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Table of Contents Acknowledgments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ix Introductions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xi
1. Why Virtualization? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Understanding Dynamic IT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Microsoft’s Infrastructure Optimization Model . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Virtualization and the Infrastructure Optimization Model . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Benefits of Virtualization . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 How Virtualization Enables Dynamic IT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 Achieving the Benefits of Datacenter Virtualization . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 Achieving the Benefits of Client Virtualization . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 Achieving the Benefits of Cloud Virtualization . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 Windows Optimized Desktop Scenarios . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 Mobile Worker Scenario . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 Office Worker Scenario . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 Task Worker Scenario . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .