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| Distributor Steps to Becoming a SPLA Hoster 1. Microsoft Partner Network: Hoster joins the Microsoft Partner Network 2. SPLA Agreement: Hosting partner signs SPLA Agreement from SPLA Reseller 3. Community: Hoster joins the Microsoft Hosting Community https://partner.microsoft.com/global/40057328 4. Business and Services Agreement: Hoster signs Microsoft Business and Services Agreement 5. Reporting: Hoster provides monthly reporting and payment to SPLA Reseller - The Distributor Microsoft Hosting Solutions Examples Service Offerings & Managed Services Microsoft offers a complete hosted solution platform to match your current business areas: VM Hosting Database Hosting • Rented Virtual Servers (Shared or Dedicated) • Disaster Recovery • Rented Virtual Database Servers • Database-as-aService Application Hosting • Lync, SharePoint, Exchange, Dynamics • CRM, ERP, LOB apps • Custom LOB apps Web Hosting • Ecommerce Sites • Company Websites • Gaming & Entertainment Desktop Hosting • Windows desktops for students or call centers • Mobile sales team apps Exchange Products Lync For complete information on Microsoft hosting solutions, visit www.microsoft.com/hosting/en/us/default.aspx Microsoft Hosted Technology Value Proposition Windows Server SQL Server • Create business solutions across public or private cloud • Rapid Data Discovery capabilities • Create BI-as-a-Service offer to provide business analytics System Center v0712 • Enhanced web site density and manageability • 32x increase in virtual disk size per Virtual Machine • Higher density of Virtual Machines per host • • • • Windows Server with built-in hypervisor layer Manages hypervisors from multiple vendors Manage applications, not just virtual machines Production ready Becoming a SPLA Hoster 3