Foley: 5 Microsoft Changes That Mattered Most December 2014 VOL.20 NO.12 REDMONDMAG.COM Disaster Recovery AS A SERVICE Microsoft has made a big bet this year that DRaaS will be a killer application for its Cloud OS and Azure service. Numerous players are making similar gambits. Also: INSIDE HYPER-V REPLICA & AZURE SITE RECOVERY › What’s Missing in the System Center Technical Preview › Why You Must Adapt to the Subscription Services Shift Untitled-3 1 11/14/14 1:37 PM PREPARE. MAXIMIZE RESOURCES. Maintain business productivity. Reduce complexity. Millions of mailboxes migrated to Exchange. DELIVER DETAILED PRE-MIGRATION ASSESSMENTS. MIGRATE. ZeroIMPACT MANAGE. Hundreds of terabytes migrated Reduce to SharePoint. dataloss. Millions of users Work with migrated to legacy Active Directory. systems. COEXIST. CUT COSTS. MAXIMIZE VALUE. No disruptions. 24/7 support. Zero. Discover Dell’s ZeroIMPACT migration solutions. Migrating from Windows Server 2003? You’ll need a solid migration plan. When support for Windows Server 2003 ends, discover zero downtime, zero data loss and zero budget hassles. It’s time for a ZeroIMPACT migration. Learn more at software.dell.com/Win2013Migration Untitled-4 1 10/31/14 3:14 PM Redmond The Independent Voice of the Microsoft IT CommunityContentsDECEMBER 2014 COVER STORY REDMOND REPORT 4 Microsoft Azure Disaster Marketplace Is Now Open Recovery Approximately 1,000 applications and tools are available on the new one-stop as a Microsoft store to provide Service Azure virtual images. TECH & TOOLS WATCH Microsoft has made a big bet this year that disaster 6 BlueStripe Embeds recovery as a service will be App Monitor into a killer application for its System Center, Cloud OS and Azure Windows Azure Pack service. Numerous Netwrix Tackles players are making Insider Threats with similar gambits. Auditor Upgrade Riverbed Extends Page 10 Visibility and Control COLUMNS 2 Redmond View: 14 Hyper-V Replica for Disaster Recovery Jeff rey Schwartz The replication feature Microsoft introduced in Windows Server 2012 The Year Microsoft Built provides business continuity. Though no substitute for failover clustering, Its New Foundation it’s an affordable option. 27 Decision Maker: 18 7 DRaaS Platforms Gaining Speed Don Jones There’s no shortage of software, hardware and cloud providers adding You Must Adapt to the Disaster Recovery as a Service (DRaaS) if Hyper-V Replica isn’t enough Subscription Services Shift for your requirements. 30 Windows Insider: Greg Shields 20 First Look: Azure Site Recovery System Center Technical Hyper-V virtual machine protection in a private cloud or the Azure cloud Preview: What’s New and is simplifi ed with the new replication and recovery service. What’s Missing 32 Foley on Microsoft: Mary Jo Foley 5 Microsoft Changes That FEATURES Mattered Most 24 Cloud Clout It was a breakout year for Microsoft Azure, and IT pros with skills in the company’s cloud technology are the highest earners in the 19th annual Redmond Salary Survey. COVER ILLUSTRATION BY SHUTTERSTOCK/REDMOND STAFF RedmondView by Jeff rey Schwartz Redmond THE INDEPENDENT VOICE OF THE MICROSOFT IT COMMUNITY REDMONDMAG.COM DECEMBER 2014 ■ VOL. 20 ■ NO. 12 Editorial Staff Editor Jeff rey Schwartz The Year Microsoft Built Group Managing Editor Wendy Hernandez Contributing Editors Mary Jo Foley Don Jones Its New Foundation Greg Shields Art Staff Vice President, t’s rare I use the word “transformative,” a buzzword we Art and Brand Design Scott Shultz Art Director Joshua Gould tech journalists loathe, but it’s hard to avoid saying that it Senior Graphic Designer Alan Tao describes the year through which Microsoft has gone. Production Staff I Director, Print Production David Seymour Print Production Coordinator Charles Johnson Consider the outlook a year ago: a version for the iPad. Since then Online/Digital Media Uncertainty reigned as rumors swirled Microsoft has extended support for iOS Senior News Producer Kurt Mackie that Ford CEO Alan Mulally was the and Android on Offi ce and in numerous Executive Editor, New Media Michael Domingo Vice President, frontrunner to replace the retiring other ways including making editing and Digital Strategy Becky Nagel Site Producer Chris Paoli Steve Ballmer. key features in Offi ce 365 free for iOS Senior Site Administrator Shane Lee Senior Front-End What a difference a year makes. and Android consumers and through its Dev/Designer Rodrigo Muñoz Mulally did retire from Ford but he’s new Enterprise Mobility Suite. Advertising and Sales now ironically on the Google board of The new “platforms and productivity” Chief Revenue Offi cer Dan LaBianca Associate Publisher, East Jonas Devita directors. The Microsoft decision to tap mantra Nadella started espousing Associate Publisher, West Bruce Halldorson Satya Nadella as CEO has proven wrong started taking full shape when Microsoft Account Manager Danna Vedder Certifi cation & Training Al Tiano critics opposed to an insider getting the Microsoft agreed to support Docker Advertising Sales Associate Tanya Egenolf nod, fearing it would be impossible to containers. It was a critical yet once change the culture at Microsoft. unthinkable move that will pave the President Henry Allain It’s impossible to turn a big ship around way for Windows Server and the Vice President, on the fl y but it’s safe to say in 2014 Microsoft Azure cloud to move into the Digital Strategy Becky Nagel Vice President, Nadella has established a new foundation next wave of computing, rather than Lead Services Division Michele Imgrund Director, Client Services for Microsoft. Most notably, Nadella risk it evolving into legacy platforms. & Webinar Production Tracy Cook Audience Development & insured Windows was no longer the In every presentation and briefi ng Lead Generation Marketing Irene Fincher Microsoft cash cow by shifting it from company execs deliver these days it’s clear the platform to a platform. Microsoft Microsoft has a new attitude and has now acknowledges iOS, Android and changed the way it does business within Chief Executive Offi cer Rajeev Kapur Chief Operating Offi cer Henry Allain Linux as equal citizens in the end-user the IT and open source communities. Senior Vice President & Chief Financial Offi cer Richard Vitale and IT infrastructure picture. That Columnist Mary Jo Foley picks her fi ve Executive Vice President Michael J. Valenti came into view weeks after Nadella took biggest Microsoft changes of 2014 on Vice President, Information Technology over when he enthusiastically opened p. 32. Overall, Nadella has led Microsoft & Application Development Erik A. Lindgren the fl oodgates for multiplatform to lay a strong new foundation, but Chairman of the Board Jeff rey S. Klein support for Offi ce with the launch of now the challenge is to build on it. 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