Serving more than 100,000 joint customers, HP and Microsoft have been working closely together for more than 20 years on a wide range of activities, including engineering and integrated services teams working side-by-side to research, develop, test, implement and support solutions that help business of all sizes take advantage of new technologies. As proof of the strength of our relationship, Microsoft has named HP as Enterprise Partner of the Year a record four times.

Through one of the most unique alliances in the industry—the HP/Microsoft Frontline Partnership—HP and Microsoft have developed a shared vision aimed at providing integrated solutions, products and services through innovation and synchronization, with proven technology expertise and track record and a customer-driven approach. Building on the depth and breadth of a long-term partnership, HP and Microsoft are accelerating the next generation of computing.

In 2008, ProCurve was selected to provide the network infrastructure for the Microsoft Technology Centers around the world. Microsoft Technology Centers (MTCs) provide everything you need – an outstanding environment, industry leaders, and technology experts – to envision, architect, and demonstrate a secure, customized solution based on Microsoft and partner technologies.

An MTC’s dynamic collection of resources shortens your development time by removing traditional barriers and reduces the total cost of solution acquisition. Drawing on the integrated innovation of Microsoft products and technologies, the MTC can be a powerful resource for your organization.

There are 15 MTCs worldwide. To learn more visit www.microsoft.com/mtc

With the launch of ProCurve ONE, HP and Microsoft have extended their proven relationship to include the ProCurve family of networking products and solutions, bring all aspects of communications and communications infrastructure to the broad family of solutions

» HP-Microsoft Unified Communications and Collaboration
HP and Microsoft have announced a joint initiative to deliver an end-to-end, integrated unified communications and collaboration solution that helps customers lower costs and enhance productivity. Available now, the solution is optimized for HP ProCurve network infrastructure, enabling HP ProCurve customers to leverage their network investments by adding integrated instant messaging, voice, video, unified messaging, and presence applications. ProCurve infrastructure integrates with Microsoft applications to provide granular levels of network access control and dynamically provisions QoS policies that are critical for successful deployments.

» Microsoft Network Access Protection (Windows Server 2008)
The Microsoft Network Access Protection (NAP) gives you the power to isolate computers that don't comply with security policies you set. The ability to enforce security requirements is a powerful means of protecting your network.