Published December 2015

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1 Published December 2015

2 Datacenter evolution to support business needs Seventy percent of CIOs will embrace a cloud-first strategy by INFRASTRUCTURE + IDC, CIO webinar, 2014

3 Product evolves to support datacenter needs

4 A leader in Gartner magic quadrants [1] Gartner x86 Server Virtualization Infrastructure, by Thomas J. Bittman, Michael Warrilow, July ; [2] Gartner Public Cloud Storage Services, by Arun Chandrasekaran, Raj Bala June 25, 2015; [3] Gartner Magic Quadrant for Cloud Infrastructure as a Service, by Lydia Leong, Douglas Toombs, Bob Gill, May 18, 2015; [4] Gartner Enterprise Application Platform as a Service, by Yefim V. Natis, Massimo Pezzini, Kimihiko Iijima, Anne Thomas, Rob Dunie, March 24, Gartner does not endorse any vendor, product or service depicted in its research publications, and does not advise technology users to select only those vendors with the highest ratings or other designation. Gartner research publications consist of the opinions of Gartner's research organization and should not be construed as statements of fact. Gartner disclaims all warranties, expressed or implied, with respect to this research, including any warranties of merchantability or fitness for a particular purpose.

5 Windows Server 2016 and System Center 2016 Cloud inspired Modern application platform Write once, deploy anywhere Nano Server Hyper-V containers Windows Server containers Software-defined datacenter Cloud inspired infrastructure New storage features Azure inspired networking stack Shielded VMs & Host Guardian Server Management anywhere Hybrid cloud management Real time visibility Rolling cluster upgrade support DPM support for Azure Express Route

6 Window Server 2016 Standard and Datacenter Editions Cloud inspired value across editions 2 VMs 2 Hyper-V containers* Unlimited VMs Unlimited Hyper-V containers Unlimited Windows Server containers Nano Server as deployment option Storage features including: Storage Replica Storage Spaces Direct New Networking Stack Shielded VMs and Host Guardian Service

7 System Center 2016 Standard and Datacenter Editions Hybrid cloud management 2 OSEs Unlimited OSEs Configuration Manager Operations Manager Data Protection Manager Virtual Machine Manager Service Manager Orchestrator Endpoint Protection Manager

8 Licensing across environments Virtualization optimization Cloud flexibility Pay as you Go Standard Edition 2 proc 2 VMs Datacenter Edition 2 proc Unlimited VMs Hybrid benefits Compute pre-purchase Microsoft Azure Compute Option (MACO) On premises Azure

9 Hybrid licensing benefits provide more flexibility and value On premises or cloud flexibility Additional cloud value Management System Center SA System Center SA license mobility Manage 2 OSEs in cloud or on premises with Standard Edition Manage 10 OSEs in cloud or unlimited on premises with Datacenter Edition Server and Cloud Enrollment (SCE) Manage 2 OSEs in cloud and on premises with Standard Edition Manage 10 OSEs in cloud and unlimited on premises with Datacenter Edition Existing Operations Management Suite System Center SA add-on purchase 50%+ discount on OMS services (Backup, DR, log Analytics, Automation) OMS editions entitle management of 2 or 10 VMs running anywhere New Windows Server SA Azure hybrid use benefit* Benefit available to Windows Server licenses with SA Standard Edition in use of this benefit cannot also be in use on premises Load and run own Windows Server image in up to 2 Azure VMs Pay only the cost of Azure compute, saving on the Azure Windows price Azure hybrid use benefit* Benefit available to Windows Server licenses with SA Datacenter Edition keeps unlimited VM rights on premises while using this benefit Load and run own Windows Server image in up to 2 Azure VMs Pay only the cost of Azure compute, saving on the Azure Windows price

10 Alignment to cores as the consistent cloud currency No change License physical cores License each user/device Server licensing 16 core licenses will be same as 2-proc 2012 R2 price Customers granted a minimum of 16 core licenses per 2-proc 2012 R2 license with SA at renewal 1:1 ratio of cores for Azure hybrid use rights benefit

11 Key packaging and licensing considerations Hybrid benefits available for licenses with Software Assurance Core based licensing model being introduced at 2016 GA Advanced software defined datacenter capabilities in Windows Server 2016 Datacenter Edition Inclusion of Windows Server and Hyper-V containers in both Standard and Datacenter Editions

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13 Resources Product and licensing information Windows Server 2016 System Center 2016 Hyper-V and Windows Server containers Azure hybrid use rights benefit Microsoft software inventory tools Microsoft Assessment Planning Toolkit Software Inventory Logging Aggregator

14 Available to Windows Server Standard and Datacenter licenses with SA What is it Customers can upload own Windows Server image to Azure non Windows VM Datacenter can continue being used for unlimited virtualization on premises Standard Edition cannot be used concurrently on premises and with this benefit Details Each 2 proc license with SA gets benefit for up to 2 VMs 2 VM combined capacity cannot exceed 16 cores total Azure capacity More information to come for customers and partners

15 Transition from processors to cores Windows Server 2016 and System Center 2016 Current agreement enrollment Renewal General availability