--- title: 'Webinar: Get cloud-ready servers in minutes with MAAS' description: Learn how to take full advantage of existing hardware investments by maximising hardware efficiency. This live webinar was broadcasted on Wednesday 15th Mach 2017. Watch it on-demand now. Data center operators are quickly becoming more automated and need to have the flexibility to leverage their hardware infrastructure more efficiently. C […] url: https://canonical.com/blog/webinar-get-cloud-ready-servers-in-minutes?format=md --- 1. [Blog](https://canonical.com/blog) 2. Article --- [Canonical](https://canonical.com/blog/author/canonical "More about Canonical") 22 February 2017 # Webinar: Get cloud-ready servers in minutes with MAAS [bare metal](https://canonical.com/blog/tag/bare-metal) [MAAS](https://canonical.com/blog/tag/maas) [provisioning](https://canonical.com/blog/tag/provisioning) [Server](https://canonical.com/blog/tag/server) [server provisioning](https://canonical.com/blog/tag/server-provisioning) [spotlight](https://canonical.com/blog/tag/spotlight) [webinar](https://canonical.com/blog/tag/webinar) --- Share the article ## Learn how to take full advantage of existing hardware investments by maximising hardware efficiency. **This live webinar was broadcasted on Wednesday 15th Mach 2017. [Watch it on-demand](https://pages.ubuntu.com/Register_Cloud-Ready_Servers_in_minutes.html?utm_source=Insights&utm_medium=blog&utm_campaign=MAAS%20-%20webinar&) now.** Data center operators are quickly becoming more automated and need to have the flexibility to leverage their hardware infrastructure more efficiently. Canonical’s Metal as a Service (MAAS) solution enables operators to deploy physical hardware at the speed of cloud. **Speakers:** Dariush Marsh-Mossadeghi, Consulting Architect and Chris Wilder, Cloud Content. ### 3 things you’ll learn in this webinar * How leading companies are using MAAS to improve the efficiency of hybrid cloud deployments * How to deploy a cloud-ready data centre quickly and efficiently * MAAS capabilities, and best practices for server provisioning [Watch on-demand webinar](https://pages.ubuntu.com/Register_Cloud-Ready_Servers_in_minutes.html?utm_source=Insights&utm_medium=blog&utm_campaign=MAAS%20-%20webinar&) ### More info about the webinar The webinar will also include demos on how administrators can use MAAS to discover existing hardware and automate many management tasks, including: * Installing, configuring, and monitoring bare metal hardware * Install and upgrade firmware, patches, and updates * Automated server utilisation and re-utilisation based on need * Discovery of compute, network, capabilities, and storage based on server * Power on and off servers as needed By automating these functions MAAS eliminates the extensive manual process required for traditional server operations and allows organisations to become more operationally efficient.  IT customers need to have the flexibility of not ripping and replacing their entire infrastructure to take advantage of the opportunities the cloud offers. This is why new architectures and business models are emerging. Canonical’s MAAS is a mature solution to help organisations to take full advantage of their cloud and legacy hardware investments. [Talk to a scale-out expert](https://www.ubuntu.com/cloud/contact-us) [Get in touch Interested in running Ubuntu in your organization?](https://ubuntu.com/about/contact-us/form) ## Sign up for our newsletter Get the latest Canonical news and updates in your inbox. Work email: \*I agree to receive information about Canonical's products and services. By submitting this form, I confirm that I have read and agree to [Canonical's Privacy Policy](https://canonical.com/legal/dataprivacy). Sign up ## Share on --- ## Related posts [### Managing Ubuntu on bare metal at scale](https://canonical.com/blog/managing-ubuntu-on-bare-metal-at-scale) Modern infrastructure teams are expected to deliver cloud-like speed, consistency, and reliability, even when their workloads run on physical servers. 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