Ezequiel Terol Rivas Microsoft Western Europe Belgium, May 24 th 2011

The Open Solutions Group is a Sales, Marketing and Technology organization responsible for driving interoperable solutions to market which are jointly developed by Microsoft and select Open Source vendors.

Operational Efficiency Centralize Management, invest in automation

Agility Agility CostCost Traditional Computing Private Cloud Public Cloud IT as a Service Just-in-time Provisioning & Scaling of Services on Shared Hardware “Gartner Data Center Conference (DCC) attendees see management and operational processes, funding/chargeback models, service description, and self-service interface and culture as the biggest challenges to private cloud computing.” – Gartner, Private Cloud Computing Plans From Conference Polls, Thomas Bittman, 4/30/2010

Cost centerEfficient cost center Business enabler Strategic asset People. Process. Technology. Self-ServiceElastic Scalable Multi-tenant Metered by Use

High Availability High Availability Business Continuity Business Continuity VM Mobility & Migration VM Mobility & Migration Web based Control Panel Web Services Foundational Technologies Services Goals

Linux Stack DDC Mixed-Source Toolkit for Hosters

Linux Stack DDC Mixed-Source Toolkit for Hosters

Linux Stack DDC Mixed-Source Toolkit for Hosters

Linux Stack DDC Mixed-Source Toolkit for Hosters

Optimizing Service Provider Peformance Dynamic Datacenter Toolkit Automate Provisioning Improve ‘on demand’ Self-Care Reduce manual processes Linux Provisioning Standard Linux images stored in VMM Library Enhanced post–deployment capabilities Static networking capable – no DHCP Windows Server Hyper-V + LIC’s Standardize on a single platform for virtualization Bridgways Management Packs to extend System Center Establish one pane of glass to manage datacenter across stacks Consolidated Support through Novell Standardize on one, leading partner, for Linux support; Reduce overall Linux costs

TECHNICAL COLLABORATION BUSINESS COLLABORATION Virtualization Standards-based Systems Management Directory and Identity Interoperability Document Format Compatibility Silverlight Plug-in for Linux, “Moonlight” Joint interoperability lab Joint sales and marketing Co-marketing fund Focused sales personnel Microsoft offers certificates for customers to redeem to receive Linux Enterprise Server support services directly from Novell for various Linux distributions

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Linux Fast-Start Program for DDTK – Mixed Source Host provider can test-drive the DDTK for mixed source at no charge Provision, manage, and monitor Windows or Linux VM’s Partner Receives One week of on-site consulting and setup All software required for testing Migration assistance for workloads Recommended 30 day test plan Phone and support for 30 days Full Support of SLES and RHEL-based Platforms during PoC

Solution Availability Dynamic Data Center Toolkit for Hosting Providers (DDTK-H) Including source code for provisioning Linux Virtual Machines Linux Support Subscription through Novell SUSE Linux Enterprise Server, RHEL, and RHEL compatible binaries Up to 7 Systems Center Management Packs (from Bridgeways): i.e. MySQL, Oracle, Apache, JBoss, WebLogic, Webshpere, Java, VMWare Attractive Commercial Terms through the Open Solutions Group

MilestoneStatus Dynamic Data Center Toolkit (Web Services) Bridgeways Management Pack for Linux Monitoring RHEL Expanded and/or SUSE Support Novell Access Manager Integration to AD Vmware ESX Monitoring Linux VM Provisioning Linux VM Configuration Application Provisioning in progress Automated Network Configuration (VM on-boarding) planned