The Hybrid Branch

Infrastructure
Approach
Name
Title
Microsoft Corporation
Agenda
Branch office
challenges and
solution approaches
HQ The hybrid service
placement approach
Hardware
considerations
Operating system
Branch infrastructure considerations
Advantages and best
practices
The Branch Office Challenge
Centralized Distributed
Services Services
Hybrid
approach?

Cost Control Security Agility

Capital expenses Control access to Speed of provisioning
Management expenses corporate resources new locations
Corporate policy Deploying new
enforcement capabilities at existing
Regulatory sites
requirements
Branch Office IT Scenarios
Data Center

Security
VPN, Network Access Protection, Identity and Access

Networking
WAN Optimization, Web Caching

Distributed
Centralized

Hybrid

•Segregation of services to run

locally and remotely
•Services supplied from the central site
•+ Ease of
•Services accelerated from the centralDeployment
site WAN Latency WAN
•+ Simplicity
•Services supplied from the branch site Utilization
•+ Performance Moderate
Tolerance Dependency
Moderate Moderate
•+ Resiliency
Microsoft in the Hybrid
Branch
HQ

Branch Office
three.com
one. com

two.com four .com

 Hybrid Architectural
Considerations Hardware Considerations

Server Form Factor Appliance Form Factor

Operating System Considerations

Single OS Per Server Multiple OS Per Server

Branch Office
Box

Virtualized
Branch Office
Box
Single Single
Server Virtualized
Server
Multiple
Virtualized
Multiple Servers
Servers
Using the Appliance Form Factor

Appliance Form Factor

Branch Office Virtualized

Box Branch Office
Box
Branch Office Box Solutions
Partner Solutions

Branch Repeater™
Citrix Branch Repeater

Stages application content close to

branch users
Accelerates WAN application
performance
Delivers critical branch IT services
Offers powerful management
mechanisms
Virtualized Branch Office Box
Solutions
Partner Solutions

TBD

Cisco TBD
Cisco TBD
TBD
Hosting Services at the Branch
Office Server Form Factor

Operating System Considerations

Single OS Per Server Multiple OSs Per Server

Single Single
Server Virtualized
Server

Multiple
Multiple Virtualized
Servers Servers
Advantages of the Hybrid Approach
Provides local delivery of branch infrastructure
services
Minimizes WAN performance issues for the
branch office
Reduces hardware footprint at the branch
office
Offers the strengths of the centralized and
distributed approaches
Hybrid Approach Best Practices
Best Practice Guidance
Establish Focus on securing transmission and securing endpoints.
comprehensive, Security is of primary importance in the centralized
integrated security approach.

Centralize remote Access centralized and appliance-based services to

minimize the need for local IT support.
infrastructure
management

Automate central Minimize the need for central backup by using centralized
backup and appliance-based services. Use the local server or
appliance for branch client backup.

Integrate remote Use virtualization to enable more infrastructure and

hardware application services and promote application isolation.
infrastructure
Review
Branch office
challenges and
solution approaches
HQ The hybrid services
placement approach
Hardware
considerations
Operating system
Branch infrastructure considerations
Advantages and best
practices
Additional Resources
For information and guidance about BOIS, see
http://www.microsoft.com/branchoffice

For more information about Windows Server 2008, see

http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/windowsserver/2008

For more information about Windows Server 2008 Hyper-V,

see http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=101268

For more information about System Center, see

http://www.microsoft.com/systemcenter/en/us/default.a
.

For more information about Forefront Security products, see

http://www.microsoft.com/forefront/default.mspx
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