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Hyper-V Private Clouds &
Competing Against VMware

Welcome to the VMware Compete Module on Microsoft Hosting University. Within these pages and links, we will provide an overview of the resources available for internal Microsoft employees and external service providers to build and sell private cloud offers on Hyper-V.

MAIN SECTIONS

All clouds are not equal!

Choosing the right cloud solution for a customer’s datacenter is a complex task. Microsoft private cloud solution with Hyper-V has become a formidable competitor to VMware. In this section we will cover the features and benefits that make Microsoft the right solution for your customers.

Microsoft versus VMware – Feature Comparison

When comparing Microsoft to VMware, users need to consider which cloud virtualization scenario they are comparing. Remember VMware requires several product offerings to match the capabilities of the Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2 Hyper-V and System Center Management solution.

This chart compares VMware vSphere core features with Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2 Hyper-V and System Center Management core features. As you can see, Microsoft is ahead in many of the areas required for a robust desktop to datacenter virtualization and management solution.

Advantage: Microsoft

Key Benefits

When comparing private cloud solutions, you’ll find that there is no one-size-fits-all virtualization product or service. From the customers’ perspective, virtualization must be an investment that fits with their overall IT goals and architecture, which is where Microsoft is way ahead of VMware. The aggregation of infrastructure components that virtualization brings to the table requires customers to choose wisely about which investments to make. Below is a list of key differentiators that make the Microsoft private cloud solution the right choice for our customers.

  • Enterprise Ready
  • Built-in Virtualization and Familiar Platform
  • Management of Applications, Not Just VMs
  • Cross Platform from the Metal Up
  • Best-in-Class Performance
  • Easy integration with existing virtualization infrastructure.
  • Lower Total Cost of Ownership
  • Huge Global Partner Ecosystem
  • Broad hardware compatibility
  • Control across Public and Private Clouds
  • Significant Cost Savings
  • Lower costs into private cloud both short and long term

Private Cloud Concepts

Essential to deploying Microsoft Private Clouds is the understanding of the three primary concepts:

Fabric Compute: Logical grouping of hosts or clusters in host groups Storage: Storage Classifications, Pools, Providers and Arrays Network: Logical Networks, IP/MAC Address Pools, Load Balancers, VIP Templates

Private Cloud Abstraction: Enables opaque usage model for Applications, Service and VM management Elasticity: Allows applications to scale dynamically

Self Service Quotas: Defines per-user limits on compute, memory, storage, number of VMs Delegation: Views based on User Roles

And what Does a Typical Private Cloud Usage Scenario Entail?

  1. Configure the fabric (servers, network, storage)
  2. Create a cloud from the fabric
  3. Delegate the cloud to a Self Service User
  4. Self Service User creates VMs and Services in the cloud!




What are Private Cloud Economics?

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