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Nov 2012o<strong>Another</strong> <strong>busy</strong> <strong>end</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>year</strong>, <strong>and</strong> <strong>getting</strong> <strong>ready</strong> <strong>for</strong><strong>2013</strong> <strong>and</strong> a <strong>new</strong> series <strong>of</strong> Solutions2012 it coming to a close, <strong>and</strong> it has certainly been a <strong>year</strong> full <strong>of</strong> Micros<strong>of</strong>t/EMC relatedactivities.HighlightsFrom theEnabblementteamLast week the ESG Micros<strong>of</strong>t Enablement Team hosted the MSpecialist 2012 Summit,which is one <strong>of</strong> the longest st<strong>and</strong>ing traditions within the MSpecialist community wherethe Micros<strong>of</strong>t community at EMC gets together <strong>for</strong> 3 days <strong>of</strong> technical sessions, focusedon Micros<strong>of</strong>t Application Solutions <strong>and</strong> Technical integration. This content is nowavailable in our Everything Micros<strong>of</strong>t at EMC site, where you will be able to find all <strong>of</strong> thematerial presented, from Windows 2012 updates, Hyper-V technical content, EMCproduct in<strong>for</strong>mation, Solutions Updates, Best Practices, to sizing tools.The release <strong>of</strong> Wave 15 events will set pace <strong>for</strong> many <strong>of</strong> the <strong>2013</strong> activities, <strong>and</strong> we willbe <strong>ready</strong> once again to provide guidance, knowledge <strong>and</strong> material required as these <strong>new</strong><strong>of</strong>fering become available.Much as we have done <strong>for</strong> all other releases in 2012, our team will continue to post,update <strong>and</strong> maintain all <strong>of</strong> the required material in our ECN site, aligning with theSolutions team with all <strong>of</strong> the upcoming reference architectures to be released in <strong>2013</strong>.Our educational webcast series, will bring <strong>new</strong> session over the rest <strong>of</strong> the <strong>year</strong> <strong>and</strong> oursolutions pages have been fully redesigned, to bring you the latest positioning on oursolutions so you are able to have <strong>new</strong> conversations with your clients.Enjoy the rest <strong>of</strong> the <strong>year</strong> <strong>and</strong> we look <strong>for</strong>ward to <strong>2013</strong>.As both SQL PASS <strong>and</strong> the SharePoint Conference <strong>end</strong>ed with great success <strong>for</strong> EMC,we encourage you to have a <strong>new</strong> conversation with your customers on how EMC cantrans<strong>for</strong>m existing SharePoint <strong>and</strong> SQL infrastructures with Private Cloud technology,lower cost <strong>and</strong> significantly trans<strong>for</strong>m per<strong>for</strong>mance, availability <strong>and</strong> efficiency.Call To ActionLast week at the MSpecialist Summit, we heard from all the Subject Matter Experts on ourlatest solutions <strong>and</strong> testing results, <strong>and</strong> we recomm<strong>end</strong> sharing this material with ourcustomers which can be found in our solutions pages in our Everything Micros<strong>of</strong>t at EMCsite.
EMC Efficient SQL Server 2012 Per<strong>for</strong>manceAcceleration Storage Solution with VFCacheLast month the EMC Global Solutions team released <strong>and</strong> published a solution whichshowcases <strong>and</strong> highlights a SQL Server 2012 Storage Solution, simulating an OLTPenvironment, leveraging VFCache on VMware vSphere 5 on VMAX 10K.This is a cost effective SQL Server storage solution that uses a multitier storagearchitecture enabled by EMC’s VMAX plat<strong>for</strong>m. The solution reproduces a st<strong>and</strong>ardcustomer environment that simulates an OLTP environment as the baselineThis solution can also be reviewed in its recorded demo, which shows how thisPer<strong>for</strong>mance Acceleration <strong>for</strong> SQL Server 2012 leverages VFCache, <strong>and</strong> the VMAX 10Kas a trusted storage plat<strong>for</strong>m.HighlightedSolutionEMC VMAX series storage array plat<strong>for</strong>ms have been fully validated by EMC, to supportcritical, enterprise-level, Micros<strong>of</strong>t SQL Server 2012 deployments in various differentreference architectures.In this solution, VFCache provides this SQL Server environment with all <strong>of</strong> theper<strong>for</strong>mance <strong>and</strong> efficient storage capabilities.Read more about this solution atAnnouncing Avamar 6.1 SP1EMC announces Avamar 6.1 SP1, a service pack release that provides support <strong>for</strong>Micros<strong>of</strong>t Server 2012 <strong>and</strong> Windows 8.oProduct UpdateMicros<strong>of</strong>t Windows Server 2012 is at the heart <strong>of</strong> Micros<strong>of</strong>t Cloud OS <strong>and</strong> delivers adynamic multi-tenant infrastructure, integrates a continuously available <strong>and</strong> easy tomanage multi-server plat<strong>for</strong>m, enables every app on any cloud <strong>and</strong> provides access todata from virtually anywhere on any device.Avamar continues to work very closely with its technology partners, to providecomprehensive support <strong>for</strong> the latest applications <strong>and</strong> OS releases. Avamar 6.1 SP1supports Windows System State <strong>and</strong> file system backup <strong>and</strong> recovery <strong>of</strong> Windows Server2012 (64-bit) <strong>and</strong> Windows 8 (32-bit <strong>and</strong> 64-bit) clients.This release also supports installation <strong>of</strong> Avamar application-specific plug-ins on WindowsServer 2012, including Micros<strong>of</strong>t Exchange, SharePoint, <strong>and</strong> SQL server.Avamar 6.1 SP1 is currently in Directed Availability <strong>and</strong> scheduled <strong>for</strong> General Availabilityin December 2012. Discuss this <strong>new</strong> release with your clients <strong>and</strong> position EMC’s BRSsolutions <strong>for</strong> Micros<strong>of</strong>t Mission Critical Applications
Must have Solutions demos <strong>and</strong> videosEach solution released by the EMC Sutions Group includes a recorded demo video.Recentry there has been many <strong>new</strong> demos added, which are now posted in our EverthingMicros<strong>of</strong>t at EMC site.SQL OLTP with one NIC in Windows Server 2012 SMB 3.0 multichannelEMC VMAX with Windows Server 2012 ODXStorage Live Migration with Windows Server 2012 ODX with EMC VNXSQL Backup Test with Windows 2012 SMB 3.0 Multichannel on SMB ShareVideos <strong>and</strong>DemosThe EMC vLab team, part <strong>of</strong> EMC Solutions Group, announces the availability <strong>of</strong> VSPEXPrivate Cloud solutions <strong>for</strong> Micros<strong>of</strong>t Hyper-V.VSPEX Private Cloud solutions <strong>for</strong> Micros<strong>of</strong>t Hyper-V can leverage the EMC StorageIntegrator (ESI) <strong>for</strong> Windows to enable Administrators to easily add storage from EMCVNXe to their Hyper-V provisioned Virtual Machines. This vLab enables VSPEX Partnersto easily demonstrate the simplicity <strong>of</strong> storage management with ESI to their customers.Specifically, VSPEX partners can demonstrate how to add a virtual disk to a Hyper-Vvirtual machine from EMC’s VNXe using the ESI. In addition this vLab enables VSPEXpartners to demonstrate how to create, add, <strong>and</strong> mount a CIFS share to a windows serverusing the ESI.This demo system is fully functional with a demo guide providing steps <strong>for</strong> the following:Hyper-V- Create <strong>and</strong> Mount the LUN <strong>for</strong> the vms- Destroy the LUN- CIFS share Create / Delete- SCSI Disk Create / Delete <strong>for</strong> W2k8Host Provisioning- Create <strong>and</strong> Mount the LUN to a Host- Unmount / Destroy the LUN- CIFS share Create / DeleteFor those <strong>of</strong> you with existing vLab accounts, these demo systems will be available <strong>for</strong>reservation via your library.For those who do not yet have a vLab account please registerat https://vlab.demoemc.comVPLEX release v5.1 Patch 3 is now availableproviding support <strong>for</strong> Windows 2012oVPLEXProduct InfoThe VPLEX 5.1 Patch 3 s<strong>of</strong>tware <strong>and</strong> documentation are now available. With this releasecertification <strong>for</strong> Windows 2012 has been achieved <strong>and</strong> will be posted in the ESSM <strong>and</strong>Micros<strong>of</strong>t websites.Refer to the release notes <strong>and</strong> the ESSM <strong>for</strong> a full detailed description <strong>of</strong> what issupported in Patch 3
Featured Webcast <strong>of</strong> the monthEMC Mission Critical Infrastructure <strong>for</strong> SQL Server 2012 Accelerated with VFCache: Thissolution highlights the per<strong>for</strong>mance acceleration <strong>for</strong> SQL Server 2012 in a virtualizedenvironment with EMC technologies such as VFCache, VMAX 10K, <strong>and</strong> FAST VP. Itshows the architecture design <strong>of</strong> the environment implementing SQL Server 2012Availability Groups, on the EMC Symmetrix VMAX 10K plat<strong>for</strong>m in a virtualizedenvironment; the easy configuration <strong>of</strong> VFCache to work with SQL server 2012 onVSphere5 virtual machines. The per<strong>for</strong>mance improvement <strong>for</strong> SQL server is alsodemonstrated here with two environment: one with storage bottleneck <strong>and</strong> one with asufficiently configured storage <strong>for</strong> the designed SQL server workloadEducationalWebcastsAll Webcast sessions are posted in our “Everything Micros<strong>of</strong>t at EMC” where you can findevery event since over the last two <strong>year</strong>s.<strong>2013</strong> will bring many <strong>new</strong> exciting webcasts, <strong>and</strong> our team will once again be hostingthese events starting on January 8 th . For the rest <strong>of</strong> 2012 we have two other sessions onExchange 2010.Exchange 2010 protection with AppSync – Dec 11 thFAST VP with Exchange 2010 – Dec 18 thPlease contact Roberto M<strong>end</strong>izabal to be added to the invite list <strong>for</strong> these eventsMust have documents <strong>and</strong> linksLinks <strong>and</strong> articlesBuilding the Right Infrastructure <strong>for</strong> Micros<strong>of</strong>t SharePoint - webcastEMC Infrastructure <strong>for</strong> High Per<strong>for</strong>mance Micros<strong>of</strong>t Database SystemsOur <strong>new</strong> ENC Exchange Solutions PageEMC advance protection <strong>for</strong> Exchange 2010 with AppSync white paperESG Lab Validation Windows 2012 with Hyper-V <strong>and</strong> SQL2012Also find us at: Facebook Twitter LinkedIn YouTube CommunityFor Additional in<strong>for</strong>mation on this content please contact mailto:roberto.m<strong>end</strong>izabal@emc.com
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