Simplify Migration to Microsoft Windows Server 2008

Dell Infrastructure Consulting
Simplify Migration to Microsoft
Windows Server 2008
For many enterprises, the biggest hurdle in upgrading to the Microsoft® Windows Server® 2008 OS is the complexity of the migration process. Dell helps simplify IT and reduce risk with comprehensive service offerings and a validated, repeatable approach that includes seamless support for integrated TMicrosoft applications on Dell servers.
echnology moves fast-sometimes so fast that approach equips IT managers with the resources and IT departments struggle to keep up with flexibility to adapt to change as it occurs. change and benefit from the advantages it can pTrovide. Organizations are spending increasing Benefiting from the Dell amounts of time and money configuring systems, and Microsoft partnershipinstalling drivers, and maintaining servers when they As a Microsoft Gold Certified partner, Dell provides could be channeling resources into projects that accel- a single point of contact for everything from software erate business growth. Microsoft Windows Server 2008 and hardware to infrastructure consulting and techni-offers powerful new functionality and security enhance- cal support through Dell ProSupport. The result of ments designed to streamline business operations-but this partnership is cost-effective, end-to-end Microsoft 1first, organizations must make the move. solutions designed on standardized infrastructure Related Categories: Dell has teamed up with Microsoft to collaborate that scales to deliver bottom-line business value from Dell Services on a wide array of initiatives, including joint engineer- the desktop to the data center.Microsoft ing and testing, to design solutions that are easy to Dell provides seamless ordering, installation, inte-Microsoft Windows Server 2008 manage and can integrate seamlessly into existing IT gration, and support for Microsoft applications on Dell Operating system (OS) environments. This includes Windows Server 2008, infrastructure. Dell Infrastructure Consulting further Operating system migration and now Dell helps simplify the process of upgrading extends these benefits with certified Microsoft profes-Quest Software to Windows Server 2008 by providing an end-to-end sionals that provide advice, design, planning, and inte-Visit DELL.COM/PowerSolutions service that offers technical advice in a workshop gration for Microsoft solutions on Dell platforms. Finally, for the complete category index. scenario, a Comprehensive Readiness Assessment to Dell complements deployment and maintenance capa-determine options and requirements prior to migra- bilities for Microsoft by helping ensure that an organiza-tion, Structured Solution Design based on specific tion's IT team is trained to manage the environment.organizational requirements, and a validated, repeat- Dell and Microsoft actively participate in several able migration process. Best practices recommend reciprocal areas of joint development: Microsoft that a proof-of-concept approach be taken to test Windows® Unified Data Storage Server (the Dell Tthe new solution before migrating to a production PowerVault NX1950 offering), Web services, environment. Through this framework, the Dell Windows Server 2008, Exchange, and SQL Server® 1 For more information on how migrating to Microsoft Windows Server 2008 can help simplify IT, see "Getting Ready for Microsoft Windows Server 2008," by Laine Tsujii; Stephen Miller; Ben May; Jeanne Feldkamp; Jemilson Pierrelouis, Ph.D.; and Tom Kolnowski, in Dell Power Solutions, May 2008, DELL.COM/Downloads/Global/Power/ps2q08-20080305-CoverStory.pdf.
16 DELL POWER SOLUTIONS | May 2008 Reprinted from Dell Power Solutions, May 2008. Copyright © 2008 Dell Inc. All rights reserved.software. Dell also works closely with environment-enabling real-time image Microsoft to test beta code and optimize deployment that integrates an organiza- Windows Server 2008Comprehensivehardware configurations. Dell Consulting tion's operational environment at the Readiness Assessmentexperts offer field-tested experience point of production. Workshop StructuredSolution Designbased on the advanced deployment of Windows Server 2008 in production envi- Assessing infrastructure DirectSupport from Dellronments for organizations around the prior to migrationworld as part ... [download for more]