Transcript Eric Watson Principal Group Program Manager Microsoft Corporation Agenda Introduction to the new Essential Business Server software Practical new ways to save costs Server Management and.

Eric Watson
Principal Group Program Manager
Microsoft Corporation
Agenda
Introduction to the new Essential Business
Server software
Practical new ways to save costs
Server Management and hardware costs through
consolidation
Optimizing administration tasks
Reducing IT overhead
Increasing end user productivity
Demos of new software
Yesterday…
Today…
Windows Essential Business Server: Product Details
 Setup & Migration
 Administration & Health
 Licensing Management
 Security & Access
Management Server
Messaging Server
• Windows Server® 2008
Standard technologies
• Microsoft® System
Center Essentials 2007
• Windows® SharePoint®
Services 3.0 compatible1
• Windows Server 2008
Standard technologies
• Microsoft® Exchange Server
2007 Standard Edition
• Microsoft® Forefront™
Security for Exchange
Server2
Security Server
• Windows Server 2008
Standard technologies
• Microsoft Exchange Server
2007 Standard Edition
• Microsoft® Forefront™ Threat
Management Gateway,
Medium Business Edition3
 Extensibility
Database Server
Includes everything from
the Standard, plus:
• Windows Server 2008
Standard4
• Microsoft® SQL Server®
2008 Standard5
Windows® Essential Business Server 2008 Standard
Windows® Essential Business Server 2008 Premium
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While Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 is not shipped with EBS 2008, a step as part of the setup process is provided to download Windows.
One-year Microsoft Forefront Security for Exchange Server subscription included in the product.
One-year Web Antimalware Subscription for Forefront Threat Management Gateway, Medium Business Edition included in product.
Windows Server 2003 R2 Standard is available as an alternative version in place of Windows Server 2008 Standard until December 31, 2009.
Microsoft SQL Server 2005 Standard is available as an alternative version in place of Microsoft SQL Server 2008 Standard until December 31, 2009.
Windows Essential Business Server
Ideal for businesses with fewer than
300 users/computers
Workload consolidation
Integrated deployment & management
Centralized IT core services management
Best practice configuration
Unique software for SMB
Unified remote access
Security
License management
Priced for SMB
Windows Essential Business Server 2008
EBS is a holistic approach to infrastructure for midsize companies
EBS can help you cut costs by
•Consolidating workloads
•Maximizing user productivity
•Optimizing administration tasks •Reducing IT overhead
For Air Botswana, Windows Essential Business Server brings increased competitiveness.
"I definitely see this new solution giving us a competitive advantage," explains Paul
Champane, IT Manager at Air Botswana. "Before, my team spent 80 percent of its time
on maintenance and firefighting—just keeping the infrastructure running. With Windows
Essential Business Server, I estimate that this will be reduced to 50 percent. That frees
up a significant amount of resources that can be used to focus on strategically growing
our business capabilities.“
-Paul Champane, IT Manager, Air Botswana
Consolidate Workloads
Windows Essential Business Server dramatically increases server density
Virtualization support provides further opportunity for even more
consolidation
Consolidate 15 roles onto 3 servers
Decrease maintenance, upgrade, and replacement costs
Save on power, cooling, and footprint
Power Consumption
Long-term savings with flexible, scalable solution
Comparison in BTU*
“We’ve reduced our technology management chores
by 50 percent with the move to Windows Essential
Business Server 2008. We’ve also reduced our server
count from 16 to 7 servers, which represents a huge
savings in ongoing maintenance work.”
-Tim Dreyling,
Information Systems Manager,
WASSER Studios
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12000
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8000
6000
4000
2000
0
Legacy
EBS
*As measured by EBS TAP customer
Consolidate Workloads
Multiple Server Configuration
Each physical server has Windows Server 2008 and Hyper-V
installed and one or more virtualized Windows EBS server
You can realize cost savings in the following areas:
Lower hardware
requirements
Repurpose existing hardware.
Redundancy
Place critical services on separate servers
Performance
Reduce disk latency by spreading disk reads
across servers
Backup and restore
More options and flexibility for data and system
backup.
Consolidate Workloads
Single Server Configuration
Run a virtualized instance of Windows EBS on a single
physical server.
Save costs with:
Lower hardware costs
Initial configuration
Backup and restore
Space and cooling
Only maintain one server
Windows Server 2008 and the Hyper-V role
are installed and configured only once.
Backup process that is simpler and demands fewer
resources.
Requires less rack space and less cooling.
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Mgt
security
Maximize User Productivity
Collaboration
• Collaborative
workspaces
• Shared calendar
• Workflow
management
Mobility
• Access data
anywhere,
anytime
• Files
• Contacts
• Calendar
Stability
• Built on a
trusted, secure
platform
• Increased
performance
from best
practice
configuration
"We have long been in the business of collaboration, but Windows Essential Business Server 2008 has
freed us to spend more time in collaborative customer efforts. We have probably realized 12 more
hours of billable time each week.”
-Tim Dreyling, Information Systems Manager, WASSER Studios
Remote Web Workplace
Two interfaces:
• Users have full access to:
• E-mail
• Calendars
• Intranet portal (Companyweb)
• Computer desktops
• Single Sign-On experience
• Self-service password change
Administrators
• Same access as users
• Connect to Server
• Links to administrative tools
Optimize Administration
EBS Administration Console
Single Unified View
More Secure
Best Practices
Extensible
Administrative Tasks Using the Console
Optimize Administration
Simplified Management
Health Management
• At-a-glance status updates
• Weekly and customizable reporting
• Simple update deployment
License Management
• Centralized license management system
• Easily reassign licenses or disable accounts
User Management
• Wizards simplify adding new users
• Remote Assistance saves time spent
troubleshooting user computers
“Because we have immediate
access to event logs, we can
spot issues early and avoid
costly server problems,”
explains Tom Goddard,
Director of Information
Technology for Lee Company.
“A typical server issue involves
anywhere from 10 to 250
users and 30 to 45 minutes of
downtime for that particular
service. So the savings in
terms of increased reliability
are significant.”
-Tom Goddard,
Director of Information
Technology, Lee Company
Windows EBS Administration Console
Navigation tabs
Results pane
Tasks
Pane
Details pane
Reducing Desktop Support Costs
Application
Deployment
• Light Touch on client PCs
• Custom applications
• Add/Remove Programs integration
Remote
Support for
Desktops
• Remote Assistance functionality
enabled by default
• Admin integration to enable rapid
connectivity
Desktop
Monitoring and
Reporting
Software
Updates
• Monitor health of systems
• Update status
• Error log monitoring
• Remedial action in many alerts
• Out of box setup of software
update infrastructure
• Reduce environment exposure to
un-patched vulnerabilities
“We used to spend 15 hours a month doing
software upgrades,” he notes. “Over time, this
will go down to 3 hours a month. Software
patches could take one full day each week; with
Windows Essential Business Server this is down
to 2 hours a week. That alone saves us $11,000
per year.”
-Tom Goddard, Director of Information
Technology, Lee Company
“We’re now able to proactively and remotely
take care of patch management and software
deployment, saving a great amount of time.
Windows Essential Business Server enables us to
integrate our line-of-business applications—our
accounting system, revenue management
system, and help desk system. This integration
will result in significant cost savings and
efficiency gains.”
-Paul Champane, IT Manager, Air Botswana
Windows Essential Business Server is allowing
Vineyard Music Productions to save
administrative costs now and increase those
saving as it grow. “Currently, Windows Essential
Business Server is saving us at least $50,000 a
year in reduced costs.”
-Bryan Lubeck, owner,
Vineyard Music Productions
Administrative Tasks Using the Console
Remotely
Manage services
Configure security
Gather server data
Run hardware
inventory report
Management Impact on Cost
PCs managed by Group Policy save
on average $120/user/year
A single directory for
authentication saved
$120/user/year
Automated user provisioning
saved $50/user/year
A 200-user organization could save $58,000/year
System Center Essentials Monitoring
Review state and alerts
Health Explorer
Resolve alerts
Close critical alerts
Moving to a best practices environment
“We knew we needed to upgrade out messaging infrastructure, our server operating
system, our connectivity, and our remote services. Windows Essential Business Server
not only brings all of that together in one efficient package, but it allowed us to
accomplish our infrastructure upgrade at least three months faster than if we had to
upgrade all the components individually.”
Tom Goddard, Director of Information Technology, Lee Company
Today’s IT solutions are highly
integrated, and often designed for
enterprise IT expertise
EBS provides simple tools to get
you to a best practice, integrated
solution
Greatly reduced time and cost
Setup time often dwarfs cost of
Hardware and software
Costs of maintaining a misconfigured
network are extremely high
Prepare
Plan
Deploy
Preparation
Windows Essential Business Server Preparation Wizard performs
over 100 infrastructure health checks
DNS configuration
Orphaned records
AD health
Convergence/replication testing
(SYSVOL)
Integration mismatches
Broken delegation
Orphaned records
Network connectivity problems
Ghost NICs
Binding order (TIP: Internal network MUST be on first NIC)
169.254.x.x addressing (automatic private IP)
Exchange Health Checks
Installation Process
Windows Essential Business Server (EBS)
automates many of the installation and
configuration tasks that you usually must
perform manually when you install servers.
The installation process consists of three
phases:
1. Make physical connections and prepare the
existing environment
2. Install EBS on all three servers
3. Complete configuration and migration tasks
Deployment
Messaging Server
Security Server
Management Server
60% of operational issues come from incorrect setup
Since deployment is only done once, there is no need
for customers or partners to become experts
EBS combines best practice guidance for mid-size
businesses
Planning, Preparation, and Installation
Savings
You can deploy Windows EBS in less than half the time of a typical server deployment.
Windows EBS Deployment
Typical Server Deployment
Item
Est. Cost
Item
Est. Cost
Planning
2-4 weeks
Planning
1-2 weeks
Remediation
2-8 weeks
Remediation
1-4 weeks
Deployment
1-4 weeks
Deployment
1-2 weeks
Best Practices
deployment
1-4 weeks
Best Practices
deployment
Included
Testing
1-4 weeks
Testing
1-2 weeks
Documentation
1-2 weeks
Documentation
Included
Total
8-26 weeks
Total
4 – 10 weeks
“We knew we needed to upgrade our messaging infrastructure, our server operating system,
our connectivity, and our remote services. Windows Essential Business Server… allowed us to
accomplish our infrastructure upgrade at least three months faster than if we had to upgrade
all the components individually.”
-Tom Goddard, Director of Information Technology, Lee Company
Planning and Preparation
Windows EBS Installation
Planning wizard helps with
tough decisions
Setup cross references all
user inputs
129 screens across 5
applications  28 screens
in 1 integrated wizard
Windows EBS Installation Wizard
Checks the existing environment for potential compatibility issues
Assists making required changes to the existing environment
Installs Windows Essential Business Server sequentially on three servers
Performs initial configuration that:
• Joins Active Directory Domain Services domain or creates a
new Active Directory Domain Services forest and domain
• Establishes Internet access
• Downloads the latest security updates
• Secures servers running Windows Essential Business Server
Summary
Windows Essential Business Server 2008 can help
you reduce costs by:
Maximizing
user
productivity
Optimizing
administration
tasks
Consolidating
workloads
Reducing IT
overhead
Track Resources
Free Environment Preparation (and cleaning) Tool
http://www.microsoft.com/ebs/en/us/preparation.aspx
Official Essential Business Server Site
http://microsoft.com/ebs
Product team blog (marketing and technical posts)
http://blogs.technet.com/essentialbusinessserver
Windows EBS TechNet Library
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc514031.aspx
WESS webcasts for Partners
https://training.partner.microsoft.com/plc/search_adv.aspx?ssid=2ff59e1b-42b9-4802-afc1-a02fb3d5eca3
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