Does your company require you become a Microsoft Certified Expert to support its partner status? Today, passing Microsoft’s exams is not as easy as it used to be. The tests have become more interesting and more complicated at the same time. Mike Reseller shares his experience and explains how to choose the certification and identify the exams you need. Read more

Today, Microsoft announced a whole slew of enhancements to Microsoft Azure IaaS backup capabilities. While the announcement is focused on native backups (Azure to Azure), there is one adjacent development that really makes me excited: the new feature called Snapshot Extension. This is designed to allow Independent Software Vendors (ISVs) image-level access into the Azure VM backup snapshot data, which in turn opens up pretty much endless capabilities, including backup of Azure VMs back to your on-premises environment.

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The Veeam ProPartner Program affirms our commitment to our partners and helping them to expand their reach in the market. We do this by providing access to the tools and resources necessary to differentiate their business so they may become more profitable. It’s our goal to help our partners maximize profit, increase revenue, and expand their virtualization business by selling industry-leading solutions that deliver Availability for the Modern Data Center.

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When most of us deploy a Hyper-V VM, we give thought to the location of the virtual disk file as it can make a big difference to the storage situation of a host. But did you know that Hyper-V VMs have a lot more than just the virtual disk file? Sure, the virtual disk file can get you in trouble if a lot of VMs are on a host and the C:\ drive fills up. But, the other files of the VM are very important as well. Let’s break down the anatomy of the Hyper-V file format.

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Did you know that on Thursday February 26, Veeam Backup & Replication turns 7 years old! It was first previewed publically during VMworld Europe in 2008. Doesn’t that seem like so long ago? Veeam Backup & Replication was announced on February 26, 2008 and then generally available on March 3, 2008. We are now on v8 and 2015 will have some BIG THINGS coming, so get ready!

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When it comes to virtualizing with Hyper-V, at some point you will come across a new learning opportunity in regards to provisioning the storage associated with the VMs.

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It’s been a while since we released the A0 poster: Veeam Backup & Replication v7 for Hyper-V. Since that time, we celebrated at our inaugural VeeamON 2014, released Veeam Availability Suite v8 and started sending out our Veeam Endpoint Backup FREE beta.

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The release of version 8 of Veeam Backup & Replication is adding new important features that can be used in the Modern Data Center. Veeam Backup Free Edition will also be adopting some of these new features that can be used in a production environment. Veeam Backup Free Edition will gain NetApp integration, Veeam Explorer for Active Directory, Veeam Explorer for Microsoft SQL Server, and Encryption. Here is a rundown for what's new for free.

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We are firmly in the era of the Always-On Business, with users demanding ubiquitous access to data and applications.  Yet, it appears that IT is failing to meet users’ demands. With the cost of lost revenue, productivity, opportunity and data exceeding $2 million per year, enterprises need to take control to avoid burning through millions of dollars.

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I bet you’ve heard a lot about virtualization. No matter where you work, I’m sure you’d also like to enjoy the benefits of a virtualized environment and especially the benefits of Hyper-V virtualization. If you’ve already decided to find a how-to guide for converting your physical computer into a Hyper-V virtual computer (P2V), just keep reading and I’ll tell you how you can easily accomplish this in just minutes!

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