Gartner is one of the most respectful sources in IT for data and analysis. Every year they release a Magic Quadrant for Server Virtualization Infrastructure. It seems Microsoft Hyper-V and VMM are becoming a steady leader in this. For full information please read the article.
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Microsoft Private Cloud vs. VMware Cloud Infrastructure and Management Suite products
This battle of giants is inevitable. From my point of view both sides have solid statements. Personally I prefer Microsoft Private Cloud as I think it provides more business value. Only the time will show who will prevail but I think Microsoft are currently the leading side with System Center 2012 and with the upcoming Windows Server 2012 they will provide a very solid solution for Private Cloud. An indication that Microsoft is starting to be the leader not the follower in this area is this statement from VMware’s CTO, Dr. Stephen Herrod at a recent VMUGIT event (scroll to the YouTube video at 3:12):
“VMware Cloud Infrastructure Suite is really more of a marketing term. Those of you know our products deeply know that they don’t fit this well together as they need to. Some of them have multiple databases, some don’t look the same, some install differently, and what I can’t stand that is Site Recovery Manager doesn’t currently work with vCloud Director. So, what we are basically able to say is that we created and acquired companies that led to a lot of individual products that don’t work well enough together yet.”
This statement is important not because Dr. Herrod is pointing the flaws in their products but because in their next releases in these products they will try to integrate them together and sell them as one products a strategy which Microsoft already applied to System Center 2012.
This statement is taken from an MS article titled “The facts about the value of a Microsoft private cloud”. You can read by your self and decide which product gives more business value.
You can also try this tool http://servervirtualization.cloudapp.net/ to calculate the costs between the products. Similar tool provided by VMware can be found here: http://www.vmware.com/technology/whyvmware/calculator/.
Note form VMware Calculator: Price lists and modeling assumptions are valid as of July 12, 2011. Future results could be different as pricing and other assumptions based on industry averages may change.’
This means the the calculator was not updated with the pricing for System Center 2012.
Package Microsoft Dynamics NAV 2009 SP1 with Server App-V
Microsoft Dynamics NAV 2009 can be packaged by Server App-V and this is fully tested scenario. On how to achieve this read the article “Server App-V Recipe: Microsoft Dynamics NAV 2009 SP1”.
Deploying Lync Jump Start
I am just an user when we talk about Lync, but Microsoft released the videos of their Deploying Lync Jump Start course. I must say that Jump Start courses are very helpful as during the sessions experts answer questions from the audience and are free. If you want to be an expert in Lync this is from where you have to start:
- Deploying Lync Jump Start (01): Features and Architecture of Microsoft Lync Server 2010
- Deploying Lync Jump Start (02a): Deploying Microsoft Lync Server 2010 | Part 1
- Deploying Lync Jump Start (02b): Deploying Microsoft Lync Server 2010 | Part 2
- Deploying Lync Jump Start (03): Configuring Users and Rights for Microsoft Lync Server 2010
- Deploying Lync Jump Start (04a): External User Access Microsoft Lync Server 2010 | Part 1
- Deploying Lync Jump Start (04b): External User Access Microsoft Lync Server 2010 | Part 2
- Deploying Lync Jump Start (05a): Configuring Basic Enterprise Voice Functionality Microsoft Lync Server 2010 | Part 1
- Deploying Lync Jump Start (05b): Configuring Basic Enterprise Voice Functionality Microsoft Lync Server 2010 | Part 2
- Deploying Lync Jump Start (6a): Extending Enterprise Voice Functionality Microsoft Lync Server 2010 | Part 1
- Deploying Lync Jump Start (6b): Microsoft Exchange Server 2010 SP1/Unified Messaging Integration | Part 2
- Deploying Lync Jump Start (7a): Implementing Response Groups in Microsoft Lync Server 2010
- Deploying Lync Jump Start (7b): Real-world IVR Scenarios with Microsoft Lync Server 2010
- Deploying Lync Jump Start (8): Conferencing with Microsoft Lync Server 2010
- Deploying Lync Jump Start (9): Monitoring Microsoft Lync Server 2010
- Deploying Lync Jump Start (10): Compliance and Archiving with Microsoft Lync Server 2010
- Deploying Lync Jump Start (11): High Availability and Disaster Recovery in Microsoft Lync Server 2010
- Deploying Lync Jump Start (12): Call Admission Control with Microsoft Lync Server 2010
- Deploying Lync Jump Start (13): Deploying & Configuring Enhanced 9-1-1 with Microsoft Lync Server 2010
Microsoft Private Cloud vs. VMware Virtualization
A battle between two Giants. Watch what Microsoft MVP Mitch Garvis is saying about the two solutions.
Cloud Administrator in Azure World 