Why Windows 8?
Presented By:
Jarrod Roark
Bennett Adelson Consulting
Transformational Trends
Increasingly Demanding Needs
95%
of IT budgets is spent
maintaining inflexible & siloed
data center equipment
cloud
millennials enter the workforce each year
of organizations have a
remote workforce
So Why Windows 8?
Availability Simplicity
Scalability
Cost-
effectiveness
Availability Means Better Server Core
Source: http://blogs.technet.com/b/windowsserver/archive/2012/03/20/building-an-optimized-private-cloud-using-windows-server-8-server-core.aspx
Availability Means Less Reboots
• Source: http://blogs.technet.com/b/windowsserver/archive/2012/03/20/building-an-optimized-private-cloud-using-windows-server-8-server-core.aspx
Availability Means having the tools you
need when you need them
– Direct Access client
– Windows to Go
– BrancheCache
– App store model for metro apps
Simplicity Means Revisiting Some Basic
Concepts
• “A Bold Reimagining”
– Tablet/Slate
– Touch
– ARM Platforms
– Cloud is First-Class Citizen
Development Management Virtualization
Simplicity Means A Single View of Physical, Virtual, and
Public and Private Clouds
PRIVATE
PUBLIC
Identity
Traditional
Data Center
Highly Virtualized
Data Center
Scalability Means You Can Use More
• Higher Resource Limits
– Logical Processors - 640 (256 with Windows
Server 2008 R2)
– Memory - 4TB (2TB with Windows Server 2008
R2)
– Number of hosts in a Failover Cluster - 63 (16 in
Windows Server 2008 R2)
– Maximum boot volume size – 256 TB (2TB with
Windows Server 2008 R2)
Cost-Effectiveness Means More For Your
Money
• Hyper-V Does More In the Box
– Live Migration
– Private/Public Cloud Migration
– Included in free Hyper-V Server
– Reference sample:
• SQL Server Supported on Core, Including
Express
• Across the board, value is a selling point
Maximize your cloud capacity with unlimited
virtualization
Deliver a consistent model that is easier
to manage
Cost Effectiveness Means Predictable, Simple
Budgeting and Spending
Private Cloud with 500 VMs @ 4GB each
At 15 VMs per
processor,
Microsoft Private
Cloud solution is
1/16th the cost of a
comparable VMware
Private Cloud
solution
Using vCOPS
Enterprise Plus
$3,241
$4,423
$5,606
$6,788K
$425 $425 $425 $425K
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$1,000
$2,000
$3,000
$4,000
$5,000
$6,000
$7,000
$8,000
6:1 9:1 12:1 15:1
Co
st (Thousa
nds)
VM Density (VM per physical processor)
VMware CIS + vCOPS + vFabric APM +Windows Server
2008 R2 Datacenter
16X
7.6X
Security
• Direct Access – Already discussed
– More manageability and insight into the desktop
– Windows Memory Management
• App Store and Application Management
• Dynamic Access Control
When and where does Windows 8 make sense
• Windows 8 is not for everyone
• BUT!
– If your are running Windows XP or older
– If you have a highly mobile work
– If you want consistent look and feel across all
corporate devices
I want it now what?
• Start with server features
– Huge benefits and cost savings can be had right
out of the box.
• Hyper-V
• DirectAccess
• Dynamic Access Control
Path for desktop deployment
• Avoid rollout to entire organization early on
• Get Windows 8 into the hands of the helpdesk and developers
• Allow early adopters to opt into the program – Consider Windows to Go
– Look at new hardware (like touch mouse to improve user experience)
• Tablets and mobile devices are a quick win
• Define pockets of users where Windows 8 is a fit. – Mobile users, Customer facing employees
Thank You
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