1. GPUG ® Summit 2011 November 8-11 Caesars Palace – Las Vegas, NV Life on a Virtual (Server) Farm? An Introduction to running Dynamics GP in a Virtual Environment

2. GPUG Summit 2011– Las Vegas www.gpug.com Agenda  What is Virtualization?  Discuss the “major” players in Virtualization  Learn about the three types of virtualization for use with Dynamics GP  Using virtualization for Lab/Testing Environments  South Adams County Water Virtual “Farm”  Comments, Questions, and Discussion

3. GPUG Summit 2011– Las Vegas www.gpug.com Life on a Virtual Server Farm? DISCLAIMER I am not a licensing expert on any of these platforms. I don’t even play one on TV. Please consult your reseller for licensing questions

4. GPUG Summit 2011– Las Vegas www.gpug.com Life on a Virtual (Server) Farm?  What is Virtualization ?

5. GPUG Summit 2011– Las Vegas www.gpug.com Life on a Virtual (Server) Farm?  Key Terms – Host – Hypervisor – Guest – VDI—Virtual Desktop Infrastructure – Virtual Application

6. GPUG Summit 2011– Las Vegas www.gpug.com Life on a Virtual Server Farm? The “Major” Players

7. GPUG Summit 2011– Las Vegas www.gpug.com Life on a Virtual Server Farm? Three Types of Virtualization  Server  Desktop  Application

8. GPUG Summit 2011– Las Vegas www.gpug.com Life on a Virtual Server Farm? Three Types of Virtualization  Server  Desktop  Application

9. GPUG Summit 2011– Las Vegas www.gpug.com Life on a Virtual Server Farm? Server Virtualization

10. GPUG Summit 2011– Las Vegas www.gpug.com Life on a Virtual Server Farm? Server Virtualization Pros  Increased utilization of hardware  License “savings”  Backups  Snapshot/Rollback  Dedicated Functions  Migration  Advanced Functions Cons  “Increased” management complexity  Additional Licensing  Server sprawl

11. GPUG Summit 2011– Las Vegas www.gpug.com Life on a Virtual Server Farm? Server Virtualization  Microsoft Hyper-V  VMware vSphere  Citrix XenServer

12. GPUG Summit 2011– Las Vegas www.gpug.com Life on a Virtual Server Farm? Desktop Virtualization

13. GPUG Summit 2011– Las Vegas www.gpug.com Life on a Virtual Server Farm? Desktop Virtualization Terminal Services IS NOT Desktop Virtualization

14. GPUG Summit 2011– Las Vegas www.gpug.com Life on a Virtual Server Farm? Desktop Virtualization  Microsoft VDI  VMware View  Citrix XenDesktop

15. GPUG Summit 2011– Las Vegas www.gpug.com Life on a Virtual Server Farm? Desktop Virtualization— To Go  VMware View with Local Mode  Citrix XenClient  Microsoft RDP?

16. GPUG Summit 2011– Las Vegas www.gpug.com Life on a Virtual Server Farm? Desktop Virtualization— To Go  VMware View with Local Mode  Citrix XenClient  Microsoft RDP?

17. GPUG Summit 2011– Las Vegas www.gpug.com Life on a Virtual Server Farm? Desktop Virtualization Pros  Ease of Administration  Snapshot/Rollback  Migration  Potential Hardware Savings  Advanced Functions – Linked Clones – Remote Rebuilds Cons  Additional Licensing  Remote assist issues  Server overhead

18. GPUG Summit 2011– Las Vegas www.gpug.com Life on a Virtual Server Farm? Application Virtualization

19. GPUG Summit 2011– Las Vegas www.gpug.com Life on a Virtual Server Farm? Application Virtualization Pros  Package delivery  Snapshot/Rollback  OS “Agnostic”  Limit Dependency Cons  Additional Licensing  Large Packages  Server overhead  Not all apps can be virtual

20. GPUG Summit 2011– Las Vegas www.gpug.com Life on a Virtual Server Farm? Lab/Testing Usages Servers Desktops Applications

21. GPUG Summit 2011– Las Vegas www.gpug.com Life on a Virtual (Server) Farm? Our Virtual Plantation..

22. GPUG Summit 2011– Las Vegas www.gpug.com Life on a Virtual (Server) Farm? Began virtualization with Virtual PC 2004 Testing multiple OS Moved Light-weight servers to VMware Server SQL Crash

23. GPUG Summit 2011– Las Vegas www.gpug.com Life on a Virtual (Server) Farm? VMware vSphere VMware workstation VMware View Thin Clients Linked Clones VMware ThinApp Failed initially.

24. GPUG Summit 2011– Las Vegas www.gpug.com Life on a Virtual (Server) Farm? Questions Comments Discussion

25. GPUG Summit 2011– Las Vegas www.gpug.com Life on a Virtual (Server) Farm? Questions Comments Discussion

26. GPUG Summit 2011– Las Vegas www.gpug.com Life on a Virtual (Server) Farm? Mark Huff Technology Services Specialist South Adams County Water & Sanitation District Commerce City, Colorado mhuff@sacwsd.org