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With Microsoft server virtualization, you can cut your costs and reduce your environmental
impact by consolidating underutilized servers and minimizing the number of physical
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Like most agencies, yours is probably under pressure to
improve efficiency, reduce costs, and meet new expectations for accountability,
transparency, and compliance—all as you reduce your “environmental footprint.” You
can maximize the effectiveness of your existing technology investments and ”green”
your data center with a Microsoft virtualization solution.
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A virtualization solution helps you do more with less—less cost and less environmental
impact. A typical physical server in the data center, for example, operates at only
5 to 15 percent of CPU capacity. Using virtualization, you can consolidate your
agency's underemployed servers into a smaller number of fully utilized machines,
so running your data center is more efficient and cost effective. Owning and operating
fewer servers also helps to green your agency's IT: With virtualization, you use
less power, generate less heat, take up less space, and consume fewer materials.
In addition to reducing costs and consumption, Microsoft virtualization technology
helps your agency to:
- Manage the entire life cycle of the IT infrastructure from a single
console.
- Scale to growing demand and adapt to change.
- Support users across multiple locations and devices.
- Enhance security and reduce risk.
If your agency is subject to federal mandates, Microsoft virtualization technology can also help you:
- Comply with Federal Information Security Management Act (FISMA)
requirements.
- Help ensure availability and streamline disaster recovery to meet
Continuity of Operations (COOP) mandates.
With a Microsoft solution, virtualization isn’t an add-on. It’s an integral function
of the platform—it doesn’t cost extra, and it doesn’t require risky custom development.
It includes all core capabilities to:
- Dynamically deploy VM files based on load, policies, and available
resources.
- Administer both virtual and physical resources across the enterprise.
- Accelerate recovery with mirroring, remote management, and snapshot-based
backup.
- Automate replication, reconfiguration, and reallocation.
- Isolate critical or vulnerable workloads for security.
- Eliminate the proliferation of tools and skill sets needed to
support disparate systems.
You may already own and use one or more of the powerful tools included in System
Center tools and have seen the value this adds to your IT operations. With a Windows
Server 2008 virtualization solution, you can add Virtual Machine Manager to your
System Center tools to minimize training, help streamline overall IT management,
ensure uniform policy application, get your virtualization solution up and running
more quickly, and leverage your existing software, personnel, and IT management
processes. System Center Virtual Machine Manager 2008 provides a management solution
for the virtualized data center that helps you centralize management of IT infrastructure,
increase server utilization, and optimize resources dynamically across multiple
virtualization platforms, so you can get even more efficiency out of your data center.
Windows Server 2008 R2 introduces a new version of Hyper-V, with improvements for
creating dynamic virtual data centers, including:
- Increased availability for virtual data centers.
- Improved management of virtual data centers.
- Increased performance and hardware support for Hyper-V virtual
machines (VMs).
- Improved virtual networking performance.
- Simplified method for physical and virtual computer deployments.
When used alone, Hyper-V is typically used for server computer virtualization. When
Hyper-V is used in conjunction with Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI), Hyper-V
is used for client computer virtualization.
The key to successful virtualization is careful planning and systematic implementation.
Microsoft and its partners can help you align your virtualization strategy with
your agency’s requirements and then to guide you through every step of deployment.Contact one of the following Microsoft partners today to get started:
If it’s vital to government, it’s mission critical to Microsoft.
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The Microsoft partners listed below can help you implement server virtualization
solutions in your agency.
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is a leading provider of technology and service solutions for business, government,
and education. We help customers achieve their goals by providing them with the
technology advice and products they need – when they need them. CDW-G is a comprehensive
provider of Microsoft Core Infrastructure services and licensing solutions with
extensive implementation expertise, strong Microsoft relationships, and personal
customer service.
leverages Microsoft Windows as an innovation platform to add value to government
agencies with server virtualization solutions (Citrix XenServer), application virtualization
solutions (Citrix XenApp), and desktop virtualization solutions (Citrix XenDesktop).
Because we integrate our systems with Microsoft System Center, our comprehensive
server, application, and desktop virtualization solutions are interoperable and
easy to manage.
recognizes that every federal agency is different and has constructed solutions
to meet each of their unique technology needs and goals. Get your Microsoft software—from
core operating system to database to messaging—on Dell PowerEdge servers and EMC
storage. Dell can help you significantly lower TCO while optimizing performance
with Microsoft software and through low-cost, reliable, scalable, and standardized
hardware.
’s strengths start in International Organization for Standardization (ISO) certified
configuration lab, shine in deep expertise in Windows Server installation and integration,
and continue through asset disposal. Insight Public Sector server upgrades enable
Virtualization or consolidation efforts that consolidate and optimize server resources
and provide for greater security and continuity of operations, while helping you
achieve a more ecological and sustainable work environment. Contact Insight Public
Sector at 800.INSIGHT.
can assist you with your virtualization planning by discussing the solution offerings,
licensing solutions and implementation services to solve the needs of Federal Agencies
like yours! These capabilities result in improved total cost of ownership, increased
policy compliance, and license management to help maximize your software investment.
Microsoft Services helps customers maximize the potential of their Microsoft
technology investments. Through architecture, implementation, and support services,
customers receive a level of vision, expertise, and insight that only Microsoft
provides. Microsoft Services, together with key partners, understands agency requirements
and delivers results with direct access to the Microsoft teams that develop both
the products and future product direction. Contact
to talk with a services representative for federal, state, and local government
or for education.
Find a partner
Search for additional partners in the Microsoft Public Sector
Partner Solution MarketPlace, an easy resource for finding technology partners
that offer a broad range of products, services, and solutions based on Microsoft
technologies. The marketplace includes packaged software, solutions offerings, and
training from Microsoft Gold Certified Partners, Microsoft Certified Partners, and
registered members.
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