Ready to optimize, simplify, and save - at a fraction of the cost of VMware?*
Save big on integrated physical
and virtual server management.
Now you can get Microsoft® System Center Essentials 2007 and
Microsoft System Center Virtual Machine Manager 2008 Workgroup Edition at 37% off!**
Lower cost is just the beginning.
Microsoft virtualization solutions do more than save you money—much more. With greater capabilities and better overall value than VMware’s comparable solution*, Microsoft virtualization can help you cut IT costs and complexity, reduce downtime, and protect sensitive business data. And as if that weren’t enough, here are a few more reasons Microsoft virtualization is the sensible choice:
Microsoft is the platform you know.
- With the number of workloads running today on the Windows operating system, Windows® Server is a platform your IT staff is probably already familiar with.
Microsoft virtualization solutions make sense.
- Microsoft server solutions help you extend your existing IT investments while strengthening your infrastructure.
End-to-end, multi-hypervisor management.
- Customers need a single, integrated physical and virtual management toolset for both Hyper-V and ESX/ESXi through Microsoft System Center.
MICROSOFT VIRTUALIZATION AND MANAGEMENT SOLUTIONS:
*Based on a server virtualization comparison of Microsoft System Center Server Management Suite Datacenter with VMware’s vSphere Enterprise Plus with VMware vCenter Server. Cost comparisons assume a five-host configuration, two processors on each host, two years of support costs for both products, and no operating system costs included. Based on Microsoft estimated retail prices and published VMware prices available at https://www.vmware.com/vmwarestore as of August 4, 2009, for purchases in the United States. Actual reseller prices may vary.
**This promotion is subject to the following terms and conditions, and all participants acknowledge and agree to be bound by these terms and conditions.
Promotion Description: Customers entering a new Open Value (OVL) Agreement or Open License Agreement with Software Assurance (OL+SA) are entitled to purchase System Center Essentials 2007 and System Center Virtual Machine Manager 2008 Workgroup Edition at an effective 37% discount.***
***(Calculated with System Center Essentials 2007 and System Center Virtual Machine Manager Workgroup Edition, each discounted 55% when purchased with two-year SA.)
Promotion Eligibility: All Open License Agreement customers are eligible. All Open Value License Agreement customers are eligible.
Promotion Duration: This offer commences at midnight Pacific Time on October 1, 2009, and all purchases must be made by 11:59 P.M. Pacific Time on May 31, 2010, at which time the offer ends. After OVL Agreement acquired during the promotion period has expired (in 3 years), regular pricing will apply to the new OVL Agreement. After OL+SA Agreement acquired during the promotion period has expired (in 2 years), regular pricing will apply to the new OL Agreement.
Product Details: Eligible participants have the opportunity to purchase from
participating authorized resellers or your local Microsoft representative the following
perpetual license for the following software:
1. System Center Essentials 2007
2. System Center Virtual Machine Manager Workgroup Edition
Please contact your Microsoft representative if you are interested in acquiring the Microsoft Office Professional Plus 2007 stand-alone component applications at proportional discounts during this promotion through an OL+SA or OVL Agreement.
Promoter:
The promoter of this program is Microsoft Corporation, One Microsoft Way, Redmond,
WA 98052.
Microsoft reserves the right to terminate this promotion at any time.
