Interoperability

Does the Microsoft BPOS cloud fit your enterprise strategy?

Paul CullimoreMCS Architect

Microsoft

paulcu@microsoft.com

So the real question:

What does your enterprise strategy need to include to take advantage of cloud based services?

• One size fits all. Well almost, two sizes fits all• Success is based on volume, which in turn

drives cost, which in turn drives volume• Platform / service reliability is key. Contracted

SLA is 99.9%, anything less, money flows back to the customer

It’s a utility service

What is BPOS?

Microsoft Datacenter Locations

Central and

South

America

EuropeAsia

Africa

Australia

North America

Quincy, Washington

San Antonio, Texas

Chicago, Illinois

Dublin,Ireland

Amsterdam China

Japan

Singapore

Hong Kong

Enterprise class software delivered via subscription services hosted by Microsoft and sold with partners

Microsoft Online Services

Business Productivity Online Suite

‘S’ (Standard) vs ‘D’ (Dedicated)• Days to provision• USL only (£)• Scale 5-30,000• Internet only• Cloud identity• Limited feature sets• SSO client tool• Constant update• Future

• Months to provision• USL & SSL (£££)• Scale 5000+• WAN connection• AD tie in• Increased feature sets• No client software• 6 month update• Smaller future role

• v2.0 of BPOS• Closer to feature parity with on premise• Wave 14 products• Timescale = late this year, though some bits

arriving now• New identity platform

Future: Wave 14

• Identity• Networking• Security / Compliance• Client side

Strategy elements

Strategy Element: IDENTITY

MFGADFSAD

LiveID Identity Provider

BPOS-S

MSN

Hotmail

XBox

Managed Domains / Orgs

Latency is the enemy

• Geo-replication, on the horizon for SharePoint• WAN accelerators / cache devices• BranchCache• Client cache– Office Workspace (Groove)– 3rd party products– Office 2010 – Microsoft Office Upload Center – lazy write

on delta changes

Strategy Element: NETWORKING

Strategy Element: SECURITY

• EU Safe Harbour Seal• CyberTrust Certification• ISO27001

– Datacentre– ‘S’ service– ‘D’ service – Soon

• SAS70 Type II• Encrypt in transit• FIPS 140-2 (D only)• FERPA• HIPAA

• Patriot act, admin accounts

• Encryption at rest– AD-RMS– S/MIME

• BPOS Exchange is Outlook 2007 SP2+

• Browser is IE 7 (plus 3rd parties)

• Windows XP SP3 is a minimum, starting to move to Vista though for ADFS elements

Strategy Element: CLIENT

1. Employ MCS!1. ‘D’ or complex ‘S’ deals2. Directory and identity work3. Migration planning4. SharePoint development work

2. Get a demo account3. Read the service descriptions (search

www.microsoft.com/download for ‘online service’)4. Follow the blog: http://blogs.technet.com/msonline5. http://speedtest.emea.microsoftonline.com

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