Configuring and Deploying a Private Cloud

Module 1: Planning for the Cloud

This module explains how to design a private cloud infrastructure by understanding the requirements of a private and public cloud.

Lessons

• Understanding of Cloud Models
  
• Overview of System Center 2012 R2 Components
  
• Overview of Windows Server 2012 R2 Hyper-V
  
• Designing a Private Cloud Infrastructure
  
• Deploying Hyper-V Clustering with VMM
  
• Advantages of Deploying a Private Cloud
  
  

Module 2: Configuring and Deploying the Private Cloud with Microsoft System Center 2012 R2 Virtual Machine Manager

This module explains how to configure and deploy a private cloud using Virtual Machine Manager.

Lessons

• Overview of VMM Architecture and Components
  
• Installing and Upgrading VMM
  
• Understanding Host Groups
  
• Configuring Advanced Networking in VMM
  
• Configuring VMM Security and Roles
  
  

Module 3: Extending and Maintaining Cloud Infrastructure

This module explains how to extend and maintain the private cloud infrastructure, deploying bare-metal Hyper-V host servers. It also explains how to configure software updates for the private cloud fabric using VMM.

Lessons

• Overview of the PXE and Update Server Roles
  
• Creating and Using an Update Baseline
  
• Configuring the Update Server Role
  
• Deploying Bare-Metal Hyper-V Host Servers
  
  

Module 4: Configuring Application Delivery

This module explains how to configure application delivery for the private cloud using VMM.

Lessons

• Dynamic Application Deployment Overview
  
• Server Application Virtualization Overview
  
• Configuring Server App-V Components
  
• Deploy and Sequence Virtual Applications
  
• Web Deployment Packages
  
  

Module 5: Creating the Private Cloud Building Blocks

This module explains the private cloud building blocks which include configuring virtual machine templates and profiles in VMM.

Lessons

• Configuring User Roles
  
• Configuring Hardware Profiles
  
• Configuring Application Profiles
  
• Configuring Service Provider Foundation
  
• Configuring Virtual Machine Templates
  
• Configuring SQL Server Using SQL Server Profiles
  
• Configuring Guest Operating System Profiles
  
  

Module 6: Deploying and Configuring Access to a Private Cloud

This module explains how to deploy and access a private cloud by configuring private cloud resources and private cloud capacity.

Lessons

• Understanding Private Cloud Computing
  
• Installing and Configuring App Controller
  
• Creating and Managing Service Templates
  
  

Module 7: Monitoring Cloud Infrastructure

This module explains how to monitor the hybrid cloud infrastructure with Operations Manager installing, configuring and integrating Operations Manager with other System Center 2012 R2 components. 

Lessons

• Operations Manager Installation Considerations
  
• Operations Manager Architecture and Security
  
• Configuring Management Packs
  
• Configuring Integration with System Center 2012 R2
  
• Configuring User Roles and Notifications
  
  

Module 8: Extending and Customizing Monitoring of the Cloud Infrastructure

This module explains how to extend and customize the monitoring of the hybrid cloud infrastructure.

Lessons

• Monitoring Templates
  
• Distributed Application Monitoring
  
• Configuring System Center Advisor
  
• Configuring the SharePoint Server Portal
  
  

Module 9: Implementing Service Management for the Cloud

This module explains how to implement service management for the private cloud using Service Manager.

Lessons

• Service Manager Architecture Overview
  
• Understanding Service Manager Work Items
  
• Configuring Service Manager Notifications
  
• Configuring Service Manager Connectors
  
• Upgrading to System Center 2012 R2 Service Manager
  
  

Module 10: Configuring High Availability, Disaster Recovery and Protection for a Cloud

This module explains how to configure protection and disaster recovery for the private by configuring Hyper-V Recovery Manager.

Lessons

• Planning for Azure Site Recovery
  
• Planning DPM Deployment
  
• DPM Architecture and Components
  
• Configuring DPM for the Private Cloud
  
• Configuring Application Protection for a Cloud
  
• Upgrading DPM
  
• Restoring Applications to the Cloud
  
  

Module 11: Automating and Standardizing a Cloud

This module explains how to automate and standardize the private cloud using System Center 2012 R2 Orchestrator.

Lessons

• Orchestrator Architecture and Components Overview
  
• Managing Runbooks
  
• Configuring Integration Packs
  
• Deploying and Configuring Core Components
  
  

Module 12: Configuring a Self-Service Multi-Tenant Cloud with the Windows Azure Pack

This module explains how to configure a multi-tenant private cloud by Windows Azure Pack and also explains how to configure virtual machine clouds, website clouds, and SQL clouds.

Lessons

• Configuring the Windows Azure Pack