This document discusses transformational trends in technology including big data, cloud computing, mobility, and intelligent apps. It promotes a cloud OS platform that provides scalable virtualization, high availability, simplified networking, security, automation, and management capabilities. Key benefits highlighted include ease of use, avoidance of vendor lock-in, reduced downtime through insights, and balance of control and compliance with ease of use. The cloud OS vision aims to provide a consistent platform spanning on-premises, service providers, and Windows Azure.

2. Transformational trends
data
explosion
compute
network
storage
Social
and the rise
of intelligent apps
Big data
and the explosion
of information
Cloud
and its
economic benefits
Mobility
and the
consumerization of IT

3. Modern platform for the world’s apps
Cloud OS

4.  Scalable and elastic virtualization
 High availability and disaster recovery
 Simplified networking
 Strong governance and compliance
 Server management and automation
All in the box!
 Easy IaaS
 Common virtualization, identity,
development, and management
 Migration without changing code
 Advanced PaaS environment
 Open Platform
 Avoiding vendor Lock-in
 Automation of IT process workflows
 Single pane of glass across
heterogeneous environments
 Reduced downtime with deep
application insight
 Management of any common
computing device
 Balancing ease-of-use with IT control
and compliance
Transforming Your Infrastructure
Scale and secure workloads with a dynamic, multitenant infrastructure
scalable & elastic always up, always on automated & self-serviceshared resources

5. Scenario capabilities
Windows Server 2012 Key Capabilities
Virtualization Storage
Web and application
platform
Management
and automation VDI Identity and accessNetworking
Technical capabilities
Improvements to virtualization, storage, VDI….and more!
“If we can reduce the time devoted to service availability, we can
focus more effort on innovation.… With Windows Server 2012, we
can be even more forward-thinking as an IT team.” Equifax

6. Management
and automationNetworking
Storage
Technical capabilities
Scenario capabilities
Windows Server 2012 Key Capabilities
Virtualization
Web and application
platform
VDI Identity and access
Improvements to virtualization, storage, VDI….and more!

7. Server Virtualization Benefits
VIRTUAL MACHINE
MOBILITY
Simultaneous live
migrations ease
management
burdens
Shared-nothing
live migration
enables live
migration between
clusters
CONTINUOUS
SERVICES
ISOLATION AND
MULTITENANCY
SCALE AND
PERFORMANCE
OPEN AND
EXTENSIBLE
Hyper-V Replica
permits replication
for business
continuity & failure
recovery
Network
Virtualization
supports
multitenancy and IP
portability
Resource
Metering shows
how many
resources each
tenant is using
Larger virtual
machines support
increased
workloads
Hardware
offloading offers
better performance
and scale
Open, extensible
switch helps
support security
and management
needs
Increased support
for Windows
PowerShell helps
increase
automation
Clustering
enhancements
increase availability
Many new features & enhancements at its core

8. Server Virtualization Benefits
VIRTUAL MACHINE
MOBILITY
Simultaneous live
migrations ease
management
burdens
Shared-nothing
live migration
enables live
migration between
clusters
CONTINUOUS
SERVICES
ISOLATION AND
MULTITENANCY
SCALE AND
PERFORMANCE
OPEN AND
EXTENSIBLE
Hyper-V Replica
permits replication
for business
continuity & failure
recovery
Network
Virtualization
supports
multitenancy and IP
portability
Resource
Metering shows
how many
resources each
tenant is using
Larger virtual
machines support
increased
workloads
Hardware
offloading offers
better performance
and scale
Open, extensible
switch helps
support security
and management
needs
Increased support
for Windows
PowerShell helps
increase
automation
Clustering
enhancements
increase availability
Many features & enhancements at its core

9. Windows Sever 2012 Hyper-V Is A Game Changer
Only Hyper-V allows the creation of VMs with up to 64 vCPU’s & 1TB
RAM
scalable & elastic always up, always on automated & self-serviceshared resources
System Resource
Windows Server
2012 Hyper-V
Improvement Factor from
WS 2008 R2
vSphere 5.1 Enterprise Plus
Host
Logical Processors 320 5x 160
Physical Memory 4TB 4x 2TB
Virtual CPUs per Host 2,048 4x 2,048
VM
Virtual CPUs per VM 64 16x 642
Memory per VM 1TB 16x 1TB
Active VMs per Host 1,024 2.7x 512
Guest NUMA Yes - Yes
Cluster
Maximum Nodes 64 4x 32
Maximum VMs 8,000 8x 3,000
1 Host physical memory is capped at 32GB thus maximum VM memory is also restricted to 32GB usage.
2 vSphere 5.1 Enterprise Plus is the only vSphere edition that supports 64 vCPUs.
Enterprise edition supports 32 vCPU per VM with all other editions supporting 8 vCPUs per VM
3 For clustering/high availability, customers must purchase vSphere
vSphere Hypervisor / vSphere 5.x Ent+ Information: http://www.vmware.com/pdf/vsphere5/r50/vsphere-50-configuration-maximums.pdf, https://www.vmware.com/files/pdf/techpaper/Whats-
New-VMware-vSphere-51-Platform-Technical-Whitepaper.pdf and http://www.vmware.com/products/vsphere-hypervisor/faq.html
“VMware has been very critical of Hyper-V, but
when we looked at the whole Microsoft cloud
solution from top to bottom, we saw that it better
aligned with the skill set of our staff, the
applications we were using, and the platforms we
were running.” Pella

10. Support for a
modern work
style
• Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI): simplified management and reduced cost of
implementations
• Optimized branch office wide area network (WAN) bandwidth use
• Ability for remote users to more securely access internal resources without a
virtual private network (VPN)
Cost savings and
increased
efficiencies
• Reduced storage costs with Storage Spaces and other storage enhancements
• Increased server/administrator ratio through Windows PowerShell and
multimachine management
• Increased uptime with Cluster-Aware Updating and transparent failover
Comprehensive
cloud platform
• Complete, built-in virtualization platform
• Enterprise-class scale and performance, so you can virtualize every application
• Ability to achieve business continuity with inbox disaster recovery solutions
• Best-in-class hybrid cloud experience with a common set of technologies

11. SERVICE
PROVIDER
ON
PREMISES
MICROSOFT
It’s All About the App
Cloud & Server Infrastructure Management
“Windows Azure eliminates
the need for us to manage IT
infrastructure, allowing us to
focus on developing software
that brings great new
functionality and benefits to
our customers.” PAR
Springer-Miller

12. Disaster
Recovery /
Business
Continuity
Create
Manage
Distribute
Analysis
App Dev &
Test
App
Migration
Mobile
Solving Business Challenges with Public Cloud
Windows Azure “We could realistically see revenue 10 percent higher than it would be if we
were on Amazon. That makes Windows Azure a huge booster of ROI.”
Socialblaze

14. • Move VMs from on-premises
to Azure, and vice-versa (OC, AC)
• Deploy VMs on Azure (AC)
• Leverage SPF integration (AC)
• Backup running workloads
onto Azure (DPM)
• Leverage outside-in view
of service health (OM, AC)
Realizing the Cloud OS Vision
System Center 2012 SP1
• Manage certs, end-point
URLs, subscription IDs (AC)

15. Empowering people-centric IT
Delivering a productive infrastructure, on your terms
personalized experience secure& well-managedany device, anywhere
VDI
“Between Windows Server 2012 and System
Center 2012, the overall management of our
environment will be greatly simplified.”
Marquette University

16. Customer
on
premises
Service
provider
Windows
Azure
Oneconsistent
platform
The Cloud OS
Modern platform for
the world’s apps
transforms the datacenter
enables modern apps
unlocks insights on any data
empowers people-centric IT
DEVELOPMENT MANAGEMENT IDENTITY VIRTUALIZATIONDATA