John Kelbley Senior Technical Product Manager

What Is All the Fuss About? “Virtualization will be the highest-impact trend changing infrastructure and operations through 2012.” -Gartner, April 2008

More pressure than ever on IT… 20% New 80% Maintenance Business Results & New Value End-UserProductivity CustomerConnection Cost Reduction Competition Technology Change Regulatory Compliance Security Keep Business Up & Running

Virtualization and The Dynamic Data Center

PresentationVirtualization User State Virtualization ApplicationVirtualization DesktopVirtualization Virtualization 360 From the Datacenter to the Desktop ServerVirtualization

Virtualization 360 Simplified Server Virtualization = servers as Lego blocks Presentation Virtualization= desktops as Lego blocks Desktop Virtualization = desktops as Lego blocks Profile Virtualization = user data as Lego blocks Application Virtualization = applications as Lego blocks Virtualization Management= Mom packing up our toys (not just Lego brand stuff) for us Put the pieces together in ways that suit your requirements

Virtualization Benefits BasicDynamicStandardizedRationalized IncreaseAvailability EnableAgility Reduce Total Cost of Ownership Virtualization is just a tool, Not an end unto itself!

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Virtualization Resources  Microsoft Virtualization  Web:  Technet: us/virtualization/default.aspxhttp://technet.microsoft.com/en- us/virtualization/default.aspx  System Center Virtual Machine Manager  Web:  Hyper-V   Microsoft Application Virtualization (formerly SoftGrid)  Web:  Terminal Services  Blog:  Web:  Virtual PC 2007  Web: