Core IO Model Summary
The Core IO Model defines six capabilities that are required to build a more agile IT infrastructure. IO efforts at Microsoft have focused on these key infrastructure capabilities that, for Microsoft, drive the business value of technology: |
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- Desktop, Server, and Device Management — Describes how customers should manage desktop computers, mobile devices, and servers, as well as how to deploy updates, operating systems, and applications across the network.
- Identity and Access Management — Describes how customers should manage people and asset identities; solutions that should be implemented to manage and protect their identity data (such as synchronization, password management, and user provisioning); and how to manage access to resources from corporate mobile users, customers, and/or partners outside a firewall.
- Security and Networking — Describes what customers should consider implementing in their IT infrastructures to help guarantee that information and communication are protected from unauthorized access, while at the same time providing a mechanism to protect their IT infrastructures from denial attacks and viruses, and preserving access to corporate resources.
- Data Protection and Recovery — Provides structured or disciplined backup, storage, and restoration management. As information and data stores proliferate, organizations are under increasing pressure to protect that information and provide cost-effective and time-efficient recovery when required.
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