Check out this slides presentation to read about the new Windows Server® 2008 R2 operating system, which provides a productive and cost-effective server platform with low-cost virtualization, power-saving capabilities, and a superior experience for end users. 

This presentation transcript offers advice to help you select the best server virtualization platform to meet your organization's business needs. Discover how to budget for your investment and determine the pros and cons of each option. Learn how to plan your search properly to ensure successful virtualization platform selection. 

All of us recognize the power of Virtualization, but are unsure of its implementation roadblocks, viability in an enterprise scenario, and manageability. Attend the webcast to find out how you can directly benefit from Virtualization and hear from the CIO of Mphasis on how Mphasis consolidated servers to its advantage. 

Many enterprises will want to seize the day and get the most out of their deployment of the new Microsoft software releases. So many are turning to EMC, a major Microsoft partner and solution provider. EMC brings numerous capabilities for enhancing and completing a Microsoft deployment. 

To address the need for streamlined management, Windows Server 2008 R2 delivers a powerful yet easy-to-use management experience that encompasses both tools and best practices. Read this white paper to learn more. 

This technical white paper discusses the features, benefits, and usage scenarios for RDS and is intended for server administrators who are already familiar with RDS as well as those server administrators who want to learn more about Microsoft's desktop and presentation virtualization technologies. 

System Center Configuration Manager and Microsoft Deployment now provide an integrated toolset. This article will describe how you can use Configuration Manager along with Microsoft Deployment to start rolling out Windows Server 2008. 

Building upon the security, reliability, and performance provided by Windows Server 2008, Windows Server 2008 R2 extends connectivity and control to local and remote resources. This means your organizations can benefit from reduced costs and increased efficiencies gained through enhanced management and control over resources across the enterprise. 

Coca Cola Bottling Company adopted 10 Gigabit Ethernet, consolidating from 80 servers to 4 and reducing cabling costs. 

In Windows Server 2008 R2, the improvements to failover clusters are aimed at simplifying failover clusters, making them more secure, and enhancing their stability. Cluster setup and management are easier. Security and networking in failover clusters have been improved, as has the way a failover cluster communicates with storage. 

Delivering solid application performance to branch and satellite offices is a clear business priority but costly and challenging to maintain for IT. How can you ensure the business gets what it needs while lowering IT costs and fueling greater consolidation and efficiency? Hear how leading enterprises are conquering this challenge and you can too. 

This white paper documents the performance of Microsoft SQL Server 2008 Business Intelligence and Data Warehouse solutions deployed on Dell PowerEdge servers with Dell PowerVault storage. Using the knowledge gained through joint development this white paper illustrates the cost-effective performance of Dell Solutions for SQL Server 2008. 

This Guide is a companion to How to Guide: Consolidating multiple SQL Server systems onto Dell PowerEdge Servers using Microsoft’s Hyper-V. In this Guide, we use the Dell PowerEdge R900 and PowerEdge R905 as target servers.