2. Scalability & Performanc e Security & Multitenanc y Flexible Infrastructur e HA & Resiliency Virtualizatio n Innovation

4. Hyper-V Scalability Improvements SystemResource Windows Server 2008 R2 Hyper-V Windows Server 2012 R2 Hyper-V Improvement Factor Host Logical Processors643205× Physical Memory1TB4TB4× Virtual CPUs per Host5122,0484× VM Virtual CPUs per VM46416× Memory per VM64GB1TB16× Active VMs per Host3841,0242.7× Guest NUMANoYes- Cluster Maximum Nodes16644× Maximum VMs1,0008,0008×

5. VMware Comparison SystemResource Windows Server 2012 R2 Hyper-V vSphere Hypervisor vSphere 5.5 Enterprise Plus Host Logical Processors320 Physical Memory4TB Virtual CPUs per Host2,0484,096 VM Virtual CPUs per VM64864 1 Memory per VM1TB Active VMs per Host1,024512 Guest NUMAYes Cluster Maximum Nodes64N/A 2 32 Maximum VMs8,000N/A 2 4,000 1.vSphere 5.5 Enterprise Plus is the only vSphere edition that supports 64 vCPUs. Enterprise edition supports 32 vCPU per VM with all other editions supporting 8 vCPUs per VM 2.For clustering/high availability, customers must purchase vSphere vSphere Hypervisor / vSphere 5.x Ent+ Information: http://www.vmware.com/pdf/vsphere5/r55/vsphere-55-configuration-maximums.pdf and http://www.vmware.com/products/vsphere-hypervisor/faq.html, http://www.vmware.com/files/pdf/vsphere/VMware-vSphere-Platform-Whats-New.pdfhttp://www.vmware.com/pdf/vsphere5/r55/vsphere-55-configuration-maximums.pdfhttp://www.vmware.com/products/vsphere-hypervisor/faq.html http://www.vmware.com/files/pdf/vsphere/VMware-vSphere-Platform-Whats-New.pdf

6. Enhanced Storage Capabilities Native 4K Disk Support Take advantage of enhanced density and reliability Offloaded Data Transfer Offloads storage- intensive tasks to the SAN Increased performance, hardware integration and flexibility iSCSI & Fibre Channel Integrate with existing storage investments quickly and easily Multi-Path I/O Support Inbox for resiliency, increased performance & partner extensibility

7. Enhanced Storage Capabilities Deep integration with Windows Server 2012 R2 storage capabilities Hyper-V over SMB 3.0 Ease of provisioning, increased flexibility & seamless integration with high performance Storage Spaces Transform high- volume, low cost disks into flexible, resilient virtualized storage Storage Tiering Pool HDD & SSD and automatically move hot data to SSD for increased performance Data Deduplicatio n Reduce file storage consumption, now supported for live VDI virtual hard disks

8. VMware Comparison Capability Windows Server 2012 R2 Hyper-V vSphere Hypervisor vSphere 5.5 Enterprise Plus iSCSI/FC SupportYes 3 rd Party Multipathing (MPIO)YesNoYes (VAMP) 1 SAN Offload CapabilityYes (ODX)NoYes (VAAI) 2 Advanced Format Drives SupportYesNo Storage VirtualizationYes (Spaces)NoYes (vSAN) 3 Storage TieringYesNoYes 4 Data DeduplicationYesNo Network File System SupportYes (SMB 3.0)Yes (NFS) 1.vSphere API for Multipathing (VAMP) is only available in Enterprise & Enterprise Plus editions of vSphere 5.5 2.vSphere API for Array Integration (VAAI) is only available in Enterprise & Enterprise Plus editions of vSphere 5.5 3.vSphere vSAN is still in beta as of October 2013 and thus, not suitable for production deployments 4.vSphere Flash Read Cache has a write-through caching only, so reads only are accelerated. vSAN also has SSD caching capabilities built in, acting as a read cache & write buffer. vSphere Hypervisor / vSphere 5.x Ent+ Information: http://www.vmware.com/pdf/vsphere5/r55/vsphere-55-configuration-maximums.pdf, http://www.vmware.com/files/pdf/vsphere/VMware- vSphere-Platform-Whats-New.pdf, http://www.vmware.com/products/vsphere/compare.html, http://www.vmware.com/files/pdf/vSphere_55_Flash_Read_Cache_Whats_New_WP.pdf, http://www.vmware.com/products/virtual-san/features.html,http://www.vmware.com/pdf/vsphere5/r55/vsphere-55-configuration-maximums.pdfhttp://www.vmware.com/files/pdf/vsphere/VMware- vSphere-Platform-Whats-New.pdfhttp://www.vmware.com/products/vsphere/compare.htmlhttp://www.vmware.com/files/pdf/vSphere_55_Flash_Read_Cache_Whats_New_WP.pdf http://www.vmware.com/products/virtual-san/features.html

9. Enhanced VM Storage Capabilities Greater performance and administrator flexibility for virtual machines Online Virtual Disk Resize Grow and shrink virtual disks attached to running virtual machines, with no downtime Online Checkpoint Merge Merge checkpoints back into main virtual disk without downtime 64TB Virtual Hard Disks Increased capacity, protection & alignment optimization Virtual Fibre Channel Connect a VM directly to FC SAN without sacrificing features

10. VMware Comparison Capability Windows Server 2012 R2 Hyper-V vSphere Hypervisor vSphere 5.5 Enterprise Plus Virtual Fibre Channel SupportYes Maximum Virtual Hard Disk Size64TB62TB 1 Maximum Pass Through Disk Size256TB+ 2 64TB Online Checkpoint/Snapshot MergeYes Online Virtual Disk ResizeYesGrow Only 1.VMDK limited to 62TB as VMFS limited to 64TB, so additional room on top of VMDK required for Snapshots, Management etc. 2.The maximum size of a physical disk attached to a virtual machine is determined by the guest operating system and the chosen file system within the guest. More recent Windows Server operating systems support disks in excess of 256TB in size vSphere Hypervisor / vSphere 5.x Ent+ Information: http://www.vmware.com/pdf/vsphere5/r55/vsphere-55-configuration-maximums.pdf, http://www.vmware.com/files/pdf/vsphere/VMware- vSphere-Platform-Whats-New.pdf, http://www.vmware.com/products/vsphere/compare.html, http://kb.vmware.com/selfservice/microsites/search.do?language=en_US&cmd=displayKC&externalId=1004047, http://pubs.vmware.com/vsphere- 55/index.jsp?topic=%2Fcom.vmware.vsphere.vm_admin.doc%2FGUID-A42FA14C-7D67-44A7-823B-854AA9F5FD3E.htmlhttp://www.vmware.com/pdf/vsphere5/r55/vsphere-55-configuration-maximums.pdfhttp://www.vmware.com/files/pdf/vsphere/VMware- vSphere-Platform-Whats-New.pdfhttp://www.vmware.com/products/vsphere/compare.html http://kb.vmware.com/selfservice/microsites/search.do?language=en_US&cmd=displayKC&externalId=1004047http://pubs.vmware.com/vsphere- 55/index.jsp?topic=%2Fcom.vmware.vsphere.vm_admin.doc%2FGUID-A42FA14C-7D67-44A7-823B-854AA9F5FD3E.html

11. Enhanced Networking Performance Deeper hardware integration & enhanced vNIC capabilities Virtual Receive Side Scaling Network processing inside VM now scales efficiently across multiple virtual CPUs IPsec Task Offload Utilize hardware capabilities to offload encryption & decryption traffic processing Dynamic VMQ Dynamic distribution of VM traffic processing efficiently across multiple processors SR-IOV with Live Migration Hardware integration, optimized for low CPU utilization latency driving high performance

12. VMware Comparison Capability Windows Server 2012 R2 Hyper-V vSphere Hypervisor vSphere 5.5 Enterprise Plus Dynamic Virtual Machine QueueYesNetQueueNetQueue 1 IPsec Task OffloadYesNo SR-IOV with Live MigrationYesNoNo 2 Virtual Receive Side ScalingYesYes (VMXNet3) 1.VMware vSphere and the vSphere Hypervisor support VMq only (NetQueue) 2.VMware’s SR-IOV implementation does not support vMotion, HA or Fault Tolerance.. SR-IOV also requires the vSphere Distributed Switch, meaning customers have to upgrade to the highest vSphere edition to take advantage of this capability. No such restrictions are imposed when using SR-IOV in Hyper-V, ensuring customers can combine the highest levels of performance with the flexibility they need for an agile infrastructure. vSphere Hypervisor / vSphere 5.x Ent+ Information: http://www.vmware.com/pdf/Perf_Best_Practices_vSphere5.5.pdfhttp://www.vmware.com/pdf/Perf_Best_Practices_vSphere5.5.pdf

13. Enhanced Resource Management Optimized utilization of physical & virtualized resources Dynamic Memory Increased management control for greater virtual machine consolidation Resource Metering Track historical data for virtual machine usage, across CPU, Disk Memory & Network Network QoS Granular network controls for consistent levels of networking performance Storage QoS Prevent storage consumption from busy VMs whilst providing consistency to others.

14. VMware Comparison Capability Windows Server 2012 R2 Hyper-V vSphere Hypervisor vSphere 5.5 Enterprise Plus Dynamic MemoryYes Resource MeteringYesNoYes 1 Network Quality of ServiceYesNoYes 2 Storage Quality of ServiceYesNoYes 2 1.Without vCenter, Resource Metering in the vSphere Hypervisor is only available on an individual host by host basis. 2.Network & Storage Quality of Service (QoS) only available in the Enterprise Plus edition of vSphere 5.5 vSphere Hypervisor / vSphere 5.x Ent+ Information: http://www.vmware.com/pdf/vsphere5/r55/vsphere-55-configuration-maximums.pdf, http://www.vmware.com/files/pdf/vsphere/VMware- vSphere-Platform-Whats-New.pdf, http://www.vmware.com/products/vsphere/compare.htmlhttp://www.vmware.com/pdf/vsphere5/r55/vsphere-55-configuration-maximums.pdfhttp://www.vmware.com/files/pdf/vsphere/VMware- vSphere-Platform-Whats-New.pdfhttp://www.vmware.com/products/vsphere/compare.html

15. Virtualized Workload Performance SQL Server 2012 64 vCPU support drove 6x performance increase over previous version of Hyper-V & 6.3% overhead compared with physical equivalent Highest levels of performance for key Microsoft workloads

16. Virtualized Workload Performance 3 vCPU, 16GB RAM per VM, JetStress 2010 Exchange 2013 Virtualized 48,000 simulated users on a single Hyper-V host across 12 VMs, with low response times Highest levels of performance for key Microsoft workloads

17. Virtualized Workload Performance 8 vCPU, 12GB RAM per WFE VM Highest levels of performance for key Microsoft workloads SharePoint 2013 Scaled to over 2 million heavy users at 1% concurrency, across 5 VMs on a single Hyper-V host

19. Hyper-V Extensible Switch Granular networking configuration with integrated security capabilities Extensible Virtual Switch Layer 2 virtual network switch with programmatic management, built-in security & extensibility } Private Virtual LAN (PVLANs) ARP/ND Poisoning Protection DHCP & Router Guard Virtual Port ACLs Trunk Mode to Virtual Machines Monitoring & Port Mirroring PowerShell & WMI Management

20. Hyper-V Extensible Switch Granular networking configuration with integrated security capabilities Extensible Switch Layer 2 virtual network switch with programmatic management, built-in security & extensibility } Packet Inspection Packet Filter Network Forwarding Intrusion Detection } Cisco Nexus 1000v UCS VM-FEX NEC PF1000 5nine Security Manager InMon sFlow

21. Network & Storage Security Granular security controls and integrated disk encryption Extensible Switch Layer 2 virtual network switch with programmatic management, built-in security & extensibility } Packet Inspection Packet Filter Network Forwarding Intrusion Detection } Cisco Nexus 1000v UCS VM-FEX NEC PF1000 5nine Security Manager InMon sFlow BitLocker Drive Encryption Powerful encryption for local and remote storage used for hosting Hyper-V virtual machines

22. VMware Comparison Capability Windows Server 2012 R2 Hyper-V vSphere Hypervisor vSphere 5.5 Enterprise Plus Extensible Network SwitchYesNoReplaceable Confirmed Partner Solutions5N/A2 Private Virtual LAN (PVLAN)YesNoYes 1 ARP/ND ProtectionYesNovCloud/Partner 2 DHCP Snooping ProtectionYesNovCloud/Partner 2 Virtual Port ACLsYesNovCloud/Partner 2 Trunk Mode to Virtual MachinesYesNoYes 3 Port MonitoringYesNoYes 3 Port MirroringYesNoYes 3 Physical Disk EncryptionYesNo 1.The vSphere Distributed Switch (required for PVLAN capability) is available only in the Enterprise Plus edition of vSphere 5.5 and is replaceable rather than extensible. 2.ARP Spoofing, DHCP Snooping Protection & Virtual Port ACLs require the vCloud Networking & Security package, which is part of the vCloud Suite or a Partner solution, all of which are additional purchases 3.Trunking VLANs to individual vNICs, Port Monitoring and Mirroring at a granular level requires vSphere Distributed Switch, which is available in vSphere 5.5 Enterprise Plus only. vSphere Hypervisor / vSphere 5.x Ent+ Information: http://www.vmware.com/products/cisco-nexus-1000V/overview.html, http://www-03.ibm.com/systems/networking/switches/virtual/dvs5000v/, http://www.vmware.com/technical-resources/virtualization-topics/virtual-networking/distributed-virtual-switches.html, http://www.cisco.com/en/US/prod/collateral/switches/ps9441/ps9902/data_sheet_c78-492971.html, http://www.vmware.com/products/vcloud-network-securityhttp://www.vmware.com/products/cisco-nexus-1000V/overview.htmlhttp://www-03.ibm.com/systems/networking/switches/virtual/dvs5000v/ http://www.vmware.com/technical-resources/virtualization-topics/virtual-networking/distributed-virtual-switches.html http://www.cisco.com/en/US/prod/collateral/switches/ps9441/ps9902/data_sheet_c78-492971.htmlhttp://www.vmware.com/products/vcloud-network-security

24. Virtual Machine Mobility More flexible, higher performing VM migration capabilities Live Migration Faster, unrestricted, simultaneous VM live migrations between cluster nodes with no downtime SMB-Based Live Migration Store VMs on SMB 3.0 file shares, and live migrate them flexibly, without the need for a cluster Live Migration with Compression Harness spare host CPU cycles to compress memory of migrating virtual machines to accelerate live migration

25. Virtual Machine Mobility More flexible, higher performing VM migration capabilities Live Storage Migration Move the virtual hard disks of running virtual machines to a different storage location with no downtime Shared- Nothing Live Migration Flexibly move virtual machines between Hyper- V hosts with nothing but a network cable and no clustering requirements Cross-Version Live Migration Migrate VMs from Windows Server 2012 Hyper-V to 2012 R2 Hyper-V hosts with no downtime

26. VMware Comparison Capability Windows Server 2012 R2 Hyper-V vSphere Hypervisor vSphere 5.5 Enterprise Plus VM Live MigrationYesNo 1 Yes 2 VM Live Migration with CompressionYesN/ANo VM Live Migration using RDMAYesN/ANo 1GB Simultaneous Live MigrationsUnlimited 3 N/A4 10GB Simultaneous Live MigrationsUnlimited 3 N/A8 Live Storage MigrationYesNo 4 Yes 5 Shared Nothing Live MigrationYesNoYes 6 Live Migration UpgradesYesN/AYes 1.Live Migration (vMotion) is unavailable in the vSphere Hypervisor – vSphere 5.5 required 2.Live Migration (vMotion) and Shared Nothing Live Migration (Enhanced vMotion) is available in Essentials Plus & higher editions of vSphere 5.5 3.Within the technical capabilities of the networking hardware 4.Live Storage Migration (Storage vMotion) is unavailable in the vSphere Hypervisor 5.Live Storage Migration (Storage vMotion) is available in Standard, Enterprise & Enterprise Plus editions of vSphere 5.5 6.Shared Nothing Live Migration is only accessible via the vSphere Web Client, not core vCenter. vSphere Hypervisor / vSphere 5.x Ent+ Information: http://www.vmware.com/pdf/vsphere5/r55/vsphere-55-configuration-maximums.pdf, http://www.vmware.com/products/vsphere/compare.htmlhttp://www.vmware.com/pdf/vsphere5/r55/vsphere-55-configuration-maximums.pdfhttp://www.vmware.com/products/vsphere/compare.html

27. Virtual Machine Flexibility Comprehensive guest OS support & management } 64 Virtual Processor Support Virtual SCSI with Hot-Add & Online VHDX Resize Full Dynamic Memory Support Live VM Backup Support Linux kdump/kexec Support Non-Maskable Interrupt (NMI) Support Linux Support Multiple supported Linux distributions and versions, including Oracle, Red Hat, SUSE, OpenSUSE, CentOS, & Ubuntu New Synthetic 2D Frame Buffer Driver

28. Virtual Machine Flexibility Comprehensive guest OS support & management Linux Support Multiple supported Linux distributions and versions, including Oracle, Red Hat, SUSE, OpenSUSE, CentOS, & Ubuntu Live VM Cloning Duplicate a running virtual machine, even from a checkpoint, with no downtime to the running workload

29. Network Virtualization Integrated isolation & security with increased networking flexibility } Secure, Scalable Isolation with VLANs Live Migrations Across Subnets Seamless Infrastructure Integration Utilizes Generic Route Encapsulation (NVGRE) Provides VM Networks & Virtual Subnets Simplified Management of Networks Supports PowerShell & WMI Integrated with Partner Ecosystem Network Virtualization Decouple virtual networks from the physical network infrastructure and remove existing physical network challenges

30. Network Virtualization Integrated isolation & security with increased networking flexibility } Network Virtualization Decouple virtual networks from the physical network infrastructure and remove existing physical network challenges 10.10.10.1010.10.10.1 1 Blue Network 10.10.10.1010.10.10.1 1 Red Network VM Networks 192.168.2.10 192.168.2.11 192.168.5.12 192.168.6.13 Routable Hyper-V Hosts on Physical Network

31. Network Virtualization Integrated isolation & security with increased networking flexibility Network Virtualization Decouple virtual networks from the physical network infrastructure and remove existing physical network challenges Inbox NVGRE Gateway Scalable, production ready multi-tenant gateway for Site- to-Site (VPN), NAT & forwarding along with bridging virtual & non-virtual networks

32. VMware Comparison Capability Windows Server 2012 R2 Hyper-V vSphere Hypervisor vSphere 5.5 Enterprise Plus Linux Guest Operating System SupportYes VM Live CloningYesNoYes 1 Network VirtualizationYesNoVXLAN/NSX 2 Network Virtualization GatewayYesNovCloud Suite 3 1.Live Cloning requires vCenter and thus cannot be used with the standalone vSphere Hypervisor 2.VXLAN/NSX are additional purchases on top of vSphere. Pricing & packaging for NSX has not yet been released (October 2013) however VXLAN was a feature of the vCloud Networking and Security SKU, which is now part of the vCloud Suite 3.vCloud Suite is an upgrade from vSphere, available at considerable additional cost. vSphere Hypervisor / vSphere 5.x Ent+ Information: http://www.vmware.com/files/pdf/products/nsx/VMware-NSX-Datasheet.pdf, http://www.vmware.com/products/vcloud-suite/features.html, http://www.vmware.com/products/vcloud-suite/compare.html, http://www.vmware.com/products/vcloud-network-security, http://kb.vmware.com/selfservice/microsites/search.do?language=en_US&cmd=displayKC&externalId=1027865http://www.vmware.com/files/pdf/products/nsx/VMware-NSX-Datasheet.pdfhttp://www.vmware.com/products/vcloud-suite/features.html http://www.vmware.com/products/vcloud-suite/compare.htmlhttp://www.vmware.com/products/vcloud-network-security http://kb.vmware.com/selfservice/microsites/search.do?language=en_US&cmd=displayKC&externalId=1027865

34. High Availability & Resiliency Provide the greatest levels of uptime for key applications } Scalable up to 64 Nodes & 8,000 VMs Reduced Active Directory Dependencies VM Monitoring Failover Priority, Affinity & Anti-Affinity Cluster Shared Volumes Optimizations Cluster-Aware Updating VM Network Health Detection Dynamic Witness & Force Quorum Failover Clustering Integrated, scalable high availability to protect key virtualized workloads and provide the highest levels of uptime

35. High Availability & Resiliency Provide the greatest levels of uptime for key applications Failover Clustering Integrated, scalable high availability to protect key virtualized workloads and provide the highest levels of uptime Flexible Guest Clustering iSCSI, Virtual Fibre Channel & SMB 3.0 support for in-guest, application level resiliency Shared VHDX Support Build production-ready guest clusters utilizing Shared VHDX, without exposing underlying physical storage Integrated NIC Teaming Aggregate network adaptors to increase throughput & provide redundancy in case of link failure

36. VMware Comparison Capability Windows Server 2012 R2 Hyper-V vSphere Hypervisor vSphere 5.5 Enterprise Plus Integrated High AvailabilityYesNo 1 Yes 2 Nodes per Cluster64N/A32 VMs per Cluster8,000N/A4,000 Guest OS Application MonitoringYesNoYes 3 Failover Priority, Affinity & Anti-AffinityYesNo/AYes 4 Cluster-Aware UpdatingYesN/AYes 4 Integrated NIC TeamingYes 1.High Availability/vMotion/Clustering is unavailable in the standalone vSphere Hypervisor 2.VMware HA is built in to Essentials Plus and higher vSphere 5.1 editions 3.VMware App HA only available in 5.5 Enterprise Plus and requires deployment of 2 appliances per vCenter 4.Features available in all editions that have High Availability enabled. vSphere Hypervisor / vSphere 5.x Ent+ Information: http://www.vmware.com/pdf/vsphere5/r55/vsphere-55-configuration-maximums.pdf, http://www.vmware.com/products/vsphere/compare.html, http://www.vmware.com/products/vsphere/features/application-HA.htmlhttp://www.vmware.com/pdf/vsphere5/r55/vsphere-55-configuration-maximums.pdfhttp://www.vmware.com/products/vsphere/compare.html http://www.vmware.com/products/vsphere/features/application-HA.html

37. VMware Comparison Capability Windows Server 2012 R2 Hyper-V vSphere Hypervisor vSphere 5.5 Enterprise Plus Max Guest Cluster Size (iSCSI)64 Nodes5151 5151 Max Guest Cluster Size (Fibre)64 Nodes5151 5151 Max Guest Cluster Size (File Based)64 Nodes5151 5151 Guest Cluster with Shared Virtual DiskYesYes 2 Guest Clustering with Live MigrationYesN/ANo 3 Guest Clustering with Dynamic MemoryYesNo 4 vSphere Hypervisor / vSphere 5.x Ent+ Information: Information http://www.vmware.com/pdf/vsphere5/r55/vsphere-55-configuration-maximums.pdf, http://pubs.vmware.com/vsphere- 55/index.jsp?topic=%2Fcom.vmware.vsphere.mscs.doc%2FGUID-6BD834AE-69BB-4D0E-B0B6-7E176907E0C7.html, http://kb.vmware.com/kb/1037959http://www.vmware.com/pdf/vsphere5/r55/vsphere-55-configuration-maximums.pdfhttp://pubs.vmware.com/vsphere- 55/index.jsp?topic=%2Fcom.vmware.vsphere.mscs.doc%2FGUID-6BD834AE-69BB-4D0E-B0B6-7E176907E0C7.htmlhttp://kb.vmware.com/kb/1037959 1.Guest Clusters can be created on vSphere 5.1 and 5.5 but are supported to a maximum of just 5 nodes in that guest cluster, regardless of storage. 2.VMware supports guest clusters using a shared virtual disk, but those guest cluster nodes must reside on the same physical host, defeating the object of clustering and resilience. 3.VMware does not support the use of vMotion with a VM that is part of a Guest Cluster 4.VMware does not support the use of Memory Overcommit with a VM that is part of a Guest Cluster

38. Backup & Replication Integrated solutions for protecting key virtualized workloads Incremental Backup Perform agentless backup operations more quickly & easily whilst saving network bandwidth & disk space Microsoft Azure Backup Integration Quickly & easily protect important server data offsite with automated backups to Microsoft Azure Inbox VM Replication Near-synchronous replication of virtual machines across multiple sites with Hyper-V Replica

39. VMware Comparison Capability Windows Server 2012 R2 Hyper-V vSphere Hypervisor vSphere 5.5 Enterprise Plus Incremental BackupYesNoYes 1 Cloud Backup IntegrationYesPartners Inbox Software-Based VM ReplicationYesNoYes 1 vSphere Hypervisor / vSphere 5.x Ent+ Information: http://www.vmware.com/products/vsphere/compare.html, http://www.vmware.com/products/vsphere/features/replication.html, http://www.vmware.com/files/pdf/vsphere/VMware-vSphere-Replication-Overview.pdfhttp://www.vmware.com/products/vsphere/compare.htmlhttp://www.vmware.com/products/vsphere/features/replication.html http://www.vmware.com/files/pdf/vsphere/VMware-vSphere-Replication-Overview.pdf 1.vSphere Data Protection and vSphere Replication are available in the Essentials Plus and higher editions of vSphere 5.5

40. VMware Comparison Replication CapabilityHyper-V ReplicavSphere Replication ArchitectureInbox with Hypervisor Virtual Appliance Replication TypeAsynchronous RTO30s, 5m, 15m 15m – 24h ReplicationTertiary (A>B>C) Secondary (A>B) Planned FailoverYes No Unplanned FailoverYes Test FailoverYes No Simple Failback ProcessYes No Automatic Re-IP AddressYes No Point in Time RecoveryYes, 24 points Yes. 24 points OrchestrationPS, SCO, HVRM 1 No Script, SRM only vSphere Hypervisor / vSphere 5.x Ent+ Information: http://www.vmware.com/products/vsphere/compare.html, http://www.vmware.com/products/vsphere/features/replication.html, http://www.vmware.com/files/pdf/vsphere/VMware-vSphere-Replication-Overview.pdfhttp://www.vmware.com/products/vsphere/compare.htmlhttp://www.vmware.com/products/vsphere/features/replication.html http://www.vmware.com/files/pdf/vsphere/VMware-vSphere-Replication-Overview.pdf 1.Hyper-V Replica can be automated with PowerShell which is free within Windows Server. Alternatively, customers can automate Hyper-V Replica with System Center Orchestrator or Hyper-V Recovery Manager

42. Virtualization Innovation Capabilities to improve performance, security & management Enhanced Session Mode Enhanced user experience when administering Hyper-V virtual machines Automatic VM Activation Streamlined mechanism for VM activation, without additional activation infrastructure Generation 2 VMs Support for UEFI firmware and Secure Boot for more secure virtualized infrastructure

43. VMware Comparison Capability Windows Server 2012 R2 Hyper-V vSphere Hypervisor vSphere 5.5 Enterprise Plus VMs with Secure Boot & UEFI FirmwareYesNo Enhanced VM Administration ExperienceYesNo Automatic VM ActivationYesNo vSphere Hypervisor / vSphere 5.x Ent+ Information: http://www.vmware.com/products/vsphere/compare.html, http://www.vmware.com/products/vsphere/features/replication.html, http://www.vmware.com/files/pdf/vsphere/VMware-vSphere-Replication-Overview.pdfhttp://www.vmware.com/products/vsphere/compare.htmlhttp://www.vmware.com/products/vsphere/features/replication.html http://www.vmware.com/files/pdf/vsphere/VMware-vSphere-Replication-Overview.pdf 1.vSphere Data Protection and vSphere Replication are available in the Essentials Plus and higher editions of vSphere 5.5

45. Multi-Hypervisor Management System Center 2012 R2 supports Hyper-V, VMware & Citrix Xen Operations Manager (with Veeam Management Pack for VMware) Orchestrator Service Manager Virtual Machine Manager Windows Azure Pack (with vConnect from Cloud Assert)

46. VMware Admin Training Learn more at www.MicrosoftVirtualAcademy.com (search for “VMware”)www.MicrosoftVirtualAcademy.com Microsoft Tools for VMware Integration & Migration Jump Start (1/2 day) Microsoft Virtualization for VMware Professionals Jump Start (2 days) [New] VMware to Hyper-V Migration (1/2 day)

47. Scalability & Performanc e Security & Multitenanc y Flexible Infrastructur e HA & Resiliency Virtualizatio n Innovation

48. Microsoft Virtual Academy aka.ms/MVA Evaluation Edition aka.ms/EvalCenter Microsoft Certifications aka.ms/MSCerts TechNet Virtual Labs aka.ms/V-Labs Customer Evidence aka.ms/Evidence Free eBooks aka.ms/MVAebook