Core IT Infrastructure, Simple Savvy...
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Core IT Infrastructure, Simple Savvy Savings
Phupa Akavipat
Microsoft Thailand Limited
April 24th 2009
Time Topics Related Technologies/Features
9:30-10:30 Simple Savvy Savings
Some interesting framework for
helping in IT planning strategy
10:30-10:45 Coffee Break
10:45-11:45 Make Better use of what you
already have:
Consolidating Servers with
Server virtualization.
How to better managing storage
Hyper-V
Disk Quota, File Screening
Volume Shadow Copies
11:45-13:00 Lunch Break
13:00-13:45 Standardize and simplify to reduce
IT management and support costs
Virtualized desktop applications
to reduce application
management costs
Simple Patch Management
Solution
Microsoft Application
Virtualization Technology
WSUS 3.0
Group Policy Preferences
2007 Office system
Administrative Template Files
13:45-14:45 Help Reduce unnecessary
business costs and waste with
Collaboration Solution
Windows SharePoint Services
Microsoft Office 2007
14:45-15:00 Coffee Break
15.00-16.00 Partner Session
16:00-16:30 Server Licensing: Some
knowledge you should know about
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Survey of 268 IT decision makers
75% says Overall Economy is having significant impact
on IT budget
50% indicating a decrease greater
than 10%
68% indicate that more budget cuts
are likely if the economy does not improve the first half of the year
Delay or cancel non-essential upgrade, 60%
Delay or cancel non-revenue generating
projects, 40%
Reduce IT Staff, 34%
Outsource to save, 27%
Reduce energy costs, 22%
IT Priorities for Cutting Costs
(% of total respondents)
Source:
1. Tech Target 2009 Priorities Survey
2. Alinean, Inc www.alinean.com.
Analyzing project returns, Mckinsey research
indicates that IT cost cuts of 15% can deliver 0.5%
to bottom-line profitability (EBIT), but successful
business investments can deliver much more.
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• Provides capability framework
to help you build an optimized
infrastructure (not Microsoft-
specific)
• Establishes a foundation based
on industry analyst, academic,
and consortium research
• Provides guidance and best
practices for step-by-step
implementation
• Drives cost reduction, security
and efficiency gains
• Enables agility
Application Platform Optimization Model
Business Intelligence
Enterprise Content Management
Collaboration
Unified Communications
Enterprise Search
Business Productivity Infrastructure Optimization Model
Development
SOA and Business Process
Business Intelligence
User Experience
Data Management
Data Protection and Recovery
Desktop, Device, and Server Mgmt
Identity and Access Management
Security and Networking
Core Infrastructure Optimization Model
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Stage characteristics
Dynamic
• Proactive
• OptimizingCosts and Quality
• Agile
• Self Assessingand ContinuousImprovement
• “Taking The Lead”
• Proactive
• Accountable
• Increased Monitoring
• Formal ChangeManagement
• SLA’s
• Improvement
• Predictability
• “Quality Driven”
Standardized
• Reactive
• Stable IT
• Request Driven
• Change Management and Planning
• “Keeping ItRunning”
Basic
• Reactive
• Ad hoc
• Problem-Driven
• “AvoidingDowntime”
Rationalized
Capabilities Overview
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Assessment
Engagement Solutions Workbook
http://www.microsoft.com/io
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• Native or bare-metal
• Hosted
Hypervisor Technology
Windows 2008 Std.,
Ent., or Datacenter
Editions
X64 bit Virtualization
Support Technology
Data Execution Prevention (DEP)
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Don’t forget the parent is a VM
Two physical network adapters at minimum
One for management
One (or more) for VM networking
Dedicated NIC(s) for iSCSI
Connect parent to back-end management network
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Hypervisor
Hardware
User mode
Kernel mode
User mode
Kernel mode
VMBus
VSP
User
application
Physical
device
Enlightened
virtual device
Hypervisor
Hardware
User mode
Kernel mode
User mode
Kernel mode
VSP
User
application
Physical
device
Virtual
device
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Server consolidation
Consolidation for
development and testing
environment
Legacy application re-
hosting
Simplify disaster and
recovery
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How to better manage storage
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CreateLead Qualified?
RetireLead
CreateOppt’y
CreateQuote Closed?
CompleteSale
Create Invoice
CRM ERP
Get specs from
customer
Validate specs with
Tech Sales
Estimate custom design
Cost out the
solution
Decide discount strategy
Assemble proposed response
Approve proposed response
UnstructuredWork
20% structured
80% unstructured
90% of unstructureddata is unmanaged
Volume of data isincreasing ~36%/year
Source: Doculabs
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Problems with plenty of potential solutions
Business Considerations
Some questions to help..Will consolidating help reduce capital costs?
Are storage problems slowing user access to important information?
What is the impact on our business if storages go offline?
What new storage services help?
Operational Considerations
Some questions to help…What is our company’s FTE per TB ratio?
What impact will moving the data have?
Are we effectively using available disk? How about tape usage?
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File Server Resource Manager
Disk Quota
File Screening
Storage Report Management
Shadow Copies of Shared Folders
Recover files that were accidentally deleted
Recover from accidentally overwriting file.
Compare versions of a file while working.
Storage Management
Shadow Copies of Shared Folders
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Best Practices for Desktop Optimization
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Advancing Core IO Maturity through Desktop Optimization Best Practices
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Rapidly packages
applications through
active watch technology
including execution
dependencies.
Delivers launch threshold of
application through dynamic
streaming protocol and caches
for repeat use. Supports
disconnected mode.
Applications delivered by highly
scalable infrastructure and
assigned by Active Directory.
Optional application license
enforcement.
Dynamically streaming software as a centrally managed service
Virtualized application icons will show in the desktop so users can run them (like what they’re used to).
Can further customized the icon or the All Programs folder
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No Client Footprint…OS will
remain clean!
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Some applications uses different run time environment that will have conflicts if used together
Example: Java not backward compatible
Conflicts between each applications due to Java versions
SoftGrid can “virtualize” the java versions to ensure that you can run both applications at the same time using the same machine
Support Legal Executives Designers N+ Groups
Users
Remedy
Clarify
Clearcase
Clearquest
Office XP
Access 97
Java
1.4.2_04
Documentum
Open Office
1.1.1
Abacus Law
Westlaw
Office XP
Shepards
Java 1.3.1_02
Java 1.4.2_04
Remedy
Clarify
Documentum
Office XP
SAP
Java 1.4.2_04
AutoCAD
2004
AutoCAD
2002
Prometric
DesignPro
Visio 2003
Project 2003
Java 1.4.2_04
Java 1.3.1_02
As needed
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Build Business
Continuity for
Applications
Simplify &
Accelerate App
and OS Migrations
Reduce Application
Management Costs
Enable
Roaming and
Free Seating
Reduce App
compatibility and
Testing
Reduce
Help Desk
Calls
Consolidate,
Standardize and
Stabilize Images
Consolidate
Terminal Services
Servers
Not all applications can be “virtualized”70% of desktop applications can easily be virtualized
20% may require advanced sequencing in order for it to be virtualized
10% maybe impossible to “virtualized” such as anti-virus, VPN client (i.e. applications that uses system specific drivers)
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PrerequisitesWindows 2003 SP1 or later
IIS6.0 or later
.NET framework 2.0
MMC 3.0
Microsoft Report Viewer
Microsoft Windows Server Update Services (WSUS)
http://www.microsoft.com/wsus
2007 Office system Administrative Template Files
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Collaboration
Platform
ServicesWorkspaces, Mgmt,
Security, Storage,
Topology, Site Model
Docs/tasks/calendars, blogs, wikis, e-mail integration,
project management “lite”, Outlook integration,
offline docs/lists
Business
Intelligence Collaboration
Search
PortalBusiness
Forms
Platform
ServicesWorkspaces, Mgmt,
Security, Storage,
Topology, Site Model
Content
Management
Server-based Excel spreadsheets and data
visualization, Report Center, BI Web Parts,
KPIs/Dashboards
Integrated document management, records
management, and Web content management with
policies and workflow
Rich and Web forms based front-
ends, LOB actions, enterprise
SSO
Docs/tasks/calendars, blogs, wikis, e-mail integration,
project management “lite”, Outlook integration,
offline docs/lists
Enterprise scalability,
contextual relevance, rich
people and business data search
Enterprise Portal template, Site Directory, My Sites, social networking,
privacy control
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Information Management Policies
The defined rules for auditing and retaining content.
Auditing
Create audit trails that record when an items is viewed, edited, checked out, moved or deleted.
Barcodes
Automatically associates a unique barcode with each document.
Expirations
Specify a document’s retention period based on a period of time after the document’s creation or last modified date.
Labels
Create a set of data that’s visible in the header of all documents subject to the policy.
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