Why Windows 8?

Presented By:

Jarrod Roark

Bennett Adelson Consulting

Transformational Trends

Increasingly Demanding Needs

95%

of IT budgets is spent

maintaining inflexible & siloed

data center equipment

cloud

millennials enter the workforce each year

of organizations have a

remote workforce

So Why Windows 8?

Availability Simplicity

Scalability

Cost-

effectiveness

Availability Means Better Server Core

Source: http://blogs.technet.com/b/windowsserver/archive/2012/03/20/building-an-optimized-private-cloud-using-windows-server-8-server-core.aspx

Availability Means Less Reboots

• Source: http://blogs.technet.com/b/windowsserver/archive/2012/03/20/building-an-optimized-private-cloud-using-windows-server-8-server-core.aspx

Availability Means having the tools you

need when you need them

– Direct Access client

– Windows to Go

– BrancheCache

– App store model for metro apps

Simplicity Means Revisiting Some Basic

Concepts

• “A Bold Reimagining”

– Tablet/Slate

– Touch

– ARM Platforms

– Cloud is First-Class Citizen

Development Management Virtualization

Simplicity Means A Single View of Physical, Virtual, and

Public and Private Clouds

PRIVATE

PUBLIC

Identity

Traditional

Data Center

Highly Virtualized

Data Center

Scalability Means You Can Use More

• Higher Resource Limits

– Logical Processors - 640 (256 with Windows

Server 2008 R2)

– Memory - 4TB (2TB with Windows Server 2008

R2)

– Number of hosts in a Failover Cluster - 63 (16 in

Windows Server 2008 R2)

– Maximum boot volume size – 256 TB (2TB with

Windows Server 2008 R2)

Cost-Effectiveness Means More For Your

Money

• Hyper-V Does More In the Box

– Live Migration

– Private/Public Cloud Migration

– Included in free Hyper-V Server

– Reference sample:

• SQL Server Supported on Core, Including

Express

• Across the board, value is a selling point

Maximize your cloud capacity with unlimited

virtualization

Deliver a consistent model that is easier

to manage

Cost Effectiveness Means Predictable, Simple

Budgeting and Spending

Private Cloud with 500 VMs @ 4GB each

At 15 VMs per

processor,

Microsoft Private

Cloud solution is

1/16th the cost of a

comparable VMware

Private Cloud

solution

Using vCOPS

Enterprise Plus

$3,241

$4,423

$5,606

$6,788K

$425 $425 $425 $425K

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VM Density (VM per physical processor)

VMware CIS + vCOPS + vFabric APM +Windows Server

2008 R2 Datacenter

16X

7.6X

Security

• Direct Access – Already discussed

– More manageability and insight into the desktop

– Windows Memory Management

• App Store and Application Management

• Dynamic Access Control

When and where does Windows 8 make sense

• Windows 8 is not for everyone

• BUT!

– If your are running Windows XP or older

– If you have a highly mobile work

– If you want consistent look and feel across all

corporate devices

I want it now what?

• Start with server features

– Huge benefits and cost savings can be had right

out of the box.

• Hyper-V

• DirectAccess

• Dynamic Access Control

Path for desktop deployment

• Avoid rollout to entire organization early on

• Get Windows 8 into the hands of the helpdesk and developers

• Allow early adopters to opt into the program – Consider Windows to Go

– Look at new hardware (like touch mouse to improve user experience)

• Tablets and mobile devices are a quick win

• Define pockets of users where Windows 8 is a fit. – Mobile users, Customer facing employees

Thank You

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Jarrod Roark – Director of Advanced Infrastructure

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