Craig Brock (AKL)
Andrew Kosmadakis (WLG),
Principal Infrastructure Consultant
Sept 2013
Intergen Think! Event
Leveraging the Microsoft Private
Cloud today
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Your Presenter
Infrastructure Consulting lead
System Center product suite
and supporting products
Deployment and management
Microsoft V-TSP in Private Cloud
and Optimised Desktop
Andrew Kosmadakis Principal Infrastructure Consultant
Craig Brock
What is the Microsoft Private Cloud?
System Center 2012 R2 Overview
Introduction
Windows Azure Hybrid Solutions
Agenda
What’s in it for me?
Q&A
What is the Microsoft Private Cloud?
What is the Private Cloud?
• Pooled Resources
• Self-service
• Elastic
• Usage-based
• Control
• Customisable
Microsoft System Center
Windows Azure Hybrid Cloud
VM management
(e.g. start, stop) Migrate VM: On-premises
to Windows Azure
Migrate VM: Windows
Azure to on-premises
System Center 2012 R2 overview
Simple and cost-effective
In-box service templates and runbooks
for System Center components
Web-based interfaces to System Center
capabilities to help integrate existing
investments
Standards-based top-of-rack network
switch configuration
Windows Server file-based storage and
Storage Spaces support
Extensible service management
automation and integration
Workload protection & recovery across
datacenters with Windows Azure
Hyper-V Recovery Manager
Enterprise-class
Best-of-breed management for
Windows Server and Microsoft
workloads
Multitenant virtual networking,
including edge gateway provisioning to
bridge physical and virtual networks
Support for VM connectivity into virtual Fibre Channel SAN
Multi-hypervisor support, including
Hyper-V, VMware, and Citrix
Robust open source support: Dynamic
Memory for Linux, Unix/ Linux
monitoring and configuration
Unified monitoring for on-premises and
Windows Azure infrastructure
Application focused
Easy VM portability and management
between Windows Server and Windows
Azure
Deep .NET and Java application
monitoring and diagnostics
Standardized app provisioning with
service templates
Integrated dev-ops with System Center-
Visual Studio connector
Cloud-integrated app and workload
insight with Global Service Monitor and
System Center Advisor
Management Packs with extensive built-
in knowledge for Microsoft Exchange,
SQL, SharePoint
What’s in it for me?
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What’s in it for me?
Leverage the Private Cloud
Scale, Agility & control for your resources
Simplified Administration via one toolset
Leverage your existing infrastructure spend
Automated, self service for your customers
Lower total cost of ownership
Great partners to help you achieve your goals
Any questions?
System Center 2012 R2 Updates
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dn249519.aspx