1. SQL Server disaster recovery and backup Achieve lower cost with SQL Server disaster recovery and backup on Windows Azure Challenges today Windows Azure On-Premises • Organizations need a robust yet affordable backup and continuity solution for their SQL Server and Oracle databases • Organizations want to free up expensive on-premises datacenter capacity Windows Azure benefits • On-demand capacity and scalability • Built-in high-availability for primary storage, backup, archive and disaster recovery (DR) • Out-of-the-box geo-redundancy • Move SQL VHD VMs between Windows Azure and private cloud

2. SQL Server development and testing Increase agility and decrease cost with SQL Server development and testing on Windows Azure Challenges today On-Premises Windows Azure • Unable to scale SQL Server developer environment • Limited on-premises datacenter capacity and expensive to purchase more hardware • Provisioning on-premises infrastructure for development and testing takes too long Use & provision VM Developers IT admin Manage environment Windows Azure benefits • Extend datacenter to Windows Azure VMs for development and testing. Ideal use case is app compatibility testing for SQL Server upgrades • Complete VM mobility across clouds • Single point of contact for support for the entire stack

3. Hybrid Cloud Storage Reduce storage costs by 60–80% with Windows Azure & StorSimple Challenges today On-Premises Windows Azure • Data storage is one of the highest cost line items in an IT budget • Managing storage to ensure SLAs, disaster mitigation, and compliance is complex and requires several vendor stacks Windows Azure benefits Physical or virtual servers • Single solution for archive, backup and disaster recovery • Compresses data up to 90% from on-premises solutions • Overall cost reduction up to 80% versus competitive storage solutions • Keep hot data close to user, move cold data to the cloud StorSimple appliance

4. SharePoint development, test and production Increase agility and decrease cost with SharePoint on Windows Azure Challenges today On-Premises Windows Azure • On-premises custom SharePoint apps or anonymous access apps can’t move to Office 365 • Cannot take advantage of cloud to scale SharePoint and SharePoint developer environment Use & provision VM Developers IT admin Manage environment Windows Azure benefits • Easily extend or migrate VMs to Windows Azure for development, test and production – without rewriting the app • Complete VM Mobility across clouds. Deploy in production on-premises or in the cloud • Single point of contact for support of entire stack Remote workers

5. Identity and access management Synchronize on-premises identities with Windows Azure Active Directory to enable single sign-on Challenges today On-Premises Windows Azure • Organizations do not have an integrated user authentication solution between on-premises and cloud-based applications • Businesses still do not have an on-premises Active Directory to manage access and identity • Organizations are concerned over security & compliance risks with users accessing on-premises or cloud applications from various devices Windows Azure Active Directory Windows Azure benefits • Enable single sign-on across multiple cloud applications and on-premises applications. • Integrate with on-premises Active Directory • Create and manage identities in the cloud • Help secure access to on-premises and cloud apps with Windows Azure Multi-Factor Authentication Consumer identity providers Windows Server Active Directory Microsoft apps 3rd party cloud/hosting PCs and devices