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Technology Solutions

An end-to-end strategy for virtualization and supporting platforms can profoundly impact nearly every aspect of IT infrastructure, security, and management.

Fortunately, virtualization offers much more than simple server consolidation and cost savings. Regardless of the size or nature of the enterprise, Microsoft Virtualization Technology Solutions provide components to address end to end scenarios like Datacenter Consolidation, Business Continuity and Virtualized Desktop Infrastructure solutions ultimately realizing lower TCO, improved business continuity and enhanced security.

Microsoft Virtualization Technology solutions deliver the building blocks IT pros need to implement the groundbreaking new service-level benefits of virtualization. Microsoft works with partners to deliver key integrated solutions for:

  • Security Solutions

  • Management Solutions

  • Storage Solutions

  • Networking Solutions

Security Solutions

Security is your most critical IT challenge. Viruses and malicious attacks can lead to loss of data or system outages. And as your workforce becomes more mobile, the possibility of stolen laptops--and data--increases.

Microsoft delivers an integrated approach to security across physical and virtual environments. Windows Server 2008 Hyper-V helps provide complete isolation between virtual machines and enables defense-in-depth against malware attacks. Windows Authorization Manager allows administrators to provide role-based access control to resources, plus reduce errors due to mis-configurations. Microsoft Forefront security products help protect against malware and spyware for server, client, messaging, and collaboration systems. Microsoft System Center products enable patching and configuration to help keep systems updated. Also, to help secure desktops, Microsoft provides solutions for Windows-Optimized Desktop Scenarios that provide balance between centralized control and user flexibility.

For virtual environments, the Microsoft Solution Accelerator: Offline Virtual Machine Servicing Tool and partner solutions enable offline virtual images to be updated with critical patches and virus scans.

In summary, Microsoft Security Solutions are designed to provide these key benefits:

  • Cost savings, improved service levels, and enhanced agility

  • Protection from loss of confidential data

  • Protection from system outages

Products and Capabilities for Solutions

Consolidate, simplify, and enhance your business IT by utilizing the following products:

Partner

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Management Solutions

Businesses everywhere are realizing that without a centralized management capability for both physical and virtual assets, it’s hard to realize the full potential of end-to end virtualization. Such integrated system management enhances and facilitates virtual infrastructure to support provisioning, day to day operations, and business continuity across physical and virtual environments.

Microsoft Virtualization Management Solutions provide you with the most sophisticated and extensible capabilities in the market. System Center is the ideal platform for managing both physical and virtual environments, while Virtual Machine Manager (VMM) provides management of other virtual platforms, including VMware ESX.

Microsoft is also working with partners to deliver Pro-enabled management packs (PRO) — a feature of System Center Virtual Machine Manager that enables the dynamic management of virtual resources. Utilizing the deep monitoring capabilities of System Center Operations Manager 2007, PRO enables administrators to establish remedial actions for VMM to execute if poor performance or pending hardware failures are identified in hardware, operating systems, or applications. As an open and extensible platform, PRO encourages partners to design custom management packs that promote compatibility of their products and solutions with PRO’s powerful management capabilities.

Storage Solutions

You know the value of storage consolidation: it offers a significant opportunity to reduce investment and complexity in the datacenter and many of the benefits of virtualization like Live Migration and Quick Migration are enabled through shared storage.

Windows Server 2008 provides excellent support for storage platforms, including advanced features like Multi-path IO (MPIO), and Failover Clustering. Storage solutions help businesses manage the challenges of consolidating storage in virtual environments and can improve storage utilization through value-added partner solutions leveraging storage virtualization, de-duplication, thin provisioning, and replication. Microsoft works with a wide range of solution partners to help ensure broad compatibility with storage infrastructure providers.

Microsoft virtualization storage solution key benefits:

  • Windows Server 2008 support for a wide range of storage hardware and software and advanced, cost saving technologies

  • Increased agility and quality of service in virtualized environment supporting high availability through Quick and Live Migration

  • Decreased operating expenses through reduced infrastructure and administration

Products and Capabilities for Solutions

Consolidate, simplify, and enhance your business IT by utilizing the following products:

Partner

Connect now with a partner to see how your business can be optimized by virtualization.

Case Studies

There’s much more to discover. For a relevant case study on this topic, visit:

Networking Solutions

A robust and integrated network infrastructure is critical for achieving the end-to-end benefits of virtualization—within and between datacenters. As applications are virtualized and businesses take advantage of new capabilities for high availability and disaster recovery, the network infrastructure needs to be more robust and intelligent to accommodate the Quick and Live Migrations.

Microsoft works with a broad range of network providers to deliver solutions that help IT Pros plan, deploy, and manage network infrastructure for virtual datacenters. Windows Server 2008 provides an excellent foundation to support virtualized networks delivering a range of capabilities such as Network Load Balancing and cluster support. Our network solutions also help address the cost and complexity of deploying and managing the network infrastructure for the virtualized datacenter.

In summary, Virtualization Networking Solutions are designed to help IT Pros realize these key benefits:

  • Reduced cost in redundant network infrastructure

  • Improved availability with infrastructure optimized for handling virtual workloads

  • Sophisticated performance and resource utilization through PRO

Products and Capabilities for Solutions

Consolidate, simplify, and enhance your business IT by utilizing the following products:

Partner

Connect now with a partner to see how your business can be optimized by virtualization.

Case Studies

There’s much more to discover. For a relevant case study on this topic, visit: