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The article offers information about a new integration between Windows Admin Center and an Azure Automation service which will allow users to manage updates on managed servers running on Microsoft's Azure Cloud platform. Other information related to new features in Window Admin Center, a free Windows Server and Windows 10 management tool, is presented.

The article reports on the revelation of the multinational technology company Microsoft Corp. regarding its Project Denali to develop a Solid State Drive specification for flash storage in large scale data centers. It offers details of the elements of the project which will standardize Solid-State Drive firmware interfaces. It also notes that the project aims to give enterprises and cloud computing providers with more flexibility in using flash storage in large scale data centers.

The article reports that software company Microsoft Corp. has reduced the entry-level costs of using high-performance containers in the Azure Cosmos DB cloud database service. Topics include the minimum requirement set by the company according to Azure Cosmos DB and Open Source Software Analytics group program manager Rimma Nehme, the availability of Cosmos DB from data centers in France, and launch of the Cloud Firestore application from Internet search company Google Inc.

The article reports on the launch of Azure Availability Zone Services by Microsoft Corp. to avoid unexpected data center outages.

The article reports that a new Azure cloud data center will be opened by Microsoft Corp. in France in 2017.

The article reports on new management capabilities gained by Azure SQL Data Warehouse, which is an elastic cloud data warehousing solution developed by computer company Microsoft Corp. Topics mentioned include Transact-SQL functions enabled by the company, the ability for administrators to conduct a self-service restore of an SQL Data Warehouse from a geo-redundant backup, and information on Data Warehouse Unit Limit metric.

The article reports establishment of energy efficient cloud computing facility Project Natick by technology firm Microsoft on ocean floor of Pacific Ocean. Topics discussed include reduction of discontinuation by population distance coverage, increment in data transmission speed, devolution of costs associated with cooling process, progression of data center planning, examination towards expansion of project, and the views of Athima Chansanchai, spokesperson of the firm, on this development.

The article reports on release of the Azure Stack system requirements by the software firm Microsoft. It include comments from Jeffrey Snover of the firm, regarding server needed by hardware customers to run Azure Stack in their own data centers. It suggests the Dell R630 and HP Enterprise's (HPE) DL 360 Gen 9 hardware for same.

The article discusses the statement by Aman Munglani, research director at information technology research firm Gartner, who said that the Indian data center market is expected to increase by 5.2 percent in 2016 as compared to 2015 as a result of push toward cloud and Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) workloads from small and medium businesses in India. It informs that information technology companies Microsoft and IBM have plans to open data centers and clod regions in India.

The article reports that Ireland support the software firm Microsoft against the U.S. Department of Justice related to a case of emails stored in a data center in Ireland. Topics discussed include Loretta Preska, Manhattan's U.S. District judge ordering Microsoft to submit the emails served on servers in Ireland, views of Brad Smith, general counsel of Microsoft Legal and Corporate Affairs, and Ireland supporting its sovereign rights.

The article reports that Microsoft Corp., is focused on improving the enterprise cloud computing with increased data centers, larger virtual machine sizes and a new integrated hardware solution. It focuses on the launch of high-performance D-Series virtual machines (VMs) for Azure Software Ltd. Information on the solid-state drive (SSD) storage is presented.

The article reports that computer company Microsoft Corp. will end support for the server operating system Windows Server 2003 on July 14, 2015. Topics discussed include 37 updates issued by Microsoft for Windows Server 2003 in 2013, the company's warning to data center operators about the vulnerability and security threats of the server following the end-of-support phase, and the upgrade of servers to Windows Server 2012.

The article reports on the partnership formed by software firm Microsoft with the University of Texas on April 16, 2014 to explore environment friendly ways of powering data centers. Topics discussed include the reliance of tech companies on renewables and energy-efficient technologies, the amount donated by the firm to the Texas Sustainable Energy Research Institute and the alignment of the firm's goals with cloud data center operators.

The article presents information on a zero-carbon data center being developed by software company Microsoft Corp. in Cheyenne, Wyoming, in 2014. It is stated that the Cheyenne data center will have servers and information technology (IT) systems that will be powered by a process that converts city waste into clean energy. Methane, a biogas, will be pumped into the Data Plant's fuel cells to produce electricity for the data center's servers.

The article focuses on the attempt by software maker Microsoft to gain success in other lines of businesses in 2014. Topics discussed include investment in Windows Azure cloud system in the data center sector, need for the company to improve its servers and arrays for new customers and its potential in cloud storage hardware and software sales. Also mentioned is its acquisition of StorStimple appliance that can be operated by anybody familiar with Windows.

The article focuses on the enhancements in the Windows Server 2012 and Hyper-V hypervisor by technology company Microsoft. Topics that were discussed include the improvements such as increase of physical memory, virtual processors in every host server, and virtual nodes, the possibility that data center operators would switch from software company VMware to Hyper-V, and network virtualizations.