Microsoft Virtualization Technologies Support Services

RECOVERY - This action is funded by the Recovery Act. This notice is provided for informational purposes only. This opportunity is for Microsoft Corporation, under a pre-existing Agency wide support services Contract (SS00-13-60014). The Social Security Administration (SSA) intends to award a firm fixed price task order for support services to test development, and deployment assistance for Microsoft Virtualization Technologies, and the evaluation and recommendations for the virtualization of Microsoft technologies on both Microsoft and third party virtual platforms. Microsoft Consulting services will provide technical advisor and leadership for the following: Server Virtualization - Windows Server 2008 Hyper-V, Hyper-V Server, and Virtual Server; Application Virtualization - Microsoft Application Virtualization; Storage Virtualization - Data Protection Manager (DPM), Windows Storage Server; Desktop Virtualization - Virtual PC and Enterprise Desktop Virtualization, VDI (Virtual Desktop Infrastructure) and VECD (Virtual Enterprise Centralized Desktop); Presentation Virtualization - Terminal Services; Virtualization Management - System Center Suite; Emerging Microsoft Virtualization Technologies; and Microsoft technologies virtualization strategies and recommendations for: Active Directory, Exchnage, System Center , SharePoint , Other technologies as necessary THIS NOTICE IS PROVIDED FOR INFORMATION ONLY. CONTRACTORS SHOULD NOT RESPOND