[advocacy-discuss] Microsoft Enterprise Engineering Center Chooses Sun Ray Thin Clients (SUN System News)

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Microsoft Enterprise Engineering Center Chooses Sun Ray Thin Clients

    Microsoft White Paper Describes Virtualizing Windows on Sun Ray Thin Clients

    

     
      
      
        
	
      
    

    
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Microsoft Enterprise Engineering Center (EEC) reproduces customer
environments and conducts product validation. To accommodate the
constant demand for the EEC, Microsoft has expanded the facility's
capabilities and increased the size of the data center. Part of this
expansion focused on the integration of two core technologies:
virtualization technology from Microsoft and Sun Ray thin client
technology from Sun. 
Wanting a testing environment that displayed agility and responsiveness
to customer requirements were just a couple of the reasons Microsoft's
EEC chose Sun Ray thin clients to combine with its virtualization
technology. Other key features of Sun's thin client devices that
appealed to the testing facility:

Simplified Administrative Workload, Strong Protection

Since both Sun Ray thin clients and virtualization centralize
data on back-end servers, they help to simplify the administrative
workload and increase server utilization while protecting valuable data
and application assets. 
Stateless Means Mobility, Protection, No Maintenance


Sun Ray thin client devices themselves have no local disk storage and
are totally stateless, which brings distinct advantages in the EEC: Sun
Ray thin clients require no maintenance, promote user mobility, and
help to protect both Microsoft and customer intellectual property.
Users can move to any Sun Ray thin client in the EEC and resume their
exact desktop state, which encourages collaboration while safely
enabling access to data and applications on centralized, protected
servers. 
Program Managers can Create Versus Maintain


Since no desktop maintenance is needed, program managers can focus
their time and energy towards the provisioning process, quickly
creating and customizing new virtual machines. 
Presents Familiar Windows Desktop Experience


Best of all, with off-the-shelf software from Sun, Sun Ray thin clients
present a familiar Windows desktop experience to EEC users. 
Promotes Environmental Sustainability


Low-power Sun servers support the virtualization and Sun Ray software,
which, when combined with low power consumption of the Sun Ray thin
clients themselves, reduces the overall energy footprint. Since both
companies seek to reduce data center energy consumption, they are
focused on the common goal of a cost-effective and eco-friendly
solution.

MICROSOFT WHITE PAPER

Microsoft has produced a white paper describing the combination
of virtualization and Sun Ray thin client technology, and how the two
companies are working closely together to make the EEC initiative a
success. Specific topics covered in the 18-page PDF:

The Microsoft Enterprise Engineering Center (EEC)



Redesigning the EEC Testing Infrastructure

Meeting the Challenges of the EEC Redesign

Combining the Power of Virtualization and Sun Ray Thin Client Technology

The "New" User Experience




Solution Architecture



High-Level Overview

Deployed Solution

Virtualization Platforms

Virtualization Operating System and Virtualization Engine: Windows Server 2008, Hyper-V Technology

Virtual Machines

Display Management: Sun Ray Server Software, Sun Ray Connector for Windows

Sun Ray Thin Clients

EEC Deployment Plan 


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