Directory: An Overview of Best Practices
The threat of compromise to IT infrastructures from external
attack is rapidly growing and evolving. The Active Directory
environment is often the target for these attacks. This article
details steps that your organization can take to protect its
Active Directory environment.
Published: 05/01/2013
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