Additionally, you already have the skill sets in-house as well with your IT staff who are trained on Windows Server and Microsoft System Center.

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As this move to server virtualization transpired, a coinciding evolution in IT management capabilities needed to occur and we at Microsoft began delivering this years ago with the Microsoft System Center suite, adapting the tools to provide the same management experience across your physical and virtual environments.

FORBES: MicrosoftVoice: Evolution of Enterprise IT and Virtualization Infrastructures to Private Cloud

Microsoft is literally a small solar system at the center of the galaxy representing the size of their ecosystem.

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The Alliance Support for High Availability segment engages Microsoft Certified Support Center high-availability providers to offer service-level commitments based on system availability.

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We already knew that Microsoft was planning to roll out the 2005 version of their Windows XP Media Center operating system tomorrow, but the bigger deal is that they're also announcing what's known as Plays For Sure.

ENGADGET: Plays For Sure: Microsoft's big announcement tomorrow