URBANA, OH-Rittal announced a strategic relationship with Microsoft's Enterprise Engineering Center (EEC), which is located on the company's main campus in Redmond, WA. Part of the Server and Tools Division, the EEC is the premier customer-facing lab on campus and provides their customers the opportunity to test deployments and upgrades of Microsoft enterprise software products as well as the configuration and scalability of untested solutions. By essentially performing operational "rehearsals" in EEC engagements, Microsoft customers get a glimpse of how the tested solutions will perform in their own production environments-removing uncertainty and ultimately saving time and money as they move forward.