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NetApp and Microsoft Solution Partnership

When you deploy Microsoft® technologies on NetApp®, you’re getting a highly available and reliable end-to-end solution. Together, our two companies provide the value, expertise, and experience that can bring you success and help you go further, faster.

Our Value Proposition
NetApp and Microsoft work closely together to develop a comprehensive portfolio of storage and data management solutions so you get the full value of your Microsoft technology investments. With our joint solutions, you can efficiently store and manage your data for your Microsoft applications and databases. You can secure and protect your data assets, reduce costs, and simplify your IT environment. You can also help improve productivity across your organization through increased availability of your data; improved manageability of your storage systems; and more efficient, streamlined software testing capabilities.

Microsoft 2009 Storage Solutions Partner of the Year Award
In recognition of the value that our storage and data management solutions bring to Microsoft products and technologies, NetApp has been selected as the Microsoft 2009 Storage Solutions Partner of the Year. This award also reflects the value and effort invested in the long-standing relationship between Microsoft and NetApp and our commitment to helping our mutual customers go further, faster. This year’s winning submission was based on our compelling solution for Microsoft’s Hyper-V™ virtualization platform.

Our Solutions
NetApp storage and data management solutions for Microsoft environments are designed to help you reduce costs, gain new efficiencies, protect your data assets, increase data availability, simplify your IT environment, and increase productivity. We provide comprehensive storage and data management solutions that can store, manage, protect, and retain data for your:

• Enterprise messaging system based on Microsoft Exchange Server
• Collaboration portals and content management systems based on Microsoft Office SharePoint Server®
• Data warehouses, business intelligence, line of business applications, and database systems based on Microsoft SQL Server®
• Core IT infrastructure based on Windows® Server and Microsoft Hyper-V

How We Work Together
NetApp is strategically architecting storage solutions that are highly compatible with Microsoft technologies. Tight integration of licensed Windows protocols and enhanced compatibility with Windows OS enhancements, as well as Microsoft applications, are NetApp development priorities. The NetApp and Microsoft relationship is enabled by the following:

• NetApp is a Microsoft Global ISV and Gold Certified Partner.
• NetApp is a Microsoft Exchange Server Partner, in both the Backup/Archiving and Storage categories, and participates in the Exchange Solution Reviewed Program (ESRP) with a selection of its Exchange configurations listed.
• NetApp is a Microsoft SQL Server Partner and a Microsoft SQL Server "Always On" Storage Solution Partner, providing a high level of availability and reliability for SQL Server solutions.
• NetApp is a Microsoft Storage Partner and supports Microsoft storage technologies, including Microsoft iSCSI Software Initiator, MPIO, VSS, and VDS.
• All NetApp iSCSI and Fibre Channel storage arrays are Windows-logo'd and fully supported by Microsoft. To locate Microsoft-supported NetApp storage systems, please go to Microsoft's Windows Server Catalog.
• NetApp is part of the Enterprise Qualification Program; configuration details can be found under the Windows Cluster Support Matrix.
• NetApp is part of the Windows 2008 Failover Cluster Configuration Program; validated configurations can be found under the Failover Cluster Support Matrix.

Learn more (PDF) about the NetApp and Microsoft solution partnership and how it can benefit your organization. Contact your NetApp sales representative or your NetApp reseller and arrange a visit to your local Microsoft Technology Center.