Dive Brief:
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Microsoft has released new tools designed to help system administrators link in-house data centers with Azure services.
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The company also expanded the range of backup options for hosting data and applications in the cloud.
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Microsoft is reportedly also working on improving backup options for System Center.
Dive Insight:
Workloads moved to the cloud must be managed properly, so Microsoft has released a number of new tools to help system administrators do just that. One new add-on provides a way to access Operations Management Suite (OMS) capabilities from within System Center, which is often used to keep track of in-house hardware and software.
In addition, the company has expanded the range of backup options for hosting data and applications in the cloud, including a new agent and console designed to streamline backups and minimize downtime should an organization’s primary data center go offline. In doing so, Microsoft appears to be positioning Azure as a disaster recovery system as well.
