I understand that Windows Azure is a service and I can’t run and manage Windows Azure in my own datacenter. How can Microsoft help me build a private cloud?
Microsoft currently offers the Dynamic Infrastructure Toolkit for Hosters that enables our hosting partners to build private clouds (including higher server utilization via a virtualization fabric, more automated management, self-service provisioning portals) by leveraging Hyper-V, Live Migration, Windows Server 2008 R2, and System Center Virtual Machine Manager. In 2010, Microsoft will release a version of Dynamic Infrastructure Toolkit for Enterprises to enable customers to deploy private clouds within their datacenters. With future releases of Windows Server, System Center, and Hyper-V, Microsoft will incorporate the innovations from Windows Azure. We already see boot-from-VHD in Windows Server 2008 R2. So overtime, our customers and hosting partners will be able to build private clouds based on the same technologies that underlie Windows Azure.
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