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Cloud Drivers

Agility Focus Economics

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The Public Cloud

Extreme Standardization

SLA-Driven Architecture

Process Maturity

Delegation & Control

Microsoft’s Public Cloud Learning

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The Public Cloud

The Private Cloud

Microsoft’s Public Cloud Learning

Beyond Virtualization

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Cloud Optimize Your ITwith Windows Server 2012 Modern

Workstyle, Enabled

Every App, Any Cloud


The Power of Many Servers, The Simplicity

of One

Business Drivers

• Deploy flexible and dynamic

infrastructure

• Ensure data protection and

management

• Control cost and improve efficiency

• Create new sources of revenue

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Windows Server “8” offers a dynamic, multitenant infrastructure that goes beyond virtualization to provide maximum flexibility for delivering and connecting to cloud services.

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Complete Virtualization Platform

Build your private cloud, offer private cloud services, or securely connect to public cloud services


Increased Scalability and Performance

Connect to Cloud Services

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• Multitenant security and isolation

• Scale beyond VLANs with Hyper-V Network Virtualization

• Quality of Service

Complete Virtualization Platform


Delivering a fully isolated,

multitenant environment

that includes tools to

guarantee SLAs, enable

chargebacks, and support

self-service delivery

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• Hyper-V host scale and scale-up workload support

• Offloaded Data Transfer support in Hyper-V

• Virtual Fiber Channel support in Hyper-V

Increased Scalability and Performance


Delivering a high-density,

scalable environment that

can be adapted to

perform at the optimum

level based on customer

needs

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• Cross-premises network and identity technologies

• Hyper-V Replica

• Online Backup

Connect to Cloud Services


Common identity,

management and

networking technologies

for secure and reliable

cross-premises

connectivity

Business Drivers

• Minimize costs

• Maximize operational efficiency and

agility

• Maximize application and service

availability

• Minimize impact of failures

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The Power of Many Servers, The Simplicity of One

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Windows Server "8" offers the best economics by integrating a highly available and easy-to-manage multiserver platform with breakthrough efficiency and ubiquitous automation.

The efficient, continuously available, and manageable server platform

Continuous Availability

Cost Efficiency

Management Efficiency


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• Network availability with Windows NIC Teaming

• Virtual machine live storage migration

• Transparent failover

Continuous Availability

Providing affordable

service uptime designed

to protect your

environment and

transparently withstand

failures


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• High-performance, continuously available storage

• Storage Spaces

• Support for thin provisioning

Cost Efficiency

Leveraging commodity

storage, networking and server

infrastructure as well as

increased power efficiency for

superior acquisition and

operating economics


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• Multiserver management and feature deployment with Server Manager

• Resilient and simplified automation with Windows PowerShell 3.0

Management Efficiency

Broader automation of

common management

tasks and a path toward

full lights-out automation


Business Drivers

• Operate across premises

• Scale on-demand

• Manage proliferation of web

applications

• Leverage existing investments

• Reuse development skills and training

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Windows Server "8" is a broad, scalable and elastic application platform that gives you the flexibility to build and deploy applications on-premises, in the cloud, and in a hybrid environment, using a consistent set of tools and frameworks.

An open application and web platform for the datacenter and the cloud


Flexible

Scalable & Elastic

Open

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• Programming symmetry on-premises and in the cloud

• Common development tools

• Enabling hybrid applications

Flexible


Enables symmetrical and

hybrid applications

between the datacenter

and the cloud

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• In-memory distributed caching

• Pub/sub messaging, integration and workflow

• Multi-tenant high-density web sites

Scalable and Elastic

Provides frameworks,

services and tools to increase

scalability and elasticity for

multi-tenant-enabled

applications and web sites


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• Multi-languages support

• Open source software support:

• Support for HTML5 and WebSocket protocol

Open

Enables mission-critical

applications and enhanced

support for open

standards, open source

applications and various

development languages


Business Drivers

• Enable mobility and anywhere

access

• Allow for new, broad choices in

devices

• Provide consistent user experiences

• Ensure compliance and security

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Modern Workstyle, Enabled

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Windows Server "8" empowers IT to provide users with flexible access to data and applications on virtually any device, anywhere, with a rich user experience, while simplifying management and maintaining security, control, and compliance.

Secure your users’ access to their personalized work environment from virtually anywhere on any device

Access Virtually Anywhere, Any Device

Full Windows Experience

Enhanced Security & Compliance


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• Remote Access

• Remote Desktop Services

• BranchCache

Enables seamless, always-on

access to a virtualized work

environment from virtually

anywhere, including branch

locations and public

connectivity services


Access virtually anywhere, any device

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• RemoteFX for WAN

• User Profile Disk

• USB support for RDS sessions

Enables a personalized and

rich user experience from

virtually any device while

adapting to different

network conditions quickly

and responsively


Full Windows experience

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• Central access policies to apply safety net policies

• Central audit policies for compliance reporting and forensic analysis

• Automatic Rights Management Services (RMS) encryption for sensitive documents

Offers granular access to data

and corporate resources based

on strong identity and device

security status, as well as

simplified configuration and

administration for remote

access


Enhanced data security and compliance

Cloud optimize your IT with Windows Server "8"

Scale and secure workloads, cost-effectively build a private cloud, and securely connect to cloud services

Efficiently manage infrastructure while maximizing uptime and minimizing failures and downtime

Build on an open and scalable web platform that supports cross-premises applications

Support a mobile and flexible workstyle





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Why Windows Server "8"?

Dynamic, efficient

platform for private cloud computing

Built for the future, while supporting

today’s business needs

Allows IT organizations to leverage

and optimize existing

investments

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What People are Saying

“Microsoft has grasped the fundamental truth about the transition to cloud.”Richard Fichera - Forrester Research

“Server 8 Benefits from Lessons Learned With Azure…Microsoft’s experience running Azure played heavily into the new server's

design.”Andy Patrizio - Network World

Windows Server "8": “Takes your breath away…Features will be a boon for enterprises creating private

clouds.”Jonathan Hassel - Computerworld

“Nothing from Microsoft, and I mean literally nothing has ever been this ambitious.”Jason Perlow - ZDNet

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Download the Windows Server “8” Beta

Learn more about Windows Server “8” and the Microsoft Private Cloud

Work with a Microsoft representative to evaluate your infrastructure needs and proof of concept opportunities

Next Steps

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