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Dell Provides Support for Fast Deployment of Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2

Dell helps customers reduce costs with Windows® Server® 2008 R2 through power savings, virtualization, extended hardware life and efficient software spending
Date: 10/08/2009

Dell today announced support for Microsoft Windows® Server®2008 R2, the newest release in the Windows family of enterprise operating systems. Dell offers its customers Windows Server 2008 R2, which includes the release of Dell drivers, systems management capability and supporting documents to help customers get up and running quickly.

The News:

  • Dell helps reduce cost, time and risk to implement Windows Server 2008 R2 by providing a single point of accountability for the entire hardware, software and services solution across all technologies.
    • Dell has ensured that its products running Windows Server 2008 R2 are business-ready for customers by conducting thousands of hours of testing and validation.
    • Dell provides complete driver support for Windows Server 2008 R2 for Dell hardware to ensure ease of deployment, effective operation and simplified management.
    • Dell offers a comprehensive suite of Dell ProConsult, Dell ProSupport and Dell ProManage services to enable customers to get the most out of their Microsoft environments.
      • As part of the Microsoft Technology Adoption Program (TAP), ProConsult services team has helped shape the final product and gained early “from the field” expertise across all key implementation considerations thus enabling customers to accelerate their enterprise adoption of this powerful new technology.
      • Customers with Dell ProSupport contracts continue to enjoy existing support for Windows Server 2008 R2 and for Microsoft Windows 7.
    • New enhancements to Windows Server 2008 Hyper-V™, including Live Migration, combined with design features in 11th generation Dell PowerEdge servers, such as enhanced memory and I/O capacity, help increase virtualization performance and scalability to reduce hardware costs through better utilization and consolidation.
  • Windows Server 2008 R2 will be factory installed on all available Dell PowerEdge servers in the third quarter of 2009. 
  • Dell will offer Standard, Enterprise, Web, Datacenter and Academic editions of Windows Server 2008 R2 on the full family of Dell PowerEdge servers. Dell will also offer Windows Server 2008 Foundation R2, designed for organizations with up to 15 users, on select PowerEdge systems.

Quotes:
“Dell is committed to helping companies make a smooth transition to the new Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2 operating system to help save time and money with new features. We are pleased to be the one of the first companies to offer full access, support and drivers to our customers to make this transition.” -- Sally Stevens, vice president of Platform Marketing, Dell