Integrating Windows Server® 2008 with the Cisco® Wide Area Application Services (WAAS) platform provides the flexibility to deploy corporate applications and infrastructure services across branch and data center locations, leveraging WAN optimization and locally hosted Windows Server services.
Unlike products that approach WAN optimization as an overlay network service and do not offer full Windows Server–based IT infrastructure services at the branch, Windows Server on WAAS optimizes the use of existing IT investments, expertise, and support.
ArchitectureThe branch appliance includes Windows Server 2008 Server Core installation on the Cisco WAAS platform, which communicates over the WAN to a Cisco WAAS appliance in the data center. Windows branch services include Microsoft® Active Directory®, Microsoft Domain Name System (DNS) Server, Microsoft Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP) Server, and Microsft Print Services.
WAN optimization functionality is managed by the Cisco WAAS Central Manager, while Windows Server can be remotely managed by Microsoft System Center.
Windows Server 2008 is a next-generation server operating system that helps IT maximize control over its infrastructure, while providing unprecedented availability and management that leads to a more secure, reliable, and robust server environment.
Windows Server 2008 delivers valuable new functionality and powerful improvements to the core operating system to help organizations of all sizes increase control and manageability, provide high availability, and have more flexibility for their changing business needs.
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Cisco WAAS is a WAN optimization and application acceleration solution that optimizes the delivery of any TCP-based application and video over a wide area network (WAN) environment.
This allows IT organizations to centralize servers and storage into the data center for better economies of scale, and to host required local services for better branch availability, while still offering LAN-like performance to employees regardless of location.
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