From data center to desktop, Microsoft Virtualization delivers.

Virtualization means helping IT departments maximize cost savings and improve business continuity. ePlus professional services can address both physical and virtual infrastructure, and can be easily managed through a single console.

A Familiar Platform Microsoft virtualization solutions are based on familiar Windows interfaces and work with well-known Windows-based technologies. And because the solutions are Windows-based, ePlus can rapidly respond to your business needs. Savings and Value With Hyper-V in Windows Server, virtualizing your enterprise with Microsoft can cost less than competitive products and help you maximize the return on your virtualization investment. Everything needed to support server virtualization is available as an integral feature of the operating system with Windows Server 2008 Hyper-V. Hyper-V makes it easier than ever to take advantage of the cost savings of virtualization through Windows Server 2008. Seamless Physical and Virtual Management Microsoft virtualization technologies enable you to optimize your assets, centrally managing all of your physical and virtual resources across multiple hypervisors down to the application level.

Resources Case Studies Virtualization ROI Calculator To see how much return on investment your business can receive, check out the Microsoft Integrated Virtualization ROI Calculator—now integrated with the Microsoft Assessment and Planning Toolkit.

Interoperable Tools
Microsoft Virtualization products work seamlessly with the tools your IT staff already knows and uses, allowing for complete integration across your enterprise.

ePlus professional services are focused on server virtualization technologies that include:

• Choosing the right software for your virtualization needs.
• Architecting a virtualization hosted environment (server placement, host server sizing, server configuration recommendations).
• Assessing existing servers and providing an analysis of which servers can be virtualized and which servers are not recommended to be virtualized.
• Identifying a server consolidation strategy for not only taking physical servers to virtual servers, but also consolidate / eliminate excessive servers.
• Implementing Hyper-V or VMware host servers using best practices for tuning and optimization.
• Performing Physical to Virtual, and Virtual to Virtual conversion of servers into virtual guest images.
• Implementing host server and guest session redundancy (failover clustering, V/Motion, Quick migration, Live migration)
• Implementation and best practice training on the use of management components (VI3, System Center Virtual Machine Manager 2008).
• Knowledge transfer training on best practices at managing and administering a virtualized environment.

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