Lab Automation and Stage Management Microsoft Virtualization Solutions Marketing 2009

1. Lab Automation and Stage Management • Microsoft Virtualization Solutions Marketing • 2009

2. MicrosoftVirtualization Solution Scenarios Business Solution Scenarios Business Critical Applications Branch Infrastructure Small and Mid-Sized Business (SMB) Business Continuity Horizontal Solution Scenarios IT Consolidation Lab Automation and Stage Management Centralized Desktop Security Storage Core Platform Capability Scenarios System Management Hosting/Cloud Computing VHD Container Networking 3

3. Lab Automation and Stage Management Solution Overview

4. Virtual Lab Automation and Stage Management Drivers How virtualization improves your business • Improve Resource Utilization • Underutilized and disorganized physical and human resources • Lab hardware sprawl, redundant resources for development and testing • Unnecessary lab costs for space, redundant hardware, cooling, and power • Reduce Time to Set Up, Tear Down, and Provision • Time expense – repetitive system setup, provisioning, and configuration • Improve Services and Application Quality • Labs and staging exist to ensure readiness for production • Untested applications, upgrades, and fixes break production systems • Difficulties reproducing, diagnosing, and correcting software defects • Enhance Availability • Minimize costly system failure and downtime 5

5. Virtual Lab Automation and Stage Management Testers and Developers IT Operations Achieve significant cost savings and operational benefits through virtualization. IT Lifecycle Management Lab Automation Stage Management Production 3 4 Automatemanagement deployment of applications and services Consolidate, streamline, and automate lab IT infrastructures Development & Testing Training Demos Support Lab Automation and Stage Management Services 2 Virtualization Infrastructure 1 6

6. The Role of a Virtualization Infrastructure The required foundation for lab automation and stage management • Enablesflexible hardware resource allocation and management through server/storage consolidation with virtualization • Provides high availability • Enables core capabilities for lab automation and stage management • Rapid provisioning • Multi-machine configuration • Snapshot and library management • Automated archiving 7

7. The Role of a Virtualization Infrastructure (continued)An enabler of lab automation and stage management Physical Environment Challenges Virtualized and Automated Environment • Provision complex multi-machine configurations in seconds using shared machine templates • Difficult to set up and tear down complex, multi-machine application configurations, and long provisioning times Provisioning • Multi-tier applications running on shared servers/storage based on network fencing • Unable to perform multi-machine configurations as it would result in networking conflicts Multi-machine Configuration • Snapshot complex multi-machine configurations • Maintain a library for sharing and troubleshooting • Unable to take multi-machine configurations and share among teams Snapshot • Need to archive each component • Easy to archive multi-machine configurations and keep an auditable history Automated Archiving 8

8. Lab Automation and Stage Management ServicesKey capabilities are enabled by virtual infrastructure 1 2 3 4 Archiving Snapshot Management Multi-machine Configurations Provisioning Key Capabilities • Archive configurations and keep an audit trail of system/service operation changes MANAGEMENTPORTAL 4 LIBRARY SERVER • Create multi-machine configurations and deploy multiple instances with the same configuration based on network fencing 3 2 • Capture and share "live" multi-machine configurations from the configuration library LAB AUTO/STAGE MANAGEMENTSERVER • Provision complex multi-tier system and network configurations instantly 1 MANAGED PHYSICAL HOSTS MANAGED VM HOSTS Virtualization Infrastructure 9

9. Lab Automation Services Optimize and manage the infrastructure 10

10. Lab Automation Optimize lab infrastructure and streamline lab processes Lab Automation • Key Capabilities: • Shared virtual machine library • Store and share “multi-machine” configurations • Network fencing to simultaneously run copies • Web-based self-service portal • Benefits: • Streamlined development and test lab infrastructure and operations • Efficient self-service IT for lab users • Transient VMs and rapid provisioning, scheduling, repositories, integrations with application lifecycle management (ALM) tools • Users: Developers, testers, training and support staff Consolidate, streamline, and automate lab IT infrastructures Development & Testing Training Demos Support Library Lab Automation and Stage Management Services 11

11. Stage Management Streamline and optimize pre-production resources and processes • Key Capabilities: • Automate IT Service Delivery:Promote software configurations between stages of the release process • Patch and Testing: • Make a clone of a production and deploy the clone to the earlier stages • Historical Archiving: Archive and quickly restore configurations for audit and debugging • Benefits: • Reduce time spent rolling out services • Accelerate the processes of pre-production • Ensure consistency between stages of the release process • Reduce infrastructure costs Stage Management Automate the management deployment of applications and services Lab Automation and Stage Management Services 12

12. Virtual Lab Automation and Stage Management Benefits 13

13. Microsoft Lab Automation and Stage Management Solutions

14. Microsoft Virtualization Solutions Not just a product, but an end-to-end offering Microsoft Products and Technologies Microsoft Partner Hardware, Software, and Services Joint Reference Architectureand Deployment Resources 15

15. Microsoft + Partner Lab Automation and Stage Management Solutions Change the way you manage lab and IT services with streamlined and optimized infrastructure and processes. Lab Automation Stage Management Clone Promote Archive Lab Automation and Stage Management Services Archiving Provisioning Multi-machine Configurations Snapshot Management Virtualization Infrastructure Management Backup/Recovery Server/Storage Consolidation 16

16. Microsoft + Partner Solutions by Scale Enterprise Departmental 17

17. Microsoft + Partner Solution Architecture Lab Automation or Stage Management Server* Virtual Machines Shared Resources Administrator Local Team Users Microsoft Active Directory Library Server Remote Team Management Server • * Lab Automation or Stage Management Products • Microsoft® Visual Studio® Team System – lab automation only (available early 2010) • Surgient® – lab automation only • VMLogix® – lab automation and stage management 18

18. Virtualization Infrastructure Microsoft Virtualization InfrastructureThe foundation of lab automation and stage management Stage Management Lab Automation Lab Automation and Stage Management Services Lab Automation Services Archiving Provisioning Multi-Machine Configurations Snapshot Management • Integrated and reliable foundation – build a virtualized environment in the development lab with Microsoft® Windows Server® 2008 Hyper-V™ • Seamless integration with partner products supporting end-to-end capabilities • Simple management for physical and virtual environments Lab Automation Microsoft Virtualization Infrastructure Management Backup/Recovery Server/Storage Consolidation Stage Management 19

19. Microsoft + Partner Solutions: Provisioning Virtualization Infrastructure Stage Management Lab Automation Lab Automation and Stage Management Services Archiving Provisioning Multi-Machine Configurations Snapshot Management Lab Automation Services • Provision complex multi-tier system and network configurations instantly • Create resources containing a fixed allocation of physical computing resources such as CPU, RAM, disk storage, IP addresses, MAC addresses, VLAN tags, and others Lab Automation • Windows Server® 2008 Hyper-V™: • Share virtual resources through server/storage consolidation • Virtual Machine Manager 2008: • Rapidly create virtual machines and delegate self-provisioning • Fast and reliable physical-to-virtual-machine conversion (P2V) Microsoft Virtualization Infrastructure Stage Management Backup/Recovery Management Server/Storage Consolidation 20

20. Microsoft + Partner Solutions: Multi-Machine Configuration Virtualization Infrastructure Stage Management Lab Automation Lab Automation and Stage Management Services Archiving Provisioning Multi-Machine Configurations Snapshot Management Lab Automation Services • Create multi-machine configurations in seconds using machine templates • Deploy multiple instances of the same configuration using network fencing • Share multi-machine configurations between users Lab Automation • Supports Network Fencing (Connected configurations to multiple physical and virtual networks, each with its own subnet and VLAN characteristics) based on the network virtualization Microsoft Virtualization Infrastructure Stage Management Backup/Recovery Management Server/Storage Consolidation 21

21. Microsoft + Partner Solutions: Snapshot Management Virtualization Infrastructure Stage Management Lab Automation Lab Automation and Stage Management Services Archiving Provisioning Multi-Machine Configurations Snapshot Management Lab Automation Services • Capture and share "live" multi-machine configurations from the configuration library • Captured configurations preserve memory and CPU state and can be redeployed instantly Lab Automation • Virtual Machine Manager 2008: • Provides a library to manage the building blocks of the virtual data center • Centralized management of distributed resources for virtual machines including: templates, ISO images, scripts, and other resources • Seamless integration of Virtual Machine Manager 2008 library with partner products Microsoft Virtualization Infrastructure Stage Management Backup/Recovery Management Server/Storage Consolidation 22

22. Microsoft + Partner Solutions: Automated Archiving Virtualization Infrastructure Stage Management Lab Automation Lab Automation and Stage Management Services Archiving Provisioning Multi-Machine Configurations Snapshot Management Lab Automation Services • Simplify archiving and quickly restore service configurations from archives • Keep an audit trail of system and service operations changes Lab Automation • Support archiving without hibernation downtime and rapidly restore with Microsoft® System Center Data Protection Manager (DPM) 2007 • Seamless disk- and tape-based recovery • DPM protects virtual machines with a level of data integrity preservation not offered by any other backup technology Microsoft Virtualization Infrastructure Stage Management Backup/Recovery Management Server/Storage Consolidation 23

23. Microsoft + Partner Lab Automation Virtualization Infrastructure Self-Service • Maintain control and delegate administrative tasks • Eliminate stream of requests from users • Optimize resource utilization with automated reservations • Automate repeatable tasks in favor of strategic projects • Track and report resource usage to support planning and chargeback • Easily schedule and reserve resources • Access resources with minimal IT involvement • Plan resource usage with respect to business needs Request Configuration Lab Automation Services Reserve Capacity Provision, Isolate, Deploy User Benefits IT Ops Benefits Access Configuration Lab Automation Key Capabilities Self-Service Request Portal Local Admin Portal Secure Remote Access Integration with ALM Software Stage Management 24

24. Microsoft + Partner Lab Automation (continued)Scenarios for virtual lab automation Virtualization Infrastructure Lab Automation Services User Self-Service Lab Automation Microsoft Virtualization Infrastructure Stage Management 25

25. Microsoft + Partner Stage Management Virtualization Infrastructure Virtualize, manage, and streamline stage management processes for IT operation efficiency. • VMLogix® StageManager: • Manage pre-production and staging infrastructure for IT operations • Focus on process and workflow • Easily create and migrate multi-machine configurations Lab Automation Services Lab Automation • Microsoft Virtualization Infrastructure: • Seamless integration with VMLogix® StageManager • Rapid provisioning • Improved archiving and back-up • Customizable workflow Stage Management 26

26. Microsoft + Partner Stage Management (Continued) Virtualized Infrastructure Microsoft and VMLogix® offer a strong stage management solution with the following component features: Lab Automation Services Lab Automation Stage Management 27

27. Next Steps to Enhance Business with Microsoft Virtualization Microsoft Virtualization Solutions • Microsoft Virtualization Solutions • http://www.microsoft.com/virtualization/solutions • Microsoft Virtualization Solution Partners • http://www.microsoft.com/virtualization/partners Product Resources • Microsoft®Windows Server® 2008 Hyper-V™ • http://www.microsoft.com/windowsserver2008/en/us/hyperv.aspx • Microsoft® System Center • http://www.microsoft.com/systemcenter/en/us/default.aspx • ROI Calculator • https://roianalyst.alinean.com/msft/AutoLogin.do?d=307025591178580657 • Microsoft Assessment and Planning (MAP) tool • http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb977556.aspx Virtualization Assessment and Planning 28