1. #comdaybe
Automate your server
provisioning
vNext Sprl
Christopher Keyaert

2. @KeyaertC
System Center Cloud and
Datacenter Management

3. Agenda
• Processes Automation
• Server Provisioning
– Service Request Automation
– Cloud and Consumer deployment
– On-demand deployment

4. Process automation
CHOOSE PROCESS
STRATEGICALLY

5. CHOOSE PROCESS STRATEGICALLY
• What work process has the biggest
payoff?
… will my customers notice the difference?
… how am I articulating the value?
– Incident Management (symptom
management)
– Service Request Management

6. TRANSFORM THE PROCESS…
• A great tool doesn’t make a bad
process better…
– Transform the process
– Work it out in a worksheet ahead of time
– Look at the end result
– Set the vision

7. Focus on
Server Provisioning

8. Server provisioning automation
• Service Request Automation
• Cloud and Consumer experience
• On-demand deployment

9. Process to Request to Automation
Service Request Automation

10. Regular Service Request

11. Service Request Automation

12. Server Request Automation
User experience
demo

13. Virtual Machine Manager
Virtual Servers
Configure
Deploy
DC Admin
Configuration Manager
Cloud
Admin Physical Servers

14. Task Virtual Machine Manager Configuration Manager
Create VMs
Deploy OS VM and Hyper-V Host Physical Machines
Bare-metal deployment Hyper-V hosts Physical Machines
Patch applications
Hyper-V Host, Clusters, VMs except image-based patching
Patch OS
and VMM Server Roles in Service Creation feature
Software distribution
Compliance Hyper-V hosts Desired Configuration Management
VM templates
Templated settings
Service Templates for VMM
Security (SCEP)
Dynamic optimization

15. Standardization OPTIMIZE
Application owner can take advantage of standardized templates and AND
EXTEND
predefined quotas
EXISTING INVESTMENTS
 Simplified self-service
Empowerment
Application owner is empowered to manage resources based on business DELIVER FLEXIBLE AND
needs RELIABLE SERVICES
 Role-based access
 Create, manage, and move resources between repositories
Single point of management
Simplified management across private and public cloud services LOWER COSTS AND IMPROVE
PREDICTABILITY
 Offer private and public cloud service plus virtual machines
 Audit jobs and monitor task progress
 Capture changes to history

16. VMM Integration Pack

18. Server Request Automation
Process to Request to Automation
demo

19. Let the consumer deploy with
App Controller

20. App Controller Process

21. App Controller
• Common self-service experience
• Configure, deploy, and manage virtual
machines and services
• Across private and public clouds

22. App Controller session
• App Controller:
Installing, Configuring, Connecting to
Private and Public Clouds, Working
with VMs and the Library
• -> At 17.15 Track 5: IT-Pro Room 11

23. On demand server creation with
Automated Provisioning

24. Automated Provisioning

25. Automated Provisioning
• Operations Manager
– To monitors the Pool load
• Virtual Machine Manager
– To deploy the VMs
• Orchestrator
– To automate the process

26. Automating The Provisioning
On demand server creation
demo

27. Takeaways
• A great tool doesn’t make a bad process
better.
• Automation could help you to save time,
resource, money
• Choose processes strategically
• System Center 2012 products are RTM,
Evaluation available.

28. Microsoft Resources
• System Center 2012 : www.microsoft.com/systemcenter/
• System Center 2012 Community Wiki:
http://bit.ly/LpV3W5
• Microsoft Private Cloud Evaluation Guide:
http://bit.ly/HVKugV

29. Stay involved with SCUG.be
• Blogs: http://scug.be
• Personal blog: http://scug.be/christopher
• Follow me on Twitter: @KeyaertC
• Send an email to: christopher@vnext.be

30. Join SCUGBE at the ConfigMgr Day
• Deep-dive of ConfigMgr content
• 3 Sessions with Wally Mead
• 4th of July
• Business Faculty Brussels
• You can win a Nokia Lumia 800
• More details on scug.be
• Register on http://configmgrday.eventbrite.com/

31. Thank you!

32. Q&A