The Microsoft Application Platform provides proven, trusted solutions to keep mission-critical applications up and running. It equips the enterprise with availability, dependability, security, and scalability through a set of associated technologies: Microsoft Windows Server 2008; Microsoft SQL Server; Microsoft.NET Framework; and Microsoft System Center. These provide the enterprise with choice and control as they are able to support the organization’s hardware and software selections according to their specific decision parameters.
Microsoft partners are assisting enterprise customers worldwide with migrating to the Microsoft Application Platform and realizing significant benefits as compared to competing infrastructures. With assistance from Avanade, Dollar-Thrifty Auto Group migrated its mission-critical rental rate system to Microsoft SQL Server 2008 R2 Enterprise data management software. While enjoying significant technical benefits, the company also avoided spending U.S. $700,000 to upgrade their Oracle platform and achieved a 100 percent return on investment within one year–along with saving U.S. $135,000 in annual maintenance costsi.