Introductions
Tony MackleworthHead of MASSoftwareONE
Colin DelaneyBusiness DevelopmentSoftwareONE
Andrew DanielsTechnology SpecialistMicrosoft
Nick BaladiBusiness DevelopmentRidgian
Microsoft Global LSP
US, EMEA, APAC, LATAM
Sales 2014
$4.2 billion USD > 40% growth year over year for the last decade
Office Locations
62 subsidiaries, 82 countries, more than 100 Worldwide
Organization
Privately Held, Established Management for the last decade
Microsoft Accreditations
Gold Devices and Deployment
Gold Volume LicensingGold SAMGold Collaboration and
ContentGold CommunicationsGold Data AnalyticsGold Data PlatformGold DatacenterGold MessagingGold Identity &
Access
Who are SoftwareONE
SoftwareONE | End of Support Planning Current Support Level End
MainstreamEnd
Extended
Learn more about the SQL Server support lifecycle: support.microsoft.com/lifecycle/
There will be no access to critical security updates, opening the potential for business interruptions
Maintaining legacy servers, firewalls, intrusion systems, etc. gets expensive quickly
As support ends, your organization will likely fail to meet regulatory standards compliance
What does end of extended support mean?
SoftwareONE | SQL 2014 Upgrade Benefits
Achieve mission critical performanceGet up to 30x faster transactions and more than 100x query performance gains with in-Memory
Experience the 9’s you need—greater HA and DR with AlwaysOn
Scale across compute, networking and storage with Windows Server 2012 R2 and up to 640 logical processors
Maintain security and complianceThe least vulnerable database platform six years in a row*, engineered for security from the ground-up
Manage compliance audit requirements
Keep receiving support, security updates and hotfixes
Optimize data infrastructure Virtualize and consolidate your data platform for maximum performance at low TCO
Choose the best of on-premises and Azure with hybrid cloud
Migrate web applications to Azure SQL Database to reduce administrative needs
**National Institute of Standards and Technology Comprehensive Vulnerability Database 4/2014
SoftwareONE | Optimise Your Data Platform Investments
Shared Lower cost
Dedicated Higher cost
Higher administration Lower administration
Hybrid Cloud
PhysicalSQL ServerPhysical Machine (raw iron)
IaaSSQL Server in Azure VMs
VirtualSQL Server Private CloudVM+ Appliance
SQL DaaS Azure SQL DatabaseDatabase as a Service (DaaS)
Upgrade Scenarios Achieve mission-critical
performance on-premises
Virtualize and Consolidate
Reduce TCO and increase availability with Azure VMs
Easy on-ramp to cloud for web applications with Azure SQL Database
SoftwareONE | Custom Support
• CSA can be bought at any time and is retroactive (previous hotfixes, backdated)
• CS Essentials only 1 ‘critical’ hotfix, not retroactive. Per Device Fee Hotfix
• Look at 1st year only CSA when high hotfixes and low device costs, then switch.
• Mitigate Custom Support with our SQL 2005 End of Support Service
SoftwareONE| True Services Approach
Microsoft Advisory Services (MAS)Software Asset Management (SAM)Technology Services
Vendor AssistanceFunding Options
Services Delivery PartnerMicrosoft Gold PartnerSQL & BI Experts
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SET-UP,PROJECT KICK OFF
1SQL PLATFORM REVIEW
2
LICENSE DESIGN, COMMERCIAL ANALYSIS
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SQL PLATFORM OPTIMISATION |FUTURE STATE ARCHITECTURE DESIGN
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IMPLEMENTATION
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SCRIPT,SCAN,DISCOVERY
SQL 2005 EoS | Service Approach
SQL 2005 EoS | Approach Elements
Optimise Software CostsMaintain ComplianceAchieve Breakthrough PerformanceVirtualize and ConsolidateAssess Cloud ServicesReduce TCO and Increase AvailabilityLimit Custom Support AgreementsOptimise SQL Licensing
SAM | End of Support Analysis
Identify servers which have no mainstream or extended support anymoreWhat software product groups make the biggest risk
Reduce the risk of unprotected & unsupported devicesIdentify and reduce security and/or compliance risksDependencies between applications
Understand what migrations projects need to be planned to eliminate expiring software applicationsInformation to better plan software budgeting
What to consider for a potential cloud strategyMitigation of business impact through a predictive approach to managing the lifecycle
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MAS | License Design Service
Optimum licensing for your future-state designLeverage existing licensing assets (where possible)
Comparative analysis of global sourcing and contract options, investment profilesUnderstand the costs for the project, without omitting software licensing costs In-depth SQL Licensing Workshop
Can extend to whole Microsoft Roadmap
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MAS | SQL Optimisation Pyramid
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Contact SoftwareONE for the additional information
Data Platform Business Intelligence Custom Applications SharePoint
Microsoft Cloud / Azure
Microsoft Data and BI Platform
Data Visualisation, UX, UI (mobile and infographics)
Non Microsoft platform- Teradata, Cognos
Introducing Ridgian| SQL PartnerPronounced ‘Rid-jee-an’Information management experts- helping organizations get more from their data, people and technologyConsultancy services led across:
Opportunity to provide new value and greater innovation within your business.
Cloud and Hybrid platform. Many organisations demonstrating a desire to move to the cloud
IF aligned to business the ROI on modernisation will far outweigh any financial burdens.
How do you negotiate a complex move and align to business case?
SQL 2005| Opportunity for Modernization
SQL End of Support | Call to ActionSWO looks to be involved in all steps and aspects of the customer transformation cycle
SQL Platform Review
SQL Platform Optimisation
5 Days
SQL Platform Optimisation
10 Days
• 5 Day+ • End of Support Analysis • SQL Database Discovery
and Analysis• SQL Architecture Design
Session • MAS License Design
Service• Low-Level Design
Document & Recommendations
• 1 Day• Architecture
Design Session • No Output• Delivered Onsite
• SQL Architecture Design Session
• High-Level Design Document
• MAS License Design Service