Improving Interoperability and Reducing Cost in the Data Centre

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1 Improving Interoperability and Reducing Cost in the Data Centre INFRASTRUCTURE FOR MIXED-SOURCE IT ENVIRONMENTS MICROSOFT NOVELL ALLIANCE Michael Croney, Director, Strategic Partnerships, Microsoft David Winter, Product Sales Specialist, Novell

2 Session Objectives Overview The Microsoft Novell Partnership Technology Overview and Benefits Commercial Models and Cost Savings

3 Bridging the Divide in Mixed Source IT Environments & Linux Q: What is the makeup of major enterprise data centres? 39% 69% Source: Gartner 25 th Annual Data Center Conference Interactive Polling Results, November December, % 5% 13% 3% 8% 5% Mainframe UNIX, Linux and UNIX, Linux and and Linux Mainframe, UNIX and Mainframe and UNIX and servers only

4 Market Snapshot A & Linux World New Server OS Share (IDC) * ( hardware (on new server Linux OS 2007 Share (IDC) ** ( non-paid (Includes on old hardware, paid and Linux UNIX Other Situation Market momentum is with two server operating systems - and Linux 69%+ of customers have data centres that include both and Linux However, customers are only using paid support for about half of the Linux that is deployed Consideration 1.3M non-paid Linux server OS deployments Customer benefits of paid Linux subscriptions Better support Better integration with Microsoft products IP piece of mind * Source: IDC Worldwide Quarterly Server Tracker (Feb 2008) ** Source: IDC, Worldwide Linux Operating Environments Forecast: Taking Linux to the Next Level, Doc # , April 2008

5 Foundation for Customer Value November 2, 2006: Microsoft & Novell announced a landmark collaboration agreement addressing solutions for customers with mixed-source IT environments ( and Linux) Technology Virtualization Standards-based Systems Management Directory and Identity Interoperability Document Format Compatibility Silverlight Plug-in for Linux, Moonlight Joint interoperability lab Intellectual Property Microsoft and Novell IP withcustomersprovide mindofpeace through amutual covenant not to sue Publically respects the innovations of each company and the contributions of the open source communities Business 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

6 Optimising virtualisation with Linux and SLES was the first Linux distribution officially supported by MSFT on Hyper-V SLES was the first SVVP validated enterprise Linux distribution that supports Server 2008 enlightened guests.

7 Virtualisation Management Solutions

8 SUSE Linux Enterprise Server Management Pack for Operations Manager 2007 R2 Extends the powerful capabilities of Microsoft System Center to heterogeneous environments Enables System Center to be the single, end-to-end platform for managing desktops, servers, and devices in both physical and virtual environments Monitors and manages seven common services used by most businesses running Linux servers System Center Operations Manager 2007 Operations Manager 2007 R2 Update Cross Platform Ext. Health and Performance Monitoring of Servers Health and Performance Monitoring of Linux Servers: CPU, Disk, Network SLES Management Pack Health & Performance Monitoring of Linux Services:

9 Identity and Security Pain Points Security and Compliance Need to provide secure access to resources Need to prove who accessed what Users have too many IDs and passwords to remember Cost and Complexity Agility Many different Web applications Many Identity Stores Help desk costs are too high Constant changes to the environment: new applications added all the time and identity stores scattered across the enterprise and on different platforms Need to deliver partner-enabled services (Federated SSO) Mergers and Acquisitions

10 AD FS Federated with Novell Access Manager Non AD Environment Business Partner Provide Access Single Logon Credentials for all Business Partners Microsoft Application Novell Access Manager Trust Established Cross-Platform Active Directory Federation Services

11 SharePoint and Access Manager Simplified Access to MS SharePoint Novell Access Manager Access Manager Transforms LDAP and Federated Identity into ADFS Claims Microsoft SharePoint edirectory Employees Active Directory Business Units Other LDAP Customers Active Directory SharePoint User authenticates to Access Manager (Direct or Federated) Access Manager validates identities across multiple Identity Stores as well as federated authentication from partners using SAML, WS-Fed or Liberty Alliance User Accesses SharePoint Access Manager generates claims that are forwarded to Active Directory Federation Services (ADFS) SharePoint Administrator Associates Claims with SharePoint Groups No Need to manage individual identities for all users that access SharePoint Improved User Experience Single Sign-On to SharePoint and other web resources protected by Access Manager

12 Special Proof of Concept (POC) Offers customermanyaddresstoavailablepocor flavors Four interoperability issues Virtualization of SLES on Hyper-V Management using SCOM with Novell Management Packs for SLES monitoring Expanded Support for RHEL on bare metal or as a virtual guest on Hyper-V Microsoft SharePoint access from Linux guests through federated identity Customer must have a defined project and be interested in migrating to SLES or purchasing support from Novell Customer must commit appropriate levels of resources (people) to support the POC and to support the development of customer evidence (case studies, quotes...) at the conclusion of the POC

13 Joint Support Call Novell or Microsoft Collaboration allows customers to call either Novell or Microsoft for support, and the issue is worked seamlessly regardless of who is responsible Front line to developer relationships Microsoft and Novell support organizations work together to triage the issue, with warm hand-off of information Level 2 support relationship means deep technical discussions can take place between Microsoft and Novell to address issues Joint technical collaboration provides developer to developer discussions to provide quick fixes Joint interoperability lab advantage Support issues can be routed to the lab where Microsoft and Novell developers work together in real time Co-located /Linux environment means faster replication and resolution of interoperability issues

14 Enterprise Linux Server Support Microsoft Certificates with Support Delivered from Novell Microsoft is distributing Enterprise Linux Server Support certificates from Novell Microsoft distributes certificates to customers that entitle them to redeem subscriptions and support from Novell for one or three year contracts Microsoft recommends SUSE Linux Enterprise for customers who have chosen to run and Linux in their data center Novell sforcertificatesdistributingnowismicrosoft Expanded SupportServicesforCentOS and RedHat Certificates, typically sold at an attractive price, can be leveraged for both Physical and Virtual machines

15 Q & A Discussion