More and more companies are using virtualization to deploy server applications like Microsoft® SQL Server®, Microsoft Exchange Server, and Microsoft Office SharePoint® Server as well as packaged and custom Line of Business (LOB) applications. These customers can recognize significant benefits including increased resource utilization, enhanced business continuity, and a more efficient management solution. Microsoft Virtualization provides the best choice for virtualizing Microsoft server applications with recommended deployment scenarios that increase deployment options with one-stop support and offer a complete management solution at a competitively low cost. Microsoft Virtualization solutions help place your company on the leading edge of technology Microsoft Server Applications Virtualization for Microsoft Server Applications Key Benefits with Microsoft Virtualization Microsoft Server Applications Built for Windows® The built-in architecture of Windows Server® 2008 R2 with Hyper-V™ means there is no need for an additional hypervisor purchase and you also benefit from one- stop support. Features from server applications and Windows server together help provide increased deployment options. Additionally, our broad network of experienced Microsoft partners can provide support by rapidly responding to your diverse business needs. Complete Management Solution Microsoft Virtualization offers you a complete end-to-end management solution. It enables you to optimize your assets, and centrally monitor and manage all of your physical and virtual resources across multiple hypervisors from the hardware to the application level. With Microsoft® System Center, you will have the ability to patch and deploy your applications with System Center Configuration Manager and access best practices and deep knowledge through System Center Operations Manager management packs. Additionally, System Center delivers a backup and recovery solution with System Center Data Protection Manager and dynamic management of virtualized infrastructure through System Center Virtual Machine Manager and Performance and Resource Optimization (PRO) packs. Low Cost Complete Solution Because a comparable virtualization solution can cost up to six times more than Microsoft Virtualization*, organizations worldwide are using Microsoft Virtualization to help reduce costs and deliver greater value. You can simplify your IT infrastructure and processes, resulting in lower ongoing costs by saving on space, power, and resources. Microsoft also offers virtualization-friendly licensing specifically designed for your virtualization needs, allowing you to move virtualized applications to a different server when you require without licensing restrictions. *Based on a comparison of Microsoft® System Center Server Management Suite Datacenter with VMware’s vSphere Enterprise Plus with VMware vCenter Server. Assumes a five host configuration, 2 processors on each host, 2 years support costs for both products, and no operating system costs included. The Microsoft solution can use either the free Microsoft Hyper-V Server 2008 R2 hypervisor or an existing Windows Server 2008 R2 hypervisor. Based on Microsoft estimated retail prices and published VMware prices available at https://www.vmware.com/vmwarestore as of 08/04/2009 for purchases in the United States. Actual reseller prices may vary. Microsoft Virtualization — the best choice for your Microsoft server applications Microsoft Server Applications Microsoft Virtualization Products “Hyper-V on one Sun Fire x64 server supported Exchange Server 2007 and Microsoft Dynamics CRM, an environment that typically requires 16 servers. With this kind of performance, there’s no doubt that Hyper-V is enterprise ready.” Patrick Cimprich, Chief Architect of Enterprise Technology Solutions Avanade