Andrew W. Bennett

Architect EvangelistMicrosoft UK

Virtualisation from Server to Desktop

• What is Virtualisation?

• Current situation

• Microsoft Virtualisation Strategy

• Application Virtualisation

• Microsoft’s Virtualisation Direction

• How to make virtualisation succeed

Agenda

Virtual ProfilesPersonal profiles/settings separate from OS

Virtual StorageStorage and backup over the network

Virtual NetworkLocalizing dispersed resources

Virtual MachineOS can be assigned to any desktop or server

Interface bound to process

Storage assigned to specific locations

Network assigned to specific locations

Operating System assignedto specific hardware

Applications installed toSpecific hardware and OS

Without Virtualisation With Virtualisation Virtualisation Issues

Infrastructure

Management

Licensing

Interoperability

Support

Virtual ApplicationsAny application on any computer on-demand

Personal profiles & settings bound to OS

Virtual PresentationPresentation layer separate from process

What is Virtualisation?

The current situation

IT Manager Pain Points

Challenge:• Application

incompatibilities• Lengthy testing

Challenge:• Terminal server

siloing • Server

underutilisation

Challenge:• Underutilized

hardware • Excessive power

consumption• Expensive space

across data center or branch office

“…costs are too high…”

“…can’t meet my SLAs…”

Challenge:Providing disaster recovery for business continuity for operating systems and applications

Challenge:Planned and unplanned downtime affecting server uptime

“…systems can’t scale quick enough…”

Challenge:Inability to respond quickly to changing needs at desktops and the datacenter

“Plotting Security Strategy In

A Virtual World”- Channel Web Network

The Next Big Thing?

“First Came Virtualization; Now

Comes Management”- Networkworld

“Study: IT Wants More Virtualization

Management Tools”- CIO Magazine

“The Rise Of The Hypervisor”

- The Economist

“Desperately Seeking Virtualization Skills”

- Computer World

“Virtualization: Capitalizing On The Biggest Disruptor

In The Datacenter”

- Goldman Sachs

The game is only starting Virtualisation Adoptionx86 servers used for Virtualisation

Virtualisation adoption continues to rise: % of x86 servers virtualized expected to grow to about 14% in 2010

Source: IDC Sep 2006 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 20100

1,000,0002,000,0003,000,0004,000,0005,000,0006,000,0007,000,0008,000,000

Physical servers

Logical servers

Virtualisation Market

Non-virtu-alised server

s; Sales;

93; 93.00

%

VMware;

Sales; 4.9;

4.90%

Microsoft;

Sales; 1.75;

1.75%

Other; Sales; 0.35;

0.35%

World WideVirtualisation Adoption

Non-virtu-alised servers

VMware

Microsoft

Other

• Computerworld– “Although Virtualisation has been the

buzz among technology providers, only 6% of enterprises have actually deployed Virtualisation on their networks, said Levine, citing a TWP Research report. That makes the other 94% a wide-open market.”

– “We calculate that roughly 6% of new servers sold last year were virtualized and project that 7% of those sold this year will be virtualized and believe that less than 4% of the X86 server installed base has been virtualized to date.

• Pat Gelsinger, Intel VP Sept. 2007– “Only 5% of servers are virtualized.”

Virtualisation 2010

Non-Vir-tu-alised

servers; Sales; 83; 83.00%

Vir-tu-alised servers;

Sales; 17; 17.00%

World WideVirtualisation Adoption

Non-Virtu-alised servers

Virtualised servers

• Information Week Oct. 2007– “The [Virtualisation field] is

nowhere near saturated. IDC estimates that only 17% of the worldwide server market will be virtualized by 2010, up from 5% in 2005.”

Virtualisation

Under10%of Servers

are Virtualised

Inhibitors: Cost &

Complexity

Less than 1% of Desktops

are Virtualised

Still Early Days…

Moving to Ubiquity

Microsoft – Virtualisation Strategy

Management

Microsoft Virtualisation: From the Server to the Desktop

Desktop Virtualisation

Windows Vista EnterpriseCentralised Desktop

Application Virtualisation

Presentation Virtualisation

Server Virtualisation

ProfileVirtualisation

Document RedirectionOffline files

Accelerated server provisioning/ consolidation

Power/Space reduction

App incompatibilities

eliminated

ROI in often less than 6 months

Simplified backup & recovery

Business continuity built

into model

Dynamic provisioning

Transformation of physical IT

infrastructure (datacenter & desktop) into logical layers

Management becomes policy-based, enabling self-managing

dynamic systems

ReducesTCO

IncreasesAvailability

EnablesDynamic IT

Virtualisation: Business Benefits

Hyper-V Architecture

Applications

Applications

Applications

Non-Hypervisor Aware OS

Windows Server 2003,

2008Windows

Kernel VSC

VMBus VMBus Emulation VMBus

“Designed for Windows” Server HardwareWindows hypervisor

Windows Server 2008

VSPWindows Kernel

Xen-Enabled

Linux KernelLinux VSC

Hypercall Adapter

Parent Partition Child Partitions

VM Service

WMI Provider

VM Worker

Processes

OS

ISV / IHV / OEMWindows Server

VirtualisationMicrosoft / XenSource

User Mode

KernelMode

Provided by:

Windows Server 2008 - HyperV• Built-In Capabilities

– 32-bit (x86) & 64-bit (x64) VMs– Large memory support (64 GB) within VMs– SMP VMs– Integrated cluster support for Quick Migration and HA– Volume Shadow Service integration for data protection– Pass-through disk access for VMs– Virtual Machine snapshots– New hardware sharing architecture (VSP/VSC/VMBus)

• Disk, networking, input, video– Robust networking: VLANs and NLB– DMTF standard for WMI management interface– Support for Full or Server Core installations

Application Virtualisation

Dependencies Create Complexity

Hardware

OS

Data, User settings

Applications

Separation Creates Flexibility

Microsoft Application Virtualisation

Dynamically streaming software as a centrally managed service

Application Virtualisation

Multiple Delivery options

including Dynamic

Streaming

Policy Based application

management

Standalone Mode

Microsoft Application Virtualisation Platform

Microsoft Application Virtualisation

» Applications are virtualized per instance:» Files (incl System Files)» Registry» Fonts» .ini» COM/DCOM objects» Services» Semaphores, Mutexes» Name Spaces

» Applications do not get installed or alter the operating system

» Yet Tasks process locally on the host computer

» Dramatically reduces application conflicts and regression testing

Above the kernel Virtualisation for applications

On-Demand Streaming of Virtual Apps• Permission Based

– User clicks on desktop shortcuts – authentication, authorization and licensing checked every time users launch a SoftGrid application

• Centrally Served– The first time the Server streams

“just enough” code (20-40%) to client or TS machine. As more code is needed, it is dynamically delivered.

• Locally Executed– App executes on desktop, laptop and/or Terminal Server, not on Virtual Application Server

• Cached for Performance– App code is cached for repeat use – even without a network

• Disconnected Use Support– Entire set of applications are cached for limited time before expiring

Microsoft Application Virtualisation

DEMO

Rapidly packages applications through active watch technology including execution dependencies.

The admin has the option to create an MSI wrapper for Standalone mode delivery.

Virtual Application(SPRJ, OSD, ICO and SFT)

Microsoft Application Virtualisation

Sequencing – The gateway to Microsoft Application Virtualisation

The Sequencer producesthe virtual application package containing the application and its dependencies.

Application Virtualisation Architecture

Full Infrastructure• Desktop

Configuration (DC) Service

• Dynamic Delivery• Package/Active

Upgrade• Requires Active

Directory and SQL Server

Lightweight Infrastructure

• Dynamic Delivery• Package/Active

Upgrade• No DC Service

(XML configuration)• No Active Directory

or SQL Server required

• Allows streaming capability to be added to SMS/SCCM & 3rd party ESD

Standalone Mode• Standalone

execution of virtual applications

• No server is required

• MSI wrapper is the configuration control

• Interoperable with SMS/SCCM & 3rd party ESD

• No dynamic delivery, DC service or package/active upgrade

Microsoft's Virtualisation Direction

Microsoft Virtualisation Directions

Server

Desktop

Management

2006 2007 2008Virtual Server 2005 R2

Virtual Server 2005 R2 service packViridian CTP with RC0 of WS08

Windows Server 2008 RTMHyper-V beta & RTMTerminal Services

Softricity Acquisition

SoftGrid for Desktops via MDOPVista Enterprise Centralized Desktop

Microsoft Application Virtualisation 4.5

Microsoft Operations Manager System Center Virtual Machine Manager

System Center Virtual Machine Manager “next”

InteroperabilityNovell, Xensource; VHD Open Specification Promise

Sun Microsystems

How to make Virtualisation succeed

2. Integrate the management of virtual servers with physical servers,

3. Keep same disciplines of security, continuity and recovery to maximise business availability

4. Drive the necessary cultural changes for effectively managing resources in a virtual environment

1. Holistic approach: virtualisation as part of IT infrastructure

How to make virtualisation succeed

Resources

It’s a Virtual World http://blogs.technet.com/virtualworld

Microsoft Virtualisation Home: http://www.microsoft.com/Virtualization

Windows Server Virtualisation Blog Site: http://blogs.technet.com/Virtualization/default.aspx

Windows Server Virtualisation TechNet Site: http://technet2.microsoft.com/windowsserver2008/en/serve

rmanager/Virtualization.mspx

Thank you