Microsoft in Education and Cloud Services
Steve Beswick
Senior Director
UK Education Group
To Realise the Potential of all Learners throughout the World
Grow the Economy and Build Capacity Inline with National Goals
Enable Jobs and Opportunities
Foster Local Innovation
Transform Education
Realise Potential
The Opportunity for Technology
Enabling Relevant, Personalised,
and Engaged Learning
Giving Teachers Greater Insight and More Time
Supporting Agile, Efficient and
Connected Education systems
Nurturing Powerful Communities of Learning
Extending the Reach of High-Quality Education to All
ParentHelp my child do well in school and be setup for success when she enters the working world
AdministratorGet the right people
the right info at the right time, at
the right cost
Microsoft Approach To Education
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StudentIt’s about getting things
done to have fun and to get ahead
Government EliteEducation is the key to building capacity in my country
EducatorI need help...they are
not engaged or interested, I’m
overwhelmed and I’m on
the hook for results
Institution
Why The Cloud in Education?
Version95, 98, 2000, 2003, 2007,
2010…
ManagementScaling for education
CostBuilding an affordable service
FlexibilityOnly pay for what I actually
use
InteroperabilityAvoiding getting locked in
Cloud ImpactREDUCED
MANAGEMENT
NEW ECONOMICS
INCREASED PRODUCTIVIT
Y
Pay for what you useLower and predictable costsShift from capital to operational costAccelerate speed of adoption
No patching, maintenanceFaster deploymentRobust multi-layered securityReliability and fault-tolerance
Latest software for usersInternet collaboration Anywhere accessInstant self-provisioning
“By 2012, 80% of Fortune 1000 enterprises will be using some cloud computing services, 20% of businesses will own no IT assets.”
“The bottom line: Early adopters are finding serious benefits, meaning that cloud computing is real and warrants your scrutiny as a new set of platforms for business applications.”
Scenarios for cloud computing
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Cloud Services or On-Premise
Microsoft is The Leader In Cloud Services!
ON-PREMISE
CLOUD SERVICES
Business AppsCollaborationCommunicationsProductivity Storage PlatformIdentity
Cloud Services Pedigree
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CLOUD SERVICES
TV/HOMEPC MOBILE
20M People On Xbox Live!500M Active Windows Live IDs!
369M People Using Hotmail!
Over 3B WW Queries Each Month!
Over 6M Songs In The Catalog
Over 600M Unique Users
Data CentersWorldwide Locations
Singapore
Hong Kong
Netherlands
Ireland
Washington
Virginia
Dublin Datacenter
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Online on July 2009 Cost $500 million 51,000 sq metre facility and growing EU Datacenter Best Practice Award
Winner Stand-alone Server Pods
Environmentally Sustainable Free Air-Cooling via Air-Side
Economization 50% less energy use vs. traditional
facilities 1% water use vs. traditional facilities 1.25 Power Usage Effectiveness
(PUE) 5.4 MegaWatts today, 22.2 MW for
future use Standards and Accrediation
ISO 27001:2005 Accreditation SAS 70 Type I and II Attestations
Windows Live Messenger
25GB online storage
10GB Exchange experience
No cost e-mail and collaboration services, co-branded
Microsoft Live@edu
Federation
IT Managed Self Managed
Office Live Workspaces
SharePoint for Live@edu
OfficeWeb Apps
Summary Microsoft is a long term investor in Education IT has an increasing role to play Prepare for the Cloud Services
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