Cutting Costs with EBSEric WatsonPrincipal Group Program ManagerMicrosoft Corporation

Agenda

Introduction to the new Essential Business Server softwarePractical new ways to save costs

Server Management and hardware costs through consolidationOptimizing administration tasksReducing IT overheadIncreasing end user productivity

Demos of new software

Yesterday…

Management Server Messaging Server Security Server Database Server

• Windows Server® 2008 Standard technologies

• Microsoft® System Center Essentials 2007

• Windows® SharePoint® Services 3.0 compatible1

• Windows Server 2008 Standard technologies

• Microsoft® Exchange Server 2007 Standard Edition

• Microsoft® Forefront™ Security for Exchange Server2

• Windows Server 2008 Standard technologies

• Microsoft Exchange Server 2007 Standard Edition

• Microsoft® Forefront™ Threat Management Gateway, Medium Business Edition3

Includes everything from the Standard, plus: • Windows Server 2008

Standard4 • Microsoft® SQL Server®

2008 Standard5

Windows® Essential Business Server 2008 Standard

Windows® Essential Business Server 2008 Premium

Setup & Migration Administration & Health

Licensing Management Security & Access

Extensibility

Windows Essential Business Server: Product Details

1 While Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 is not shipped with EBS 2008, a step as part of the setup process is provided to download Windows.2 One-year Microsoft Forefront Security for Exchange Server subscription included in the product.3 One-year Web Antimalware Subscription for Forefront Threat Management Gateway, Medium Business Edition included in product.4 Windows Server 2003 R2 Standard is available as an alternative version in place of Windows Server 2008 Standard until December 31, 2009.5 Microsoft SQL Server 2005 Standard is available as an alternative version in place of Microsoft SQL Server 2008 Standard until December 31, 2009. 

Today…

Windows Essential Business Server

Ideal for businesses with fewer than 300 users/computersWorkload consolidation Integrated deployment & managementCentralized IT core services management Best practice configurationUnique software for SMB

Unified remote accessSecurityLicense management

Priced for SMB

Windows Essential Business Server 2008

EBS is a holistic approach to infrastructure for midsize companies

•Consolidating workloads•Optimizing administration tasks

•Maximizing user productivity•Reducing IT overhead

EBS can help you cut costs by

For Air Botswana, Windows Essential Business Server brings increased competitiveness. "I definitely see this new solution giving us a competitive advantage," explains Paul Champane, IT Manager at Air Botswana. "Before, my team spent 80 percent of its time on maintenance and firefighting—just keeping the infrastructure running. With Windows Essential Business Server, I estimate that this will be reduced to 50 percent. That frees up a significant amount of resources that can be used to focus on strategically growing our business capabilities.“

-Paul Champane, IT Manager, Air Botswana

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Consolidate Workloads

Windows Essential Business Server dramatically increases server densityVirtualization support provides further opportunity for even more consolidationConsolidate 15 roles onto 3 serversDecrease maintenance, upgrade, and replacement costsSave on power, cooling, and footprintLong-term savings with flexible, scalable solution

*As measured by EBS TAP customer

Power Consumption Comparison in BTU*

“We’ve reduced our technology management chores by 50 percent with the move to Windows Essential Business Server 2008. We’ve also reduced our server count from 16 to 7 servers, which represents a huge savings in ongoing maintenance work.”

-Tim Dreyling, Information Systems Manager,

WASSER Studios

Consolidate WorkloadsMultiple Server Configuration

Each physical server has Windows Server 2008 and Hyper-V installed and one or more virtualized Windows EBS server

Repurpose existing hardware.Lower hardware

requirements

Place critical services on separate serversRedundancy

Reduce disk latency by spreading disk reads across serversPerformance

More options and flexibility for data and system backup.Backup and restore

You can realize cost savings in the following areas:

Consolidate WorkloadsSingle Server Configuration

Run a virtualized instance of Windows EBS on a single physical server.

Only maintain one server Lower hardware costs

Windows Server 2008 and the Hyper-V role are installed and configured only once.Initial configuration

Backup process that is simpler and demands fewer resources.Backup and restore

Requires less rack space and less cooling.Space and cooling

Save costs with:

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Maximize User Productivity

Stability

• Built on a trusted, secure platform

• Increased performance from best practice configuration

Mobility

• Access data anywhere, anytime

• Files• Contacts• Calendar

Collaboration

• Collaborative workspaces

• Shared calendar• Workflow

management

"We have long been in the business of collaboration, but Windows Essential Business Server 2008 has freed us to spend more time in collaborative customer efforts. We have probably realized 12 more hours of billable time each week.”

-Tim Dreyling, Information Systems Manager, WASSER Studios

• Users have full access to:• E-mail• Calendars• Intranet portal (Companyweb)• Computer desktops

• Single Sign-On experience• Self-service password change

Two interfaces:

• Same access as users• Connect to Server• Links to administrative tools

Administrators

Remote Web Workplace

Optimize Administration

EBS Administration Console

Single Unified View

More Secure

Best Practices

Extensible

Administrative Tasks Using the ConsoleDemo

Optimize Administration

Simplified Management“Because we have immediate access to event logs, we can spot issues early and avoid costly server problems,” explains Tom Goddard, Director of Information Technology for Lee Company. “A typical server issue involves anywhere from 10 to 250 users and 30 to 45 minutes of downtime for that particular service. So the savings in terms of increased reliability are significant.”

-Tom Goddard, Director of Information

Technology, Lee Company

Health Management• At-a-glance status updates• Weekly and customizable reporting• Simple update deployment

License Management• Centralized license management system• Easily reassign licenses or disable accounts

User Management• Wizards simplify adding new users• Remote Assistance saves time spent

troubleshooting user computers

Windows EBS Administration Console

Details pane

Results paneTasks Pane

Navigation tabs

• Out of box setup of software update infrastructure

• Reduce environment exposure to un-patched vulnerabilities

Reducing Desktop Support Costs“We used to spend 15 hours a month doing software upgrades,” he notes. “Over time, this will go down to 3 hours a month. Software patches could take one full day each week; with Windows Essential Business Server this is down to 2 hours a week. That alone saves us $11,000 per year.”

-Tom Goddard, Director of Information Technology, Lee Company

“We’re now able to proactively and remotely take care of patch management and software deployment, saving a great amount of time. Windows Essential Business Server enables us to integrate our line-of-business applications—our accounting system, revenue management system, and help desk system. This integration will result in significant cost savings and efficiency gains.”

-Paul Champane, IT Manager, Air Botswana

Windows Essential Business Server is allowing Vineyard Music Productions to save administrative costs now and increase those saving as it grow. “Currently, Windows Essential Business Server is saving us at least $50,000 a year in reduced costs.”

-Bryan Lubeck, owner, Vineyard Music Productions

• Light Touch on client PCs• Custom applications• Add/Remove Programs integration

Application Deployment

• Remote Assistance functionality enabled by default

• Admin integration to enable rapid connectivity

Remote Support for

Desktops

• Monitor health of systems• Update status• Error log monitoring• Remedial action in many alerts

Desktop Monitoring

and Reporting

Software Updates

Administrative Tasks Using the Console

Remotely Manage servicesConfigure securityGather server data

Run hardware inventory report

Management Impact on Cost

PCs managed by Group Policy save on average $120/user/yearA single directory for authentication saved $120/user/yearAutomated user provisioning saved $50/user/year

A 200-user organization could save $58,000/year

System Center Essentials Monitoring

Review state and alertsHealth ExplorerResolve alertsClose critical alerts

Reducing IT overheadThrough best practice configuration

Moving to a best practices environment“We knew we needed to upgrade out messaging infrastructure, our server operating system, our connectivity, and our remote services. Windows Essential Business Server

not only brings all of that together in one efficient package, but it allowed us to accomplish our infrastructure upgrade at least three months faster than if we had to

upgrade all the components individually.”Tom Goddard, Director of Information Technology, Lee Company

Today’s IT solutions are highly integrated, and often designed for enterprise IT expertiseEBS provides simple tools to get you to a best practice, integrated solutionGreatly reduced time and cost

Setup time often dwarfs cost of Hardware and softwareCosts of maintaining a misconfigured network are extremely high

Prepare Plan Deploy

Windows Essential Business Server Preparation Wizard performs over 100 infrastructure health checks

DNS configurationOrphaned records

AD healthConvergence/replication testing (SYSVOL)Integration mismatchesBroken delegationOrphaned records

Network connectivity problemsGhost NICsBinding order (TIP: Internal network MUST be on first NIC)169.254.x.x addressing (automatic private IP)

Exchange Health Checks

Preparation

Installation Process

Windows Essential Business Server (EBS) automates many of the installation and configuration tasks that you usually must perform manually when you install servers. The installation process consists of three phases:1. Make physical connections and prepare the

existing environment2. Install EBS on all three servers3. Complete configuration and migration tasks

Deployment

60% of operational issues come from incorrect setupSince deployment is only done once, there is no need for customers or partners to become expertsEBS combines best practice guidance for mid-size businesses

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Planning, Preparation, and Installation Savings

You can deploy Windows EBS in less than half the time of a typical server deployment.

Typical Server Deployment

Item Est. Cost

Planning 2-4 weeks

Remediation 2-8 weeks

Deployment 1-4 weeks

Best Practices deployment 1-4 weeks

Testing 1-4 weeks

Documentation 1-2 weeks

Total 8-26 weeks

Windows EBS Deployment

Item Est. Cost

Planning 1-2 weeks

Remediation 1-4 weeks

Deployment 1-2 weeks

Best Practices deployment

Included

Testing 1-2 weeks

Documentation Included

Total 4 – 10 weeks

“We knew we needed to upgrade our messaging infrastructure, our server operating system, our connectivity, and our remote services. Windows Essential Business Server… allowed us to accomplish our infrastructure upgrade at least three months faster than if we had to upgrade all the components individually.”

-Tom Goddard, Director of Information Technology, Lee Company

Planning and PreparationDemo

Windows EBS Installation

Planning wizard helps with tough decisionsSetup cross references all user inputs129 screens across 5 applications 28 screens in 1 integrated wizard

• Joins Active Directory Domain Services domain or creates a new Active Directory Domain Services forest and domain

• Establishes Internet access• Downloads the latest security updates• Secures servers running Windows Essential Business Server

Windows EBS Installation Wizard

Checks the existing environment for potential compatibility issues

Assists making required changes to the existing environment

Installs Windows Essential Business Server sequentially on three servers

Performs initial configuration that:

Summary

Windows Essential Business Server 2008 can help you reduce costs by:

Maximizing user

productivity

Optimizing administration

tasks

Consolidating workloads

Reducing IT overhead

Track Resources

Free Environment Preparation (and cleaning) Toolhttp://www.microsoft.com/ebs/en/us/preparation.aspx

Official Essential Business Server Sitehttp://microsoft.com/ebs

Product team blog (marketing and technical posts)http://blogs.technet.com/essentialbusinessserver

Windows EBS TechNet Library http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc514031.aspx

WESS webcasts for Partnershttps://training.partner.microsoft.com/plc/search_adv.aspx?ssid=2ff59e1b-42b9-4802-afc1-a02fb3d5eca3

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