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Does the Microsoft BPOS cloud fit your enterprise strategy?

Does the Microsoft BPOS cloud fit your enterprise strategy?. Paul Cullimore MCS Architect Microsoft paulcu@microsoft.com. So the real question: What does your enterprise strategy need to include to take advantage of cloud based services?. It’s a utility service.

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Does the Microsoft BPOS cloud fit your enterprise strategy?

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  1. Does the Microsoft BPOS cloud fit your enterprise strategy? Paul Cullimore MCS Architect Microsoft paulcu@microsoft.com

  2. So the real question:What does your enterprise strategy need to include to take advantage of cloud based services?

  3. It’s a utility service • One size fits all. Well almost, two sizes fits all • Success is based on volume, which in turn drives cost, which in turn drives volume • Platform / service reliability is key. Contracted SLA is 99.9%, anything less, money flows back to the customer

  4. What is BPOS?

  5. Microsoft Datacenter Locations Amsterdam Dublin, Ireland China North America Japan Europe Chicago, Illinois Asia Hong Kong Quincy, Washington Singapore Africa San Antonio, Texas Australia Central andSouth America

  6. Enterprise class software delivered via subscription services hosted by Microsoft and sold with partners Microsoft Online Services Business Productivity Online Suite

  7. ‘S’ (Standard) vs ‘D’ (Dedicated) • Days to provision • USL only (£) • Scale 5-30,000 • Internet only • Cloud identity • Limited feature sets • SSO client tool • Constant update • Future • Months to provision • USL & SSL (£££) • Scale 5000+ • WAN connection • AD tie in • Increased feature sets • No client software • 6 month update • Smaller future role

  8. Future: Wave 14 • v2.0 of BPOS • Closer to feature parity with on premise • Wave 14 products • Timescale = late this year, though some bits arriving now • New identity platform

  9. Strategy elements • Identity • Networking • Security / Compliance • Client side

  10. Strategy Element: IDENTITY AD ADFS MFG BPOS-S MSN LiveID Identity Provider Hotmail XBox Managed Domains / Orgs

  11. Strategy Element: NETWORKING Latency is the enemy • Geo-replication, on the horizon for SharePoint • WAN accelerators / cache devices • BranchCache • Client cache • Office Workspace (Groove) • 3rd party products • Office 2010 – Microsoft Office Upload Center – lazy write on delta changes

  12. Strategy Element: SECURITY • EU Safe Harbour Seal • CyberTrust Certification • ISO27001 • Datacentre • ‘S’ service • ‘D’ service – Soon • SAS70 Type II • Encrypt in transit • FIPS 140-2 (D only) • FERPA • HIPAA • Patriot act, admin accounts • Encryption at rest • AD-RMS • S/MIME

  13. Strategy Element: CLIENT • BPOS Exchange is Outlook 2007 SP2+ • Browser is IE 7 (plus 3rd parties) • Windows XP SP3 is a minimum, starting to move to Vista though for ADFS elements

  14. Actions • Employ MCS! • ‘D’ or complex ‘S’ deals • Directory and identity work • Migration planning • SharePoint development work • Get a demo account • Read the service descriptions (search www.microsoft.com/download for ‘online service’) • Follow the blog: http://blogs.technet.com/msonline • http://speedtest.emea.microsoftonline.com

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