Microsoft provides a comprehensive platform and a suite of management technologies to help you create an integrated, end-to-end virtualized infrastructure.
Through its close collaboration and technology integration with Microsoft, F5 helps you dynamically manage IT resources in a virtualized application environment. Take advantage of step-by-step guidance for deploying F5 solutions with Windows Server Hyper-V and Microsoft System Center Virtual Machine Manager to get the most from your virtualization initiatives.
Boost performance
Improve the performance of virtual desktop machines by accelerating WAN connections. F5’s WAN application delivery services maximize available bandwidth and accelerate the transmission of protocols such as Remote Desktop Protocol to ensure consistently high performance for users.
Achieve high application availability
The benefits of the F5 platform apply to all apps, whether deployed physically or virtually. F5 helps you eliminate bottlenecks before they happen and improve business workflow—without the user being aware of the backend process.
Simplify disaster recovery
F5 solutions take the guesswork out of multi-data center deployments of Windows Server Hyper-V, routing network traffic as needed to manage changes in virtual machine activity for disaster recovery and data center failover scenarios.
Resources for Microsoft Virtualization
Solution Documents | How F5 optimizes partner technologies
White Papers | Real-world context for F5 technologies
F5 PRO-enabled Monitoring Pack for Microsoft System Center: Automated Provisioning
F5 and Microsoft Delivering IT as a Service
Delivering Virtual Desktop Infrastructure with a Joint F5-Microsoft Solution
Kerberos Constrained Delegation and Protocol Transition in Smart Card PKI Architecture
Seven Data Center Challenges to Consider Before Going Virtual
Microsoft Hyper-V Dynamic Data Center in an HP BladeSystem environment
Deployment Guides | Step-by-step configuration with your apps
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Virtualization as it should be
Together, F5 and Microsoft make your virtualized environment dynamic, efficient, and powerful.
“Customers need the key components of their private cloud infrastructure to work well with each other, and the deep compatibility of System Center 2012 with F5’s BIG-IP platform can help increase efficiency and reliability while helping reuce operational expenses.”
—Mike Schutz, General Manager, Product Marketing, Windows Server and Management, Microsoft