Reduce Cost and Complexity: Manageability
While final IT investment decisions are often driven by business cases, the reality is that the single largest cost area contributing to TCO is the manageability of the solution.

Better and easier manageability translates to time savings for you and cost savings for your organization.
“With Operations Manager 2007, we’re gaining a level of monitoring we never had before. We’re reaching out to more of the enterprise than we ever could do with our Linux software.”

—Robert Fort, CIO, Virgin Megastores USA
In that sense, identifying the platform that allows you to extend the capabilities of IT to meet the needs of your internal and external customers, while maintaining security and reliability, really is the business case.

Dynamic Systems Initiative
Dynamic Systems Initiative (DSI) is the Microsoft technology strategy for products and solutions that help businesses enhance the dynamic capability of their people, processes, and IT infrastructure using technology.
  • See how DSI can help organizations rapidly develop and deploy new systems and applications. Watch the Demo
  • Learn how the Microsoft Dynamic Systems Initiative helps organizations become more efficient via design for operations, knowledge-driven management, and a virtualized infrastructure. Read the White Paper.
Related Case Studies

Glu Mobile
Glu Mobile wanted a more powerful and flexible Web site that it could personalize easily. Rebuilding the site with the Linux and Java technologies on which it was based posed potential problems in terms of time-to-market, cost, and functionality.
Read the Case Study
London Borough of Newham
For the rapidly transforming London Borough of Newham, Windows Server offers improved identitfy management and administration over Linux-based alternatives.
Read the Case Study
C.R.I.S, Camera Services
C.R.I.S. Camera Services’ move from Linux to Windows provided a 75-percent reduction in IT administration effort and improved business efficiency.
Read the Case Study
Northrop Grumman
Windows Compute Cluster provides easier administration and better access to resources allowing engineers to complete projects up to 20 times faster than before.
Read the Case Study
Rackforce Networks
Fast-Growing Hosting Service Provider Centralizes and Simplifies Server Management.
Read the Case Study
Hands On

Configuring a Network Load Balancing Cluster
Compare steps needed to configure a pair of Windows Server 2003 R2 servers and a separate pair of CentOS 5.0 Linux servers to work as a network load balanced pair of web servers.
View the Windows Screencast
View the Linux Screencast
See DHCP server setup in Windows and Linux.
View the Windows Screencast
View the Linux Screencast
Configuring Apache and IIS
Set up a Web server on Windows and Linux.
View the Windows Screencast
View the Linux Screencast
TechNet Script Center
Visit the one-stop shop for all your Windows system administration scripting needs
Learn More

Windows Server 2003 Management
Get resources and best practices for securing Windows Server Active Directory installations.
Learn More

Test Drive Windows Server 2008 Beta 3
See how Windows Server 2008 provides more control, greater flexibility, and increased protection for your server infrastructure while reducing time and costs.
Evaluate the Public Beta
CIO Interview
Dan Pollack, Old Second National Bank:
“...we decided last year to migrate our network to an all Microsoft environment to take advantage of some of the efficiencies of that platform.”

Read the Interview