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RUNNING SYSTEM CENTER SERVICE MANAGER IN THE CLOUD WITH MICROSOFT AZURE

Geoffrey Chollar, Solutions Architect, SoftChoice

Chris Ross, Director of Program Management, Cireson

Pete Zerger, Principal Program Manager, Cireson

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INTRODUCTIONS

Chris Ross, MVPDirector of Program Management

Cireson@SCSMUS

Pete Zerger, MVP Principal Program Manager

Cireson@PZerger

Geoffrey ChollarSolutions Architect

Softchoice

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AGENDA

Why Azure?Leveraging Existing Investments Service Manager Architecture in Azure Deployment Experience in Azure Cloud Simplification Impact on Architecture & Management Next Steps & Call to Action

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QUICK POLL Tell us about your System Center investments

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WHY AZURE?

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CIRESON IS COMMITTED TO EVANGELIZING & DELIVERING SERVICE & ASSET MANAGEMENT TECHNOLOGIES & SOLUTIONS THROUGH THE INTELLIGENT CLOUD

Standardize. Automate.Transform.

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MICROSOFT INTELLIGENT CLOUD

IDENTIY COMPUTE MANAGEMENT APPLICATIONS

MicrosoftAzure AD

MFA

RMS

Azure App Proxy

Azure IaaS

Microsoft Hyper-V

Windows Server 2016

Containers

Nano Server

OMS

Azure Resource Manager

Azure Automation

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WHY AZURE?Hoster Azure

Cost/ month $X 30% more

Cost/ GB/ month 14 GB | $X 24.5 | 30% less

Cost/ Core/ month 5 cores | $X 12 cores | 85% less

Windows Server Licensing ?? Included

SQL Server Licensing ?? Included

Disk space Very limited Unlimited! Pay-as-you-go.

Disk speed Standard SSD on SQL

Disk spindles 4 (host) in RAID 1 4 just for data on SQL D2

Processor speed Standard Faster on SQL

Tip: Talk to a LSP to get discounted pricing

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WHY AZURE? (OTHER FACTORS)Hoster Azure

Scalability Tedious Simple

Data Growth Rebuild storage array Bottomless data center

Deployment Old school Push button

Pricing Model Relatively limited Many different options

Services Limited Many related services

Internet Speed Good Great

Automation Limited Azure Automation/ PowerShell

Administration Do it yourself Managed to some degree

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CALCULATING AZURE HOSTING COSTSwith Cireson Azure Cost Calculator

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AZURE CALCULATORStep 1: Introduction Screen

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AZURE CALCULATORStep 2: Adjust Answers in Orange

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AZURE CALCULATORStep 3: Review Cost Estimates

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A LOOK AT THE NUMBERSExample (No Data Warehouse)

Small Medium Large Enterprise

750 Employees 2,500 Employees 7,000 Employees 12,000 Employees

1,000 Computers 3,300 Computers 8,000 Computers 15,000 Computers

10 Analysts 25 Analysts 65 Analysts 200 Analysts

No Data Warehouse No Data Warehouse No Data Warehouse No Data Warehouse

$1,006.14 $1,254.12 $1,840.85 Consult

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A LOOK AT THE NUMBERSExample (with Data Warehouse)

Small Medium Large Enterprise

750 Employees 2,500 Employees 7,000 Employees 12,000 Employees

1,000 Computers 3,300 Computers 8,000 Computers 15,000 Computers

10 Analysts 25 Analysts 65 Analysts 200 Analysts

Yes Data Warehouse Yes Data Warehouse Yes Data Warehouse Yes Data Warehouse

$1,254.15 $2,013.88 $2,693.32 Consult

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LEVERAGING EXISTING INVESTMENTS When it comes to running System Center in the cloud, Service Manager is the tip of the iceberg

SCOM (application monitoring)Orchestrator (automation & self-service) SCCM (systems mgmt and deployment)Active Directory Domain Services

With corporate-to-cloud connectivity, data center location becomes unimportant.

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HYBRID SELF-SERVICE Cloud-based services for on-premises users

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SCSM ARCHITECTURE ON-PREMISES

On-prem

isesDC SCSM ManagementServer Farm

SQL Always AG

User access via Cireson Self-Service or Analyst Portal

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SCSM ARCHITECTURE IN AZURE

On-prem

isesAzure

DC SCSM ManagementServer Farm

SQL Always AG

User access via Cireson Self-Service or Analyst Portal

Access to Azure via S2S VPN, ExpressRoute or direct Internet connection

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OPTIMIZING SYSTEM CENTER SQL

DONT Install anything to C: drive

Use the D: (temp) drive

Enable Autoshrink or Autogrow

DO

Install SQL yourself if bringing your own license

Separate data and log files to separate drives

Use Database Page Compression (to save IOPS)

Split TempDB into 1 file per CPU core

Use Instant File Initialization

Managing SQL is in many respects just like on-premises

See link to “Performance Guidance for SQL in Azure” whitepaper in the Additional Resources section at the

end of this presentation.

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CLOUD SIMPLIFICATIONSome aspects of infrastructure management actually become easier in the cloud

High Availability SQL Application Load Balancing Scaling to Meet Demand Patching 123

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AZURE DEPLOYMENT OPTIONS

AZURE PORTALDevice-friendly web experience

Access to most features

No coding skills required

Perfect for simple, one-off deployments and admin tasks

POWERSHELLFull Azure feature access

Small and ad-hoc deployments

Leverage in automation tools

Quick and consistent bulk admin, and smaller deployments

AZURE TEMPLATEDeclarative and idempotent

Define dependencies

Deploy networks, VMs + apps

Great for refresh on-demand for complete environments!

“The Three Amigos”

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TEMPLATE DEPLOYMENT IN AZURE

Virtual Networks

Roles & Applications AD WEB SQL

Publish Services

Advanced Configuration

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DEMO: AUTOMATED DEPLOYMENTwith Azure Resource Manager Deployment Templates

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DIFFERENCES IN ARCH & MANAGEMENT

How does hosting in Azure change architecture of System Center or other applications?

Architecture Management

Scaling to meet demand

Storage management

Network security

Evaluating high availability needs

Not all environments will be powered on 24/ 7 Deployment automation Backup & DR strategy Management tools

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NEXT STEPS

Get a free MS Azure trial subscription

Deploy a test AD + SCSM environment

Install the Cireson Portal!

Contact a great partner like Softchoice

Try System Center 2012 in Azure for Yourself!

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SO YOU WANNA TALK ABOUT AZURE?

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