Customer Panel Discussion from the final Microsoft Management Summit (MMS April 2013): Successes and Lessons Learned in Datacenter Management. The original is hosted by Microsoft at http://channel9.msdn.com/Events/MMS/2013/IM-B205, and I've copied this edition here for sharing on my LinkedIn profile.

4. Compute Storage

6. 1. Enable all internal customers with IaaS capability
• Improving provisioning with Cfg Mgr, VMM
2. Support targeted workloads with PaaS enablement
• VMM Service Templates
3. Prove out concept of EaaS (Environment as a Service) for 1 app
• Advanced Service Templates, or connected (SCOrch) workflows

8. VMware Env 1 VMware Env 2 SAN POWER - AIX NAS
Management Tools
Phys Servers
Management ToolsManagement ToolsManagement ToolsManagement ToolsManagement Tools
Unified Interface
Unified Processes

10. Service Manager Request Portal

11. Service Patching Runbook

12. Server Patching Runbook
Brett Chevalier www.memug.us

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Cargill is an international producer
and marketer of food, agricultural,
financial and industrial products and
services. Founded in 1865, our
privately held company employs
142,000 people in 65 countries.
1000+ locations globally
Orchestrator 2012 was brought into Cargill as part
of our migration from Altiris to System Center.

15. 1
• Operations Manager
• Configuration Manager
• Altiris
• Active Directory
• BMC Remedy
• SQL
• Oracle
• SharePoint
• Exchange

16. 1
Central Team
• COE
• Best Practices
• Manage Environment
Distributed development environments
• Key success factors
• Individuals dedicated 25%+
• PowerShell

17. 1
Runbook Requests
Web Service
Runbook Server
Runbook Server
Management Server
Web Service
Virtual Servers
8GB RAM/Quad Core
Separate physical hosts
NetworkLoadBalancer

18. 1
Metrics!!

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2013 Corporate Overview

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 Innovate with a core focus on helping customers tackle challenges and enable
progress in our fast-changing world
 3M innovations are born from the contributions of many, working together to share
and reshape ideas in a way that creates more than could be done alone
 Borderless exchange and expansion of ideas between
 88,000 employees
 70 countries, including growing footprints in developing markets
 46 technology platforms
 5 market-leading businesses
 R&D engine with consistent prioritization and investment
 Partnership between 3M and our customers yields tangible success
Working Together to Achieve More

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Driving Progress Around the World
Key

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 Sales & Marketing
Manufacturing/Converting
Technical Capabilities
Mexico

Brazil

Colombia

Venezuela

Argentina

Chile

Costa Rica

El Salvador

Panama

Ecuador

Peru

Uruguay

Guatemala

Italy

France

United Kingdom
/ Ireland

Turkey

Greece

Morocco

Canada

Jamaica

Dominican
Republic

Puerto Rico

Trinidad &
Tobago

Poland

Germany

Lithuania

Latvia

Estonia

Hungary

Romania

Ukraine

Kazakhstan

Russia
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Japan

China

Taiwan

Vietnam
 Thailand

Singapore

Indonesia

Hong Kong
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Korea

Philippines

India
Israel

Egypt

Pakistan

Kenya

Malaysia
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Sri Lanka
South Africa

Nigeria

Slovakia

Australia/New Zealand

Spain
Portugal

Belgium
Netherlands
Luxembourg
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Norway Sweden Denmark Iceland Finland

Kingdom of
Saudi Arabia

Austria
Switzerland

Czech
Republic

Bulgaria

United States


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Working from a Position of Leadership and Growth
 Global Sales: $29.9 Billion (65% International)
 Net Income: $4.4 Billion
 R&D & Related Investment: $1.6 Billion
 Earned 527 U.S. Patents
 Global Reach: Sales in ~200 Countries
 One of 30 companies in DJIA Stock Index
 Five Market-Leading Business Groups

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Through our five market-leading business groups, we turn our ideas into
ingenious products and solutions that make life better for our customers
and end-users every day
Enabling Customer Success: Our Five Market-leading Business Groups
Industrial
From purification to aerospace –
changing how industry works
Health Care
Promoting health and improving
quality care
Safety & Graphics
Keeping you safe, your world secure, and
enhancing visual communication and interactivity
Consumer
Simplifying life and work
Electronics & Energy
Enabling the global power and telecommunications
networks and the world's electronic devices

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The 3M Opportunity
An Ecosystem
of Ideas
Uncommon
Connections
Unparalleled
Quality
Collaborative
Culture
Trusted
Partnership
World Class
Innovation
Creative PassionCurious Problem
Solvers