The Microsoft Private Cloud allows organisations to realise the efficiency and flexibility of cloud computing, within your own data centre – it uses resources dedicated to your organisation and its specific needs. Similar to the public cloud, a private cloud shares many characteristics including resource pooling, self-service and elasticity, delivered in a consistent manner with the additional control and customisation that is available from dedicated resources. This Think! Event explained how Microsoft’s range of solutions – including Microsoft System Center 2012 and Windows Server 2012 – enables administrators to start their journey to a private cloud today, utilising your existing infrastructure, and how Microsoft’s offerings can deliver on-going value to your organisation as its needs evolve.

1. 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

3. 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

4. What is the Microsoft
Private Cloud?

5. What is the Private Cloud?
• Pooled Resources
• Self-service
• Elastic
• Usage-based
• Control
• Customisable

6. Microsoft System Center

8. Windows Azure Hybrid
Cloud

9. VM management
(e.g. start, stop)
Migrate VM: On-premises
to Windows Azure
Migrate VM: Windows
Azure to on-premises

10. System Center 2012 R2
overview

13. 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

14. 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

16. Any questions?

17. System Center 2012 R2 Updates
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dn249519.aspx