Windows Server 2012 R2: Your Path to the Modern Business

Windows Server 2012 R2

ModernBiz

ModernBiz: Your path to the Modern BusinessWindows Server overviewKey business solutions

• GetthemostoutofyourITinvestment• Bepreparedfortheunexpected• Getscalablestoragewithoutspendingafortune• Enableremoteaccesswhileprotectingbusinessdata

Why pay more?A great time to modernize your serverGet started

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ModernBiz

Chooseyourownpathtomodern,withflexible,familiar,andtrustedsolutionsforyourbusiness—desktoptomobile,servertocloud.

Connect with customers

Grow efficiently

Safeguard your business

Business anywhere

Increaseyoursales

Getthemostoutofyour

technology

Bepreparedforthe

unexpected

Protectandcontrolyourdata

Worktogethereasily

Getyourworkdoneanywhere

Understandyour

customer

ModernBiz

Adapttochange

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ModernBiz

WindowsServer2012R2helpsenablethemodernbusinessacrossarangeofsolutionareas.

Getthemostoutofyourserverhardware,andwhenready,easily

extendtothecloudIncreaseyoursales

Getthemostoutofyour

technology

Bepreparedforthe

unexpected

Protectandcontrolyourdata

Worktogethereasily

Getyourworkdoneanywhere

Understandyour

customer

ModernBiz

Adapttochange Getscalablestorage

without spendingafortune

Know yourbusiness canbebackupandrunning inminutes

Enableremoteaccesstoon-site

business applicationslikeCRM,HR,oraccounting

Keepbusiness dataprotected,evenwhenmobiledevicesgomissing

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Windows Server 2012 R2

The server platform for the modern business. AsakeypartoftheMicrosofthybridITvision,WindowsServer2012R2providessmallandmidsizebusinessesastrongfoundationfortodayandaplatformtogrowinthefuture.

Are you getting the most out of your IT investment?

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Increaseduseofemailandapplications

Newsoftwarepackages(CRM,accounting)

Addedfilestoragefornewprojects

Supportforcustomerservicedemands

Youneedtogetthemostvaluefromeveryinvestmentyoumake…

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As your company grows, so does your IT spending

Growthforusmeansmoreemployees,moreemailandfilestorage…moreITinvestment.

Mostbusinessestodayuseonlyafractionoftheirservercapacity.

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Use software innovation to get the most out of your hardware 12% 20%17%

12% 20%17%

Virtualization can help you:• Runmoreappsonthesameserver• Cuthardwarecostsandpowerbills• ImproveITefficiencyandresponsiveness

VMwarechargesforvirtualization.WhenyoubuyWindowsServer2012R2,virtualizationisbuilt-inatnoextracost.Clickhere tojumptoaslideintheappendixwithmoretechnicalinformationonthissolution.

Printing firm achieves significant ROI with a single IT investmentTodeployanewapplicationthatwouldenablecustomerstosubmit, review,andmonitor jobsonline,ClarkeMurphyPrinthadtoupdatetheirtechnology.

TheirMicrosoftpartner, XCentral,helped themupgrade tothelatestMicrosoft technologyacrossdesktop, server,mobile,andcloud– inabout10hours– withminimalend-usertrainingrequired.

The result: Employees are 30-40% more productive with Windows 8. Sales conversions have increased 20% thanks to faster service and new online capabilities.

Get the most out of your technology

“Ifwehadn’tpartneredwithXCentralandupgradedtothelatestMicrosofttechnology,thisbusinessmodelshiftwouldnothavebeenpossible.”BennMurphy,Director,ClarkeMurphy Print

Gainedscalabilityviabuilt-invirtualizationwithHyper-VandseamlessexpansiontoMicrosoftAzure

Deployedbusiness-criticalapplicationsandenhancedmobileaccess– allwithasingle, integratedsolution

Minimized trainingcoststhankstointuitiveandfamiliaruserexperience

40employees|Printing|www.clarkemurphyprint.com.au

Is your business prepared for the unexpected?

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Ifyoursystemsgodown,youcanlosedeals,youcanlosecustomers-youcanloseyourbusiness.

Thehighpriceoftraditionaldisasterrecoverysolutionscanleavesmallandmidsizebusinessesstranded…

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40% of businesses hit by a disaster never reopen1

1 FederalEmergencyManagementAgency,fema.gov

Getyourbusinessbackupandrunninginminutes

PeaceofMind

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Know that you’re open for business, even if disaster strikes

WithWindowsServer2012R2,yourservercanautomaticallyreplicateasoftenasevery30seconds

Built-intoWindowsServer2012R2

OnlyincludedinpremiumversionsofVMware

Clickhere tojumptoaslideintheappendixwithmoretechnicalinformationonthissolution.

Legal firm sails through Hurricane Sandy with Windows ServerITattheLawOfficesofAaron I.Katsman couldn’tkeepupwiththefirm’sgrowth.Slowperformanceandtheneedtofrequently restartserverssignificantly reducedproductivity.

MicrosoftpartnerWorkITsafedeployedWindowsServer2012,usingHyper-Vtocreatevirtualserversanddesktopcomputers.Theysetupautomaticbackupandfailovercapabilitiestoguardagainstdisaster.

Theresult:DuringHurricaneSandy,employeesservedcustomersfromhome–withoutevenrealizingtheywereusingthefailoversystem.

“Ourcomputersareourlifeline.WhenHurricaneSandyhit,Hyper-VReplicasavedourbusiness.”AaronI.Katsman,Owner,LawOfficesofAaronI.Katsman

Delivereduninterrupted customerservicedespiteanaturaldisasterthatcouldhaveimpactedbusinesscontinuity

IncreasedITagilityandreducedcostswithvirtualserversdesktopsrunning onconsolidatedhardware

Gainedtimetofocusongrowing thebusinessbyreducing IThasslesandimproving systemperformance

30employees|Law|www.katsmanlaw.com Be prepared for the unexpected

ProtectyourfilesANDminimizebusinessdisruption• Keepareplicaofyourentireserverandkeepitupdatedfrequently

• Getyourapplicationsandservicesbackupandrunninginminutes

Protectyourfilesquicklyandsimply–thefirstlineofdefense• Savecopiesofyourfilestoasecondlocation

• Quicklyrestoreyourfileswhenaccidentallydeletedorlost

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Backup vs. Disaster Recovery: What’s the Difference?

Together,twocomplementarylayersofprotectionforyourbusiness

Disaster RecoveryBackup

Do you need to buy storage… again?

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Today’s work involves all kinds of data - storing it should be easy

Storagesolutionsaretooexpensiveformostsmall&midsizebusinesses

Gettingthespacetostoreyourdataofteninvolveslongwaitsanddowntime

An explosion of data in the workplace• Spreadsheets• Presentations• Photosandvideos• Customerdata

Built-intoWindowsServer2012R2atnoextracost

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Get as much storage asyou need, fast, and without spending a fortune

Knowyouremployeeshavethedatastoragetheyneed,whentheyneedit…withoutspendingafortuneforexpensivesolutions

Clickhere tojumptoaslideintheappendixwithmoretechnicalinformationonthissolution.

Did your business data just walk out the door?

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The challenge istoenableyourpeopletobeproductiveanywhere,whilemaintainingthepeaceofmindthatyourdataisprotected.

Your employees need to access on-site applications from remote locationsRemote PCs & Devices On-Site Applications

AccountingCRM

Productdatabase

HR

TheywantaccessfromremotePCsandmobiledevicestobusinessapplicationshostedon-site.

Youwanttomakesureyourdataissecure inlightof:• Riskoflostorstolenlaptops.• Useofpersonaldevicesatwork.• Lackofcontroloverwhocanaccesswhat.

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Offer remote access with greater peace-of-mindRemotelyaccessapplicationswhilekeepingcompanydataontheserver,whereitisbackedupandup-to-date.

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UsecapabilitiesinWindowsServer2012R2toenableeasyremoteaccesstoapplications,likeaccountingandCRM,thatarehostedon-site– orinthecloud.

Havethepeaceofmindthatsensitivedataiskeptontheserver,notthelaptopordevice.

Offeramoreseamless,“local-like”remotecomputingexperience.

HR

CRM

Clickhere tojumptoaslideintheappendixwithmoretechnicalinformationonthissolution.

TooleDesignGroupspecializesinbicycleandpedestriantransportationconsulting.Withmanysmall,regionalofficeslocatedfarfromHQandrapidgrowth,theirITsolution– basedonGoogleAppsandLinux–couldnotdelivertheeaseofcollaborationandreliabilitytheyneeded.

WiththehelpofDistrictComputers,TooleDesignGroupmovedtoasystembasedonOffice365,WindowsServer2012R2andMicrosoftAzure.

The result: Specialists inside the company can work together no matter where they are located –at the click of a button.

“Wehavealotofpassionateexpertsindifferent locationswhowanttoconnectwitheachother.Weneedourpeople tofeellikethey’repartofthelargerteamevenifthey’reanofficeofone.That’swhatMicrosoft technologydelivers.”

BenSigrist,GISCoordinator,TooleDesignGroup

Improvedemployeesatisfactionandretentioninbranchofficesbyconnectingindividualstothe largerteam

Providedreal-timedocumentcollaborationandsharingwithconsistentformattingacrossdevices

EnabledaccesstothesamefilestructuresandversionsacrossalllocationswithDFSRreplication

Setthestageforfurthergrowthwithahighlyscalablesolution

Transportation consultancy connects experts company-wide with Microsoft solutions

60employees |TransportationConsultingwww.tooledesign.com Get your work done anywhere

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Why pay more for VMware and get less?

Business Benefit Key Capability Windows Server 2012 R2 Hyper-V

vSphereEssentials 5.5

Basic servervirtualization Hypervisor-the fundamentalvirtualization layerforabstractinghardwareresources ü ü

Reducedowntime

Simplified VMmanagement,built-in ü üMigrate runningVMswithzerodowntime ü ûMigratevirtualstoragewithzerodowntime ü ûMigraterunningVMswithoutanysharedstoragewithzerodowntime ü û

Improvebusiness continuity Replicatechangeddataat anintervalof30seconds, 5minutes, or15minutesforfastsystemsrecovery ü û

Getcost-effective,scalablestorage

Enablespacetobeeasilyallocatedtoservers,onajust-enoughandjust-in-timebasis ü û

Price Built-in at no extra cost with Windows Server 2012 R2

$495 licensingprice only

Whypaynearly$500togetVMwareandgetlessfunctionality thanyougetbuilt-in toWindowsServer2012R2?

SourceforVMwarefeaturesandpricing: http://www.vmware.com/products/datacenter-virtualization/vsphere/compare-kits.html andhttp://www.vmware.com/products/vsphere/pricing.html

Takeactionnowtoavoidsecurityandcompliance risksandensurecontinuedcompatibility.

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Now is a great time to modernize your server

Windows Server 2003 EndofExtendedSupportisJuly14,2015.

Windows Server 2008 EndofMainstreamSupportisJanuary13,2015.

Startplanningyourmigrationandmodernizing yourdatacentertodayImpactonMicrosoftSmallBusinessServer2003

Impactonbothphysicalandvirtualizedservers

Windows2003/R2 serverswillnotpassacomplianceaudit37criticalupdatesreleasedin2013forWindowsServer2003/R2–extendedsupportendsJuly14,2015

Discontinuedsupportformanyapplications

Nowisthetimetoact

Increasedcyber-securityrisks

Nosafehaven

Nosafehaven

Nocompliance

Nocompliance

Noupdates

Noupdates

What end-of-support means

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Windows Server 2012 R2 – a major leap forwardFEATURES

WindowsServer2012R2

WindowsServer2012

WindowsServer2008R2

WindowsServer2003R2

Scalability & Performance

Compute Enterprise-Class Scale&Performance ü+ ü+ ü+ ü

NetworkNetworkInterfaceCard(NIC)Teaming ü+ ü û ûVirtualReceive-sideScaling(vRSS) ü û û û

StorageLow-cost,highlyavailablestorage(SMBv3) ü+ ü û ûVirtualharddiskformat(VHDX) ü+ ü û û

AvailabilityLiveMigration ü+ ü+ ü ûVirtualMachineLiveCloning ü û û û

Business Continuity/Disaster Recovery FailurerecoverythroughHyper-Vreplica ü+ ü û û

Simplified Management ServerManagerconsole ü+ ü+ ü ûFlexible, Affordable

Storage

StorageSpaces ü+ ü û ûAutomaticstoragetiers(HDD/SSD) ü û û û

Easy, Managed Remote Access

WindowsServerEssentialsExperience ü+ ü û ûVirtualDesktop Infrastructure(VDI)poweredbyRDS ü+ ü+ ü ûWorkFolders ü û û û

ü+ indicatesenhancementsweremadetothepriorversion.Formoredetail,pleaseseetheWindowsServer2012R2FeatureComparisonbyVersions.

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Appendix

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Case studies

Chemical company transforms business with all-in move to the latest Microsoft platform

“Wehavetherighttoolsinplacesowecangoandsellchemicals.Wedon’tthinkaboutcomputers–theyjusthelpusdoourjobsbetter.”

ArtHein,ManagingDirector,JARCHEMIndustries, Inc.

JARCHEMdelayedanITinvestmentformanyyears,resultinginsystemconflicts,businessslowdowns,andreducedcapabilities.

WithMicrosoftpartnereMazzanti Technologies,JARCHEMupdatedPCsandserverstothelatestMicrosofttechnologies includingWindows8.1,WindowsServer2012R2&HyperV,Office365andSQLServer2012.

Now,everything“justworks”andJARCHEMcanfocusonthebusinessofdeliveringinnovativechemicalstocustomersaroundtheworld.

JARCHEMIndustriesInc.

Consistent,up-to-datesoftwaresavesemployees timefromsystemstartup tosharingdocuments

Systemsareautomaticallyreplicatedoff-siteevery15minutesforfastdisasterrecovery

MobileaccessincludingRemoteDesktopServicesmeansemployeescanworkanywhere

Fast,responsive technologyhelpsJARCHEMmaintainacustomerserviceedge

40employees|Chemicals|www.jarchem.comModernBiz

Fun fitness pioneer keeps business bouncing forward

Adapt to Change

“Aswewelcomenewfranchisepartners,it’seasytofoldthemintoOffice365andgetthemupandrunningrightaway.”TomBoyle,DirectorofIT,SkyZone

Unifiesdisparateproducts intooneenterprise-gradesolution thatscaleswiththebusiness

Enablesregionalmanagersandfranchiseestopresentaunified facetotheworld

Simplifies licensingandmanagementforstreamlineduseronboarding

Integratedmobileaccesseliminatesdevicemanagementchallenges

450people|Recreation|www.skyzone.com

TheglobalsuccessoftheirindoortrampolineparkconceptspurredrapidgrowthatSkyZone,buttheirproductivitytoolscouldn’tscale.

TheycalledonMicrosoftpartnerCorpInfo tohelpthemmovetoaunifiedcloudproductivitysolution: Office365.

Theresult:Sky Zone now has a reliable, integrated productivity platform that will grow with their needs no matter how big they get.

Windows Server 2012 R2 Keyfeaturesandcapabilities

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Top 10 Features in Windows Server 2012 R2

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GetthemostoutofyourserverhardwareinvestmentasyougrowyourbusinessHyper-V

Quickly scaleyourdatastoragetomeetyourbusiness needsatafractionofthecostoftraditionalsolutions

StorageSpaces

Provideemployees theflexibility toworkanywhereandhavethepeaceofmindthatyourdataisprotected

VirtualDesktopInfrastructure(VDI)poweredbyRDS

Offeraconsistent,well-managedexperienceacrossallthePCs andmobile devicesinusebyyourorganization

Windows ServerEssentials Experience

Knowyou’repreparedfortheunexpected,withtheabilitytorecoverfromsystemfailureandgetbackonline quickly

Hyper-VReplica 7

Upgradeyourapplications andfixissuesfaster,withoutdowntime

LiveMigrationwithRDMA

Ensuremoreresilientconnectivity andfasternetworkperformanceDynamicNICTeaming

Takeadvantageofthepowerofmulti-corecomputerstohandlethemostintensiveworkloads

VirtualReceive-sideScaling(vRSS)

Reducedowntimeandimproveapplicationperformance

ServerMessageBlockv3.0(SMBv3)

PerformITmaintenancetasksandtroubleshooting byduplicatingrunningVMswithoutdowntime

VirtualMachineLiveCloning

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Hyper-V Server Basics

Hyper-VRoleInstallation• LocalorRemoteusingServerManagerorPowerShell.

Hyper-VServersettings• LiveMigration,Hyper-VReplica,DefaultPaths,AddingHardware.

• ParentandChildPartitions.

VirtualSwitchManager• Private,Internal,ExternalSwitchTypes.• NotthesameasHNVandSDN.

Storage(RemoteandLocalStorageOptions)• HostScalability- Upto320logicalprocessors,4TBRAM,1024VMs/host.

Hyper-Vhypervisor

WindowsServer2012R2ParentpartitiontorunandmanagetheHyper-Vrole

WindowsServer2012R2Childpartitionrunningavirtualmachine

Hardware

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Hyper-V Replica

ReplicateHyper-VVMsfromaPrimarytoaReplicasite• Affordable in-boxbusinesscontinuityanddisasterrecovery.

• Configurable replicationfrequenciesof30seconds,5minutesand15minutes.

• Securereplicationacrossnetwork.• Agnosticofhardwareoneithersite.• Noneedforothervirtualmachinereplicationtechnologies.

• Automatichandlingof livemigration.• Simplerconfigurationandmanagement.

Hyper-V roleand tools

Hyper-Vcmdlets

Hyper-VPSintegratedUI

Hyper-VManagementModuletracksandreplicateschangesfor

eachvirtualmachine

Hyper-V roleand tools

Hyper-Vcmdlets

Hyper-VPSintegratedUI

Hyper-VManagementModulereceivesandappliesthechangestothereplicavirtualmachine

Primarysite

ReplicateoverWANlink

SMBfileshare

Send/receivereplicatraffic

SAN

Replicasite

R1

R2

R3P1 P2

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• VirtualizationofstoragewithStoragePoolsandStorageSpaces.

• Storageresilience andavailabilitywithcommodity hardware.

• Automaticallytiersdataacrossmemory, SSDandspinning disks.

• Write-backcachetoabsorbspikeinrandomwrites.

• Resiliencyanddataredundancy throughn-waymirroringorparitymode.

• Useoptimizedthroughthinandtrimprovisioning andenclosure awareness.

• IntegrationwithotherWindows Server2012capabilities.

• SSD,SerialAttachedSCSI(SAS)andSerialATAttachment(SATA)interconnects.

Storage Spaces

Backtosolution slide

(Shared) SSD,SAS orSATA

WindowsServer 2012R2capabilities

WindowsApplicationServerorFileServer

Physicalorvirtualizeddeployments

Hyper-V SMBMultichannelSMBDirect

StorageSpace StorageSpace StorageSpace

TieredPhysicalStorage

SSD

HDD

Storage Pool Storage PoolStorage Pool

WindowsVirtualizedStorage

VDI with Windows Server 2012 R2

Backtosolution slide

Firewall

PublicLocationCorporateOffice

BranchOffice Home

PoweredbyWindowsServer2012R2

1platform1experience

3deploymentchoices

PersonalVMs

Desktopsessions

PooledVMs

OEM offerings

WhyDellEnterpriseServers?RealizethefullpotentialofWindowsServer2012R2

IBM:Security,efficiency,andreliability fortoday’senterpriseworkloads

ScaleupyourbusinesswithSystemx3150&3250M5entryserver solutions

Poweryourbusiness-critical computingapplicationswithSystemx3550&3650M5servers

Industry-leading Securitybuilt-in with System x Trusted Platform Assurance

#1 Reliability of all x86 servers1, #1 Customer Satisfaction Rating2

Performance optimized for compute intensive workloads

Storage-richserversofferflexibility inyourITenvironmentwithSystemx3630,3530&3300M4servers

Choosethe#1inCustomerSatisfactionRating1.ITICGlobalServer Hardware, Reliability Report- 2014-2015(May2014)2.TBCCustomerSatisfactionRating1Q14Survey

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Lenovo ThinkServer® Rack and Tower portfolio

TD340 / TD350 RD340 / RD440 RD550 / RD650

TS140/TS440SA120

RS140

FirstServer,Small/BranchOffice SMBtoMid-sized

Enterprise,BackOffice

Infrastructure&StorageApplications

Database,Compute,Virtualization

DirectAttachedStorage• Firstserver• RetailP.O.S.• File/Print• Mgmt/Firewall

• Email• SharePoint• LOB/industry apps• Virtualization• Web server• Database server

• Compute-intensive workloads• LOB apps • Hadoop/Lustre• Database server

• File/print• Email• Mid- to large-scale

business processing• Distributed database• Data collection,

analysis • DAS enclosure• Storage:

Front: up to 48TBBack: up to 3.2TB

Windows ServerR2StandardWindows ServerR2DataCenterWindows Server2012R2Foundation orEssentials

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List: $2609BB Price: $1929*Discount: $680

70B7S00600Xeon E5-2420v22 x 8GB DDR3 RDIMMSW RAID2 x 2TB Ent. SATATMM Premium (iKVM)DVD RW1x800W PSU3 year onsite

6 Open 3.5" hot-swap10 Open DIMM slots1 Open CPU socket

Contact your distribution partner today! Building Block offers end 9/30/2014.Please see TopSeller guides for complete information.

www.thinkserverconfig.com*System Building Block (BB) Price is List minus current rebates

Add:Microsoft Windows Server 2012 R2 Standard Lenovo Part: 82972SM

HP: Matching the right solution to your business needs

HPProLiantML300andDL100Series HPApollo6000and8000Series

Flexibility, performance and efficiency at lowest TCO

Density optimized delivering best performance per $ per watt

Smallbusiness HPC&serviceproviders

Mid-marketandenterprise

Performance optimized for compute intensive workloads

HPProLiantDL300andBL400Series

Choosefromtheindustry’smostcomprehensivex86portfolio

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