Dell Hybrid Cloud System for MicrosoftIT organizations have a journey to take to get to the cloud. Success with cloud requires an understanding that it is not just about the technology stack. Fundamentally, cloud is about applying technology to streamline IT operations and enable new business outcomes.

Business needs must be aligned with technology, and with cloud this relationship is more critical than ever. Dell understands these alignment challenges, having worked with our customers to build and manage some of the largest clouds on the planet.

Introducing Dell Hybrid Cloud System for Microsoft

Dell Hybrid Cloud System for Microsoft is not simply data center technology. The Dell Hybrid Cloud System for Microsoft is the industry’s first integrated, cloud solution validated with Microsoft Hybrid Cloud Platform System Standard1.

Dell Hybrid Cloud System for Microsoft is a turn-key integrated system, with powerful cloud management, that uniquely adapts to and enables your hybrid cloud journey – get hybrid cloud on your path, at your pace.

This system can take you from crate to cloud in less than 3 hours and is the only hybrid cloud integrated system with Dell Cloud Flex Pay and Azure Cloud Services. This engineered system streamlines all phases of the solution lifecycle from acquisition and deployment, to operations and management and through expansion and growth.

This is a flexible cloud system that integrates:

• Optimized, modular, cloud infrastructure

• Microsoft Hybrid Cloud Platform System Standard

• Private and public cloud management

• Multiple flexible payment solutions

• Microsoft Azure Cloud Services for Backup, Site Recovery, and Operational Insights.

• Dell ProSupport and Dell Professional Services

Business needs and Cloud aligned

The Dell Hybrid Cloud System for Microsoft will make your IT services agile and more efficient. The system is designed to leverage Azure public cloud capabilities for backup and recovery to extend your data center capacity. The solution is also designed to enhance business flexibility with Dell Scale Ready Payment Solutions.

Scale Ready Payment Solutions include Cloud Flex Pay, Pay as you Grow, Provision and Pay and Scale On Demand offers, backed by Dell Financial Services. The Dell Hybrid Cloud System for Microsoft is offered with these highly flexible payment solutions so you can maximize your investments and align the acquisition of cloud technologies with your business needs.

Dell is the only tier one vendor with financing options for an end solution spanning hardware, software and services.

Solution Brief

Dell delivers the first integrated hybrid cloud solution validated with Microsoft Cloud Platform System Standard

Hybrid Cloud Now

Like many cloud solutions, this system can host and scale cloud applications on demand as user or business needs change. Dell Hybrid Cloud System for Microsoft is capable of managing and operating hybrid cloud environments with integrated cloud management powered by Windows Azure Pack and System Center 2012 R2. Rapidly deploy new IT services with a consistent self-service experience across private and public clouds.

Dell Hybrid Cloud System for Microsoft is the world’s first hybrid cloud solution that is validated Microsoft Cloud Platform System Standard and streamlines management with Windows Azure Pack and Azure Cloud Services.

Azure Cloud Services for Back Up, Site Recovery, and Operational Insights are easily enabled with a wizard driven setup in Dell Hybrid Cloud System. These robust back up, recovery and operations tools will extend your on-site capabilities with services running in the Azure cloud and backed by enterprise grade SLAs, 24/7 tech support, and

round-the-clock service health monitoring.

Solution architecture overview

Dell Hybrid Cloud System for Microsoft is built on an optimized modular infrastructure with pre-configured Microsoft Cloud Platform System software. Grow as you need and pay as you grow, with fine-grained capacity expansion and flexible payment solutions, tailored to your business needs

Software Components:

• Microsoft Windows Server 2012 R2

• Microsoft System Center 2012 R2

• Windows Azure Pack

• Dell deployment automation

• Microsoft Storage Spaces

• Dell OpenManage Integration for System Center

• Dell iDRAC 7 with LifeCycle Controller

This integrated modular hybrid cloud system manages compute, storage and networking seamlessly with familiar tools including Windows System Center. Solution deployment and management is highly automated reducing the time required to manage your infrastructure so you can apply valuable human talent to strategic projects.

Hardware Components:

• PowerEdge C6320 with Intel Xeon E5-2600 V3 processors, up to 16 compute nodes, 320 cores, 400 virtual machines

• PowerEdge R730 - Storage Spaces file servers

• PowerVault MD1400/1420 DAS arrays, in 2x2, 2x3, 2x4 configurations, 32-128TB

• Dell Networking S4048 switches

Windows Azure Pack

Optimized Dell Infrastructure

Provision and Pay

Pay As You Grow

S cale on Demand

AzureBack up

Site Recovery Operations Insights

Cloud Flex Pay

Dell Cloud Services

Professional Services

Managed Services

Integration Services

Microsoft Cloud System Platform Standard

Dell Financial Services

System updates and maintenance

Updates and patches are easily and reliably deployed without disrupting tenants and are pre-validated and automated. The update system understands dependencies across components and validates components after updates are completed. Dell and Microsoft have implemented this update framework so IT staff can focus on creating business value and reduce time spent managing updates.

Azure Cloud Services

Easily extend your data center functionality with Azure Services for Backup, Site Recovery, and Operational Insights. Control and management of Azure Services is fully supported in the Dell deployment and configuration console to streamline operations and administration.

Azure Site Recovery protects applications running in your datacenter with flexible recovery plans. Azure Backup is a scalable solution that protects application data and can retain your data for up to 99 years to meet regulatory requirements. The powerful replication capabilities of Azure Site Recovery work with Backup to extend your datacenter.

Operational Insights leverages the power of Azure to effortlessly collect, store and analyze log data from virtually any Windows Server and Linux source, from any datacenter or cloud, and turn it into real-time operational intelligence to enable better-informed decisions.

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Scale Ready Payment Solutions

Dell Financial Services offers a portfolio of new and unique payment solutions, designed to help you adopt cloud technologies no matter where you are in your cloud journey.

Hybrid cloud enables the future-ready enterprise and Dell can help with flexible payment solutions designed to streamline technology adoption while also supporting your business growth.

• Cloud Flex Pay – Lowers financial barriers of implementing Dell Hybrid Cloud System for Microsoft

• Pay As You Grow – Acquire technology now, payments increase as your business grows

• Provision and Pay – Cyclical plan, deploy, pay process

• Scale On Demand – Payments based on actual usage

With the Dell Hybrid Cloud System for Microsoft you can grow and scale reliably and predictably. Grow on your terms with a modular, scalable, integrated solution to support your employees and customers. Match the right application to the right cloud, ensuring SLAs are met while optimizing costs through policy-based automation.

The Dell Hybrid Cloud System for Microsoft is backed by Dell’s award winning ProSupport Plus, and includes Dell Deployment and Integration Services.

Dell ProSupport Plus proactively improves the performance and stability of critical systems through environmental intelligence and the right expertise so you can adopt complex technologies with confidence. This enterprise-class support allows you to focus on your strategic goals.

Dell Services

Dell Services accelerates your private or hybrid cloud deployment. Dell’s cloud consulting services can assist in building and clarifying your cloud strategy, from white-boarding sessions to proof of concept to implementation. Dell services can also provide day-to-day, hands-on remote management of any part of your cloud technology stack from hardware and hypervisors up to the applications running in your cloud.

Dell Professional Services can easily be added to enhance and extend the Dell Hybrid Cloud System for Microsoft including:

• Dell Cloud Assessment

• Data Center Transformation Workshop

• Dell Cloud Transformation Services

• Dell Hybrid Cloud Consulting

• Dell Application Migration Services

Make your hybrid cloud a reality now with the Dell Hybrid Cloud System for Microsoft. A cloud system that takes advantage of the efficiencies, scalability and elasticity of pub-lic clouds, combined with the control and security of private cloud.

Build your cloud – your way

• First hybrid cloud system integrated with Azure Backup, Site Recovery and Operational Insight Services

• Enable “Any Cloud” capability – where you manage Clouds on your terms

• Offered with Scale Ready Payment Solutions including: Cloud Flex Pay, Pay As You Grow, Provision and Pay and Scale on Demand

Intelligent, seamless service delivery

• Gain agility and efficiency by deploying and scaling cloud applications on demand with an integrated hybrid cloud

• Simplify administration with integrated Azure Cloud Services for hybrid cloud backup and site recovery and operations

• Only solution that unifies consumption and management for WAP, Azure Cloud Services, private and public clouds

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End-to-end technology solutions

Reduce IT complexity, lower costs and eliminate inefficiencies by making IT and business solutions work harder for you. You can count on Dell for end-to-end solutions to maximize your performance and uptime. A proven leader in Servers, Storage and Networking, Dell Enterprise Solutions and Services deliver innovation at any scale. And if you’re looking to preserve cash or increase operational efficiency, Dell Financial Services has a wide range of options to make technology acquisition easy and affordable. Contact your Dell Sales Representative for more information.

1 Currently no other company has a hybrid cloud solution that is validated with Microsoft Cloud Platform System Standard.