Microsoft TechEd 2013, Dell partners with Microsoft to improve Dell PowerEdge VRTX and Active Infrastructure 1.1.
Microsoft TechEd, for those who unfamiliar, is an annual event which aims
to connect you with IT professionals from all over the
USA. This year, the event has been hosted in New Orleans.
USA. This year, the event has been hosted in New Orleans.
During this event we learned that Dell PowerEdge VRTX solution now brings power and simplicity to remote/branch office (ROBO)
and small and medium business IT by consolidating server, storage, networking
and management into a single, right-sized chassis designed for this
audience.
Henceforth enhancements in dell Active
Infrastructure portfolio aim to help
customers accelerate the delivery of business applications and IT services
improve data center efficiency and strengthen IT service quality.
‘’With template based accelerated deployments for Microsoft workloads like
SQL environments, enhanced unified management, including support for Microsoft
Hyper-V and virtual workload provisioning and new validated workloads for SQL
Server, Microsoft SharePoint, and Microsoft Lync, Dell and Microsoft are
helping customers design their IT infrastructure around the workloads and
applications that are central to business success.’’ Reported Michael Miller.
In addition there are also new enhancements to Dell DVS
Enterprise for Windows Server 2012 including
high-end virtualized graphics support, simplified migration from Windows XP
(soon to be end of life) to Win7 or Win8.
Now an extension of DVS Enterprise for Windows Server 2012 includes
real-time VM monitoring and diagnostics, enhanced user experience and BYOD
support and is certified on the Dell Wyse D10D, D90D7 .
Finally Dell
Software announced solutions ‘’to further ease
migration, management and monitoring of Microsoft environments including Data
Loss Prevention (DLP) reporting for on-premises Exchange 2013, anytime,
anywhere SQL Server performance monitoring with expanded mobile support, and
accelerated multi-OS hardware migration, management and enablement strategies.’’