5. Questions people are asking
• What is the Cloud? How do we describe it?
• What does it mean for IT?
• What does it mean for the Business?
• What does it mean for me?
• How will we benefit from it?
• How can the Cloud help?
• What is the difference between what I have today and what the
Cloud offers?
• How will my end users be affected?
• …
6. Some History
• “Cloud” metaphor for the
Internet
• Borrowed from the
Telephony industry
• Represents
– Application Service Providers
– Internet Service Providers
– Network
– Infrastructure
7. The Story of IT
• Seen as a “Cost Center”
• Tons of resources spent on acquiring
hardware and provisioning machines
• Thousands of hours spent on maintenance
and upkeep
• Slow and not very responsive
• High cost for disaster recovery and
business continuity
• Various skillsets needed to perform day-
to-day operations
• Painful software and hardware upgrades
• Managing identity and providing access to
external users
8. And how about the Business
• Seen as an operation of limitless
requirements and needs
• Responding to market conditions
and global business opportunities
gets tougher by the day
• Always training on new software
and applications
• Hard to build custom solutions
right the first time
• Total reliance on IT
9. How can the Cloud help me?
Hardware
Patching
Upgrades
Security scans Anti-Virus
Compliance
Version upgrades
Audits
Disaster
Remote user Access
Recovery
11. Why The Cloud?
Reliability Of Greater
Business Manage Costs
Services
Agility
Focus on solving Respond to business Shift from capital
business problems, not demands more expenditures to lowering
on infrastructure issues effectively operational expenditures
Automation Optimization Simplification
12. Why not Microsoft’s Cloud?
99.9% ROI of
Uptime 321% for
Guaranteed
Midsize
Company
45 minutes of Forrester Survey of 7
downtime per month SMB Companies done
in 2011
Trusting somebody
else’s Security & DR
plans
16. Who is Office 365 for?
Small Business Medium Business Large Business
• 1-50 People • 50-1000 People • 1000+ People
• Minimal IT • Minimal IT • Departmental or
Resources Resources Project based
• Minimal • Minimal • Does want IT
Infrastructure Infrastructure involved
• Needs Flexibility • Needs Flexibility
45. References
• Forrester Total Economic Impact Study O365
http://download.microsoft.com/documents/hk/office365/TEI_of_Offi
ce_365_midmarket.pdf
• Office 365 Site
http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/office365/online-
software.aspx#fbid=HFVowk3wg4n
• Office 365 Community
http://community.office365.com/en-us/default.aspx
• Office 365 Blog
http://blogs.office.com/b/microsoft_office_365_blog/
46. References
• Office 365 Single Sign-On
http://onlinehelp.microsoft.com/en-us/office365-
enterprises/hh125004.aspx
• Office 365 AD Synchronization
http://onlinehelp.microsoft.com/en-us/office365-
enterprises/ff652543.aspx
Notes de l'éditeur
List few of the questions and concerns people are discussing these days in regards to cloud computing.So before we dive into what Cloud is and what it means for us, let’s talk about what people are asking today.
Discuss where we’ve been, where we are today and where we’re going.BING Search “internet cloud”ASPs, ISPsConnectivity and BroadbandHardware and connectivity costshttp://johnnyharbieh.wordpress.com/2011/06/25/to-the-cloud-a-brief-look-at-cloud-related-matters/http://blogs.computerworld.com/16863/cloud_computing_by_the_numbers_what_do_all_the_statistics_meanSMB spending on cloud computing would reach $100B by 2014IDC estimates the market for public cloud products and services at $16B in 2010, growing to $56B by 2014. Gartner more optimistically estimates the cloud market at $150B by 2013 while Merrill Lynch estimates the market at $160B by 2011.
What are some of the drivers for the cloud?Discuss the traditional IT model and some of its pain points
What are some of the drivers for the cloud?Discuss the traditional Businessmodel and some of its pain points
What is it and why are we talking Cloud Computing today?Discuss the benefits of moving to or adopting Cloud-based strategies. Explain why is the Cloud discussion so important today.Discuss IT and Business Benefits of adopting CloudThere is a lot of research, including that derived from the Microsoft spotlight on cost, that points to real opportunity to lower cost through datacenter automation. Key areas that came out of that survey was the need to deliver solutions around automation, optimization and simplification.Opalis directly supports this goal, with the ability to lower operational costs by automating and standardizing IT processes, Opalis also improves the reliability and availability of the IT services the business relies on, this is achieved by replacing manual and repetitive IT tasks with automated best practices.Other scenarios for using CloudWhat bottle necks do you have? What are some of the current limitations you have and where Cloud can help?Where would you use Azure, other cloud providers?Hosting VideosConverting Video files into useable formatsStorageVirtual Desktops
What is the value proposition for Office 365 and describe some the key messaging around it. Office 365 is productivity delivered in the Cloud.Talk about the promises of Office 365 99.9% Financially backed SLAList some key numbers on Office 365 (50 K customers signed up when launched)It supports federation (Single Sign On)Directory Synchronization with on-premise
SLIDE“Cloud on Your own Terms”“Service is not a noun, it is a verb, it is what we do”“If a feature is not yet secure or not yet tested against multi-tenancy, we don’t turn it on”“Develop through extensibility”“Identity and Authentication is a very important thing to keep track of”What can you do with SharePoint Online? Share!NOTESDevelop through extensibilityIt is about creativity and being creative in designing your cloud solutionsExtend using Visio, InfoPath, Excel and Access Services90% of issues in Excel Services are authentication related.With Denali coming up, no requirement to for delegation to backend SQL stores is needed. For a Web Access Services database to work properly, ensure that your Access objects used are Web-Ready (look for the globe)Enabling multi-tenancy and building cloud ready features and services
Describe what is offered with Office 365 as far as key features and functionality