Matt McSpirit

@JEmlay: Hey - thanks for the note. We have a lot of content that will hopefully help with Nano Server, including a detailed install and management guide at: https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/mt126167.aspx as well as our blog: https://blogs.technet.microsoft.com/nanoserver/. MMC can connect to Nano Server and we have a new set of Web-based remote GUI that adds remote GUI for many tasks that were local or cli only: https://blogs.technet.microsoft.com/nanoserver/2016/02/09/introducing-server-management-tools/ Please share any issues you are having on our TechNet Forum and we can help you out or post improvements we can make to User Voice: https://windowsserver.uservoice.com/forums/295068-nano-server - Thanks!

@Earl: Hi Earl - no SQL Server specific stuff in this video, however you can find lots of info and links to resources here: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/server-cloud/products/sql-server/

@supersoulman58:Hi - I don't believe you can still download Windows 7, however you can download the evaluation of Windows 8.1 here: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/evalcenter/evaluate-windows-8-1-enterprise and if you prefer, Windows 10, here: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/evalcenter/evaluate-windows-10-enterprise

@Ederich:Hi, you can download the Windows 8.1 Enterprise evaluation here: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/evalcenter/evaluate-windows-8-1-enterprise

@Scott Scribner: Hi Scott - not just yet I'm afraid, but you can sign up to be notified here: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/server-cloud/sql-server-on-linux.aspx

@jammizi1:No slides for this one I'm afraid!

You're welcome!

Awesome guys! I'll see if we can use some of these Polish words in the next shoot!

Hi Robert - thanks for the feedback - i'll pass this on to Refaat, and see if he can capture this in a future video.  Stay tuned!

Hi RS38 - We're just showing some of the fundamentals of Container technology in general at this point, so regardless of Windows or Linux, the key elements we were looking to explain were around the concept of images, the networking and the portability of moving images, and less about specifics of Windows or Linux Containers. Don't worry though, early in the new year, Neil and I will be back in the studio recording more Windows-specific content to help you along the way.

Hi Rabbanisyed - Neil has provided some networking guidance which hopefully will help with your config issue. As for explaining with 3rd party products versus our own, we'll be delivering more pure-play Microsoft examples in the new year, so stay tuned for that. At this stage, it's less about specific apps, and more about general usage of container technology, which, in the Linux world, is more mature and can be used to demonstrate some of the fundamentals (and advanced capabilities) more so than Windows containers can be, seeing as we are still in early preview stages.  Feedback duly noted though.

Thanks!

Hi sujaysarma - yep, more info here: https://azure.microsoft.com/blog/2015/03/26/announcing-the-preview-of-disaster-recovery-for-vmwarephysical-servers-to-microsoft-azure-with-asr/ - Thanks!

Hi - SCVMM integrates with storage arrays through SMI-S - Storage Management Initiative Specification (SMI-S), and you can find more details of that here: https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/gg610600.aspx - With your SAN under management, VMM can perform tasks such as LUN provisioning, zoning, deletion of LUNs, cloning, snapshotting etc, but it is up to the Storage Vendor to expose their capabilities, and we work closely with a large number of them to integrate the solution.  As you can see here, https://social.technet.microsoft.com/wiki/contents/articles/16100.supported-storage-arrays-for-system-center-2012-vmm.aspx, there are a number of storage arrays that are integrated with VMM, however, for SAN Replication specifically, as we're still in preview, that list is smaller, here: https://social.technet.microsoft.com/wiki/contents/articles/28317.deploying-azure-site-recovery-with-vmm-and-san-supported-storage-arrays.aspx but it will grow as we move forward.

We can't talk about future plans for replication into Azure for the SAN rep scenario I'm afraid - today, SAN rep is between 2 on-premises locations, and replication from on-premises into Azure is powered by the Hyper-V Replica engine, and in 2015, for VMware environments, the InMage Scout engine will allow VMware to Azure replication and recovery. 

Hope that helps!

Matt