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Private cloud for education
Desktop management simplified
More secure access and identity

Private cloud for education

Education IT is not one size fits all. That’s why the Microsoft approach to cloud computing in education supports the real world of hybrid IT environments by providing cost-effective and deeply integrated products that give you the power of choice.

Enjoy better control, security, and customization

Get the benefits of public cloud computing—self-service, scalability, and elasticity—and the additional control, security, and customization your institution needs with Microsoft private cloud solutions for education, built on Microsoft Hyper-V Server 2008 and Microsoft System Center.

Pay a fraction of the cost

If you’re running Windows Server 2008 R2, you already have an enterprise class virtualization solution at a fraction of the cost of competing products, with Hyper-V and System Center built into the Windows Server platform.

Benefit from cross-platform support

Microsoft private cloud solutions support Windows-based and heterogeneous data center environments, allowing you to leverage your existing infrastructure investments and skills and helping to save you time and money.

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Desktop management simplified

Whether your institution chooses to manage desktops on-premises or in the cloud, Microsoft offers the desktop environment that scales to your 21st-century learning needs. Deliver personalized desktop experiences, help increase security and access, simplify management, and help reduce costs with Microsoft education desktop solutions.

Unify management

Unify IT operations into a single management solution with Microsoft System Center, and gain better insight and control over your client computers and devices.

Help reduce costs

Speed up device configuration and deployment, update machines remotely, and easily maintain inventory with the Windows 7 operating system and Microsoft Desktop Optimization Pack. Scale computer labs and applications across devices with Microsoft private cloud solutions.

Enable student access

Allow students and staff to easily connect Windows-based devices to institution resources without compromising security and manageability.

More secure access and identity

The need to provide virtually unlimited access to learning resources can mean greater vulnerability. Microsoft security solutions provide a security-enhanced, efficient technology infrastructure that helps protect your institution’s data while simplifying management.

Automate central identity management

With Microsoft Identity and Access Management, IT staff can automate the entire entity life cycle, apply policies across institutions and lower help costs with self-service management.

Technology in education: More secure access and identity

Get more secure portals

Simplify content management, provide document collaboration from any device, enforce policy-based restrictions, and help block dangerous content with Microsoft Forefront Protection for Microsoft SharePoint.

Apply permissions control

Give students and staff more secure remote access and a single sign-in to portals, applications and services with Microsoft Forefront Unified Gateway.