System Center 2012 R2 was released in October 2013 along with Windows Server 2012 R2 and Windows 8.1. It provides unified management of on-premises and cloud infrastructures. Key features include simplified virtual machine provisioning and migration between on-premises and Windows Azure environments, as well as enhanced monitoring of physical, virtual, and cloud resources. It enables automated scaling of application tiers and self-service application provisioning for both single-tenant and multi-tenant environments.

1. System Center
2012 R2
Deborah Manor
Data Centers Solutions Specialist

2. • GA in October 2013, together with Windows Server 2012
R2 and Windows 8.1 – System Center R2 tightly coupled
with Windows Server 2012 R2
• System Center is a major component in MS hybrid cloud
strategy – unified clouds management
• Bringing learning of the public cloud to your datacenter –
Windows server 2012 R2 and System Center 2012 R2
Facts

6. Utilize a single tool for
on-premises and
cloud provisioning
Infrastructure provisioning
Effectively manage
virtual environments
at-scale
Reduce infrastructure
complexity
Deliver efficient
infrastructure services
across customer base
IT demands
System Center 2012 R2 delivers
Enterprise-class
virtualization management
with robust Linux support
Simplified provisioning
& migration
Multi-tenant
cloud infrastructure
Extend familiar
management to
Windows Azure
Enterprise-
class multi-
tenant
infrastructure
for hybrid
environments

7. Microsoft Confidential 8

9. * New in System Center 2012 R2 Virtual Machine Manager

14. * New in System Center 2012 R2 Virtual Machine Manager

15. • Bare metal deploy
operating system
• Create scale out file
server cluster
• Create storage pools
• Create file share
• Assign file share to
Hyper-V host
Windows
Virtualized
Storage
Scale Out File Server Cluster
Physical or
virtualized
deployments
Physical
Storage
(Shared) SSD, SAS or
SATA
Storage Pool
Storage Pool
Storage Space Storage Space Storage Space
Authorized
Hyper-V hosts
* New in System Center 2012 R2
Virtual Machine Manager

16. VM management
(e.g. start, stop)
Migrate VM: On-premises to
Windows Azure
Migrate VM: Windows
Azure to on-premises
Extend familiar System Center to manage
Windows Azure virtual machines

17. Unified management view across clouds
Flexible delegation with single sign-on
Self-service visibility for application services
across on-premises, service provider, and
Windows Azure
Easy VM and workload portability from
on-premises to Windows Azure
(including SharePoint and SQL)

19. IT demands
System Center 2012 R2 delivers
Monitor diverse
environments
Assure physical, virtual,
and cloud infrastructure
health
Ensure reliable workload
configurations
Best-of-breed Windows
monitoring, robust cross-
platform support
Network monitoring and
cloud infrastructure health
Best-practice workload
configuration
Comprehensive
monitoring of
physical, virtual,
and cloud
infrastructure

20. Microsoft Confidential

21. IT demands
System Center 2012 R2 delivers
Assure Line of Business
(LOB)
application SLA
Enable rapid
application lifecycle
Assure great end-user
experiences and Microsoft
workload health
Deep application
insight
Integrated dev-ops that spans
people, process
and systems
Cloud-integrated insight
in familiar monitoring console
Deep insight
into application
health

22. Windows Server 2012
VMware vSphere
Deep infrastructure and workload insight

23. Azure-integrated insight with
Global Service Monitor (GSM)
!
Customer
datacenter

25. Deep application insight for .NET applications

26. Java Tomcat app server support
(v5.5, v6 and v7).
Windows and RHEL/SUSE Linux
guest OS support.
Multiple instrumented Java
frameworks, including web
services and database
connectors.
Code-level traceability with
performance and exception
metrics.
Deep application insight for Java Applications

28. Automation and self-service
IT demands
System Center 2012 R2 delivers
Empower app owners while
retaining control
Common management tools
for on-premises and cloud
Dynamically expand capacity
to support
app SLA
Self-service app
provisioning, incl. multitenant
environments
Unified management views &
artifacts b/w Windows Server
& Azure
Scale application tiers via
automation & integration
Application agility
while IT retains
control

29. Orchestrator

30. Service Manager

32. IT service management
IT demands
System Center 2012 R2 delivers
Enable easy publishing and
consumption of
IT services
Integrate people, process and
knowledge
Efficient resource utilization
and SLA tracking
Self-service requests for
private cloud capacity
Industry-standard service
management and process
workflows
Business and
operational insight
Flexible service
delivery

33. Flexible service delivery

34. Business and operational insight with chargeback
$ Virtual Machine/day
$ Cloud Membership/day
$ Virtual Machine CPU Core/day
$ Virtual Machine Memory GB/day
$ Virtual Machine Storage GB/day
Price Sheet

36. R2 w/ Service Provider Foundation
Future
Services
Service
Bus
SQL
VMs
Web
Sites
Service
Plans
Users Provider
Portal
Consumer
Self-Service
Portal
Web Sites
Apps
Database
VMs
Service Provider
Customer
Self Service Portal
Moves On-Premises
Common Mgt.
Experience
Workloads
Cloud-Enabled Services
Move On-Premises
Consistent Dev.
Experience
Other
Services
CDN.
Media,, etc.
Caching
Service
Bus
SQL
VMs
Web
Sites
Worker
Role
Web Sites
Apps
Database
VMs
Subscriber
Self-Service
Portal
Windows Azure
Cloud OS Consistent Experiences
R2

37. Windows Azure-consistent IaaS
- User Experience & API
Virtual Machine Roles
- Portable
- Elastic
- Gallery
- Windows and Linux Support
Virtual Networks
- Site to Site connectivity
- Tenant supplied IP addresses
Virtual Machines

39. Data Protection Manager

40. Configuration Manager