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Green Tech Tips from Microsoft
for Large Organizations
Francois Ajenstat Steve Lippman Sponsored by

fajensta@microsoft.com stevelip@microsoft.com
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Francois Steve Anna
Ajenstat Lippman Jaeger
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Francois Ajenstat Steve Lippman
fajensta@microsoft.com stevelip@microsoft.com
Microsoft Corporation Microsoft Corporation

“Green IT has reached critical mass. “Enterprise PCs are wasting money.
Virtually all the companies we Far too many organizations leave
surveyed (97 percent) economic and environmental
are discussing their value on the table by not
Green strategy.” reducing PC-related
Symantec, May 2009
energy costs.”
Forrester, December 2008

“Transformation in the “IT's role will increasingly
way people and businesses be about applying the
use technology could reduce technology to create more-
annual man-made global energy-efficient, less-
emissions by 15 per cent by 2020 carbon-intensive business
and deliver energy efficiency savings to models, enterprises, value chains,
global businesses of over EUR 500 products and services with reduced
billion [GBP 400 billion/USD 800 environmental impact.”
billion].” Gartner, April 2009
The Climate Group, June 2008

REDUCING MANAGING RETHINKING
energy demands energy and business practices
environmental
footprint

…while improving the bottom line

Business is challenged
Microsoft offers…
to…

Reduce Power Consumption with Built-In Power Management

Windows 7 opportunities:
Reduce overall power consumption
Provide better tools for IT to manage
power consumption
Enhanced experience for mobile
users
Gain power savings of up to 10% over
earlier operating system versions on the
same workload
Centralize client/server power
management with Group Policy

“Power management software can reduce a PC’s power consumption by 80
percent, allowing companies to save between $25 - $75 per desktop PC.”
PC Energy Report 2007: United States, 1E

Refurbished computers
Notebooks over Desktops
Rely on standards (EPEAT and Energy
Star 5.0)
Power management—Windows 7, Edison
and other free tools

Increase Utilization/Reduce the Number of Physical Machines

Gain multiple virtual servers for the
energy/power cost of one physical server

12% utilization

11% 6% utilization
utilization

18% utilization
80% utilization
13% 5% utilization
utilization

3% utilization

2% utilization 3% utilization

7% utilization

“The effective use of virtualization can reduce server energy
consumption by up to 82% and floor space by 85%.”
Gartner, Inc., November 2008

Simplify planning process for operating
system migrations
Gather performance metrics from
computers being considered for
virtualization
Determine servers that can be
de-commissioned

Use top 10 business practices:
Reduce energy consumption, waste,
and costs
Increase efficiency and return on
investment (ROI)
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_commitment/articles/datacenter_bp.aspx

Business is challenged Microsoft offers…
to…

Centralize Control of Energy Consumption

Optimize resources and reduce energy
consumption with Group Policy
management and centralized
reporting/control
Use centralized software to manage:
Both physical and virtual environments
Across data centers, desktops, and
devices
OPERATIONS Find “unused” servers by monitoring
MANAGEMENT performance over time

VIRTUAL MACHINE
Consolidate and virtualize
MANAGEMENT

CONFIGURATION Enable power profiles; access compliance
MANAGEMENT reporting, asset information

CAPACITY PLANNING Right-size your hardware

Analyze Operations and Monitor Goals

Streamline data collection for key
environmental performance indicators:
 Direct energy consumption
 Indirect energy consumption
 Greenhouse gas emissions from the total
energy consumption
 Greenhouse gas emissions from standard
business practices
Analyze status of environmental
sustainability initiatives
Share performance broadly across the
organization

Reduce Travel, Commuting, and Office Space Requirements

Replace travel and commuting for
meetings or training with Web/
videoconferencing

Support tele- and remote workers with
portals, social computing, and document
workspaces

“... if a significant number of people worked from home more than three days a
week, this could lead to energy savings of 20-50%...”
The Climate Group, 2008

Streamline Processes with a Paperless Office

Take paper-based processes online
Increase efficiency of data gathering

Deliver messaging, collaboration, and
business process capabilities with
online services

Manage notes electronically rather than
with paper

Reduce the Carbon and Energy Impact of Your Server Room

Reduce server workload/energy
consumption with cloud services
Maximize efficiency and sustainability with
one of the world’s top data center
operators

MANAGING
REDUCING energy and RETHINKING
energy demands environmental business practices
footprint
 Desktop power  Centralized systems  Unified communications
management management  Collaboration
 Server power  Dashboards  Electronic forms
management  Custom reports  Digital note-taking
 Virtualization  Online services

No cost and saves you money instantly
Set power management on your computer/s
Turn off your computer at night

Some cost, but should save you money w/in a year
Order a smart power strip
Commit to buying refurbished or EPEAT gold or silver hardware.

Enhance Your Impact
Spread the word - Tell 5 of your friends and colleagues how to set
power management on their computers
Join Climate Savers Computing Initiative

Unpower Yourself!

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