NetApp, Microsoft Partner on Data Center Management Tools

NetApp and Microsoft have announced new products and services resulting from a partnership agreement six months ago. Also mentioned in this eWeek story is that NetApp has integrated its storage software so that it works automatically with Microsoft's Dynamic Datacenter Toolkits.

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The partnership will enable IT to manage virtual environments with standard Microsoft data center management tools.

"The two companies announced that IT managers now can utilize their standard Microsoft management tools to monitor and manage virtual environments that include NetApp storage arrays.

"NetApp has integrated its storage software so that it works automatically with Microsoft's Dynamic Datacenter Toolkits. Through this so-called "tight integration," NetApp said, it now offers fast provisioning and cloning of Windows PowerShell cmdlets for the toolkit, which in turn provides a foundation for building private clouds."

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