MPSC Customer Engagments: Microsoft Consulting Services ROINow Virtualization Workshop
MPSC supports: MCS ROINow Virtualization Workshop
The Microsoft Partner Solutions Center
9 Multi-processor Fujitsu Hyper-V Server hosts
3 identical Virtualization & System Center based data centers consisting of:
Windows 2008
Core domain services
Microsoft Hyper-V
System Center Virtual Machine Manager
Each datacenter pod is a replica – a copy of the ‘gold copy’
Multiple & concurrent workshop attendee or customer access from various global locations:
Enabled with Microsoft based remote access features such as Remote Desktop Gateways
Rapid redeployment of workshop server images:
Using the Windows Automated Installation Toolkit for Windows 2008
Description of Engagement:
The goal of these workshops is to provide customers a “behind the scenes with MCS” proof-of-concept experience and a customized report showing how they can achieve ROI Now using Microsoft Integrated Virtualization.
ü Focus on reducing costs for customers and how virtualization can quickly show a return on investment
What is the MPSC?
The Microsoft Partner Solutions Center (MPSC) is a place where customer needs meet innovation design. At the core of the MPSC Dynamic IT Datacenter is Microsoft’s virtualization technology for server consolidation which was recently migrated from 700 to 22 Sun servers within 3 months. The MPSC is designed to handle remote and/or onsite engagements in a virtual lab environment using Microsoft products. We offer an IT engagement lab that exists to support the field sales efforts of both Microsoft and our member partners by designing and demonstrating real customer solutions. We also specialize in world-wide applications and services offered either to or through the enterprise in the communications sector.
We are located on the Microsoft Redmond campus where our facilities and services are designed to engage the enterprise end-customer through executive briefing, technology demonstration, architectural design session, proof-of-concept, pilot, or training all of which can be customized for each specific opportunity.
MPSC Contacts:
David Hayes, Director MPSC, (dhayes@microsoft.com)
Jeff Amels, Technical Operations Lead, MPSC (jamels@microsoft.com)