GoLive Program for Hosters

1. GoLive Program for Hosters June-August 2008

2. Agenda • Overview of Hyper-V • Program Details • GoLive License Overview • SQL 2008 • Hosting scenarios • Program details

3. Virtualization Scenarios in Hosting Shared Hosting • Better isolation for websites • Adding more capacity in a shared farm Dedicated Hosting • Self managed, delegated virtual instances • Retire old hardware using virtualization • Consolidate low end servers with fewer machines VPS Hosting • Fill the gap between Shared and Dedicated scenarios • Upsell Memory, CPU Managed Hosting • Backup and Restore • Business Continuity • Test/Dev Environments

4. Microsoft’s Value Proposition • Integration • A feature of the OS, not a feature trying to be the OS • Trusted Component of a Trusted Platform • Management • Extend your existing management tools to handle virtualization • Manage Virtual AND physical systems • Manage across multiple hypervisors and into applications • Why Microsoft? • Less expensive to acquire and license than the competition • Harness existing infrastructure and skills – no need to start over • Interoperability – with providers like Novell and XenSource • Microsoft Virtualization partners add extensibility and increased ROI

5. Hyper-V: Licensing Free Licensed Guests with Hyper-V • Small Print • Free = free, as included in the price of the host OS with Hyper-V. • But you can host as many VMs on any Windows Server 2008 that supports Hyper-V as you need. You just need to License above the ‘included’ free licenses. • Windows Server 2008 Web • No Licensed Guest • Windows Server 2008 Standard • 1 Licensed Guest • Windows Server 2008 Enterprise • Up to 4 Licensed Guests • Windows Server 2008 Datacenter • As many Licensed Guests asyou can physically run

6. Microsoft Deliverables to Hosters • Guidance White Papers and Samples for • Provisioning & De-provisioning • Troubleshooting & Debugging • Operations & Management • Onsite planning and Architectural Design Review • Capacity Planning Guides • Deployment Guides • FastStart Kit

7. Expectation from Hosters • Commitment to create offers using Hyper-V technology • Have resources (people and systems) to accomplish Program goals • Provide scenarios for all hosting scenarios • Validate collateral • Perform integration with their back-end systems • Attend weekly status meeting • Assist in evidence gathering • Provide feedback • Communicate, communicate, communicate.

8. Schedule Overview • Week 1: • Hosters define requirements • Document scenarios to be implemented • Week 2-3: • Microsoft to create collateral • Hoster to provide H/W • Week 3-4: • Collaboratively deploy collateral necessary for go live • Hosters to Integrate with backend systems • Week 4: • Go live

9. GoLive License • What is it? • A free license to deploy pre-release builds of Hyper-V in production • Restrictions? • NDA required • Can I run other released software on top? • Yes, please test these scenarios, but support will come from the other vendors. • Can I charge for my hosting offers based on Hyper-V? • Yes. You can create Shared, Dedicated and Virtual Offers using any SKU of Hyper-V • Will Microsoft Support Hyper-V before release? • No. There is no explicit support from Microsoft through PSS or any other established support channel. There will only be best-effort support provided by MCS for hosters in GoLive program.

10. SQL Server 2008

11. SQL Server 2008 SKUs Web Edition Express Edition • Up to 4 CPU procs • Unlimited RAM & DB Size • SPLA Pricing of $15-$25/proc/month • Policy Based Management • Performance Data Collection Warehouse • 1 CPU • 1 GB RAM • 4 GB Database Maximum • Free • PHP Driver for SQL Server Enterprise Edition Standard Edition • Up to 128 CPU procs • Transparent Data Encryption • Backup Compression • Resource Governor • Data Compression • Auditing • 8 Node Failover Clustering • Multi-Server Policy Based Management • Database Mirroring - Full • 2 Node Failover Clustering • Database Mirroring – Safe • Replication • Performance Reports

12. SQL Server 2008 SKUs for Hosting Scenarios

13. Microsoft Deliverables • Guidance White Papers and Samples for • Provisioning & De-provisioning • Troubleshooting & Debugging • Operations & Management • Etc… • On-site planning and architectural design and review • Capacity Planning Guides • Deployment Guides • 1-4 server scenarios • Load balanced/fully redundant configurations • Starter Kit

14. SQL Server 2008 Builds • CTP 6 available now • Download it from the Microsoft Download Center • No SKU differentiation, all features are active • CTP 6 Express available now • Download it from the Microsoft Download Center • CTP Refresh comes next • Will be available on the connect site • Full SKU differentiation: Web, Workgroup, Standard, and Enterprise

15. Expectation from Hosters • Provide necessary resource (people and systems) to accomplish Program goals • Provide scenarios for all hosting scenarios • Validate collateral • Perform integration with back-end systems • Attend weekly status meeting

16. What is it? A free license to deploy pre-release builds of SQL Server 2008 in production Restrictions? NDA required What happens when SQL Server 2008 RTMs? The licenses need to be converted to SPLA. Can I run other released software on top? Yes, please test these scenarios, but support will come from the other vendors. Can I charge for my hosting offers based on SQL Server 2008? Yes. You can create Shared, Dedicated and Virtual Offers using any SKU of SQL Server 2008 Will Microsoft Support SQL Server 2008 before release? No. There is no explicit support from Microsoft thru PSS or any other established support channel. There will only be best-effort support provided by MCS for hosters in GoLive program GoLive License

17. Next Steps • Decide fast – limited number of seats • Sign NDA • Assign resources • Download Collateral

18. Questions?