There are a whole slew of new capabilities, releases and tools coming from Microsoft. Today I’m kicking off a deeper look at some of these – with an eye toward how these will impact systems management and working with our systems.
But first, I wanted to get your feedback.
It used to be (I sound old whenever I start something like that) that a major release would come out and we’d get it, learn it, get used to it, use it, etc. Then we complained that we wanted more regular release schedules, more frequent updates.
Now it seems that people are looking for a slower release schedule.
I think the schedule is less important than the volume of releases. REALLY significant things have been announced and talked about for the very near-term future. Updates very nearly across the board on products. Do you think it’s too much?
I don’t think so. I think it’s needed. We’re sitting on the fence of really being able to move forward to using the "right" environment for our systems based on requirements, not capabilities. We can see where something belongs, then put it there. In-house, private cloud, public cloud, hybrid solutions environments…
It’s not just that the environments are solid (they are), it’s that the tools to manage them, and the software they’re running, is soon going to be catching up to the need to run – just run – no matter where you need them to.
The feature landscape is challenging, that’s for sure. To keep up is a really huge task. We run the risk of the feature set getting away from us and not knowing that a better way exists. There is more than one way to "do it right." Besides, just because a feature is released, doesn’t necessarily mean it applies to your systems – you get the opportunity to cherry-pick features and use what works for you.
I’ll do my best to go through the upcoming changes and keep you up to date on the thoughts behind them and what you can expect.
My question, and food for thought: what do you think about the volume and velocity of change? See? It’s like Big Data – just… features and versions – volume and velocity.
Comment below or drop me an email – swynk@sswug.org.