Transcript Component Overview Front End Web Worker (shared) Service Mgmt Portal Service Mgmt API Mgmt Server Controller Runtime DB Web Worker (reserved) File Server Publisher SCOM SCSM SMA SPF VMM HV HV Database Host(s) • • • • Microsoft.MgmtSvc.PortalConfigStore Microsoft.MgmtSvc.Store Microsoft.MgmtSvc.Usage SPF • Hosting • ResourceMetering • WebAppGallery • Microsoft.MgmtSvc.MySQL • Microsoft.MgmtSvc.SQLServer • UsageDatawarehouseDB • UsageETLRepositoryDB • UsageStagingDB • SMA.

Component Overview
Front End
Web
Worker
(shared)
Service
Mgmt
Portal
Service
Mgmt
API
Mgmt
Server
Controller
Runtime DB
Web
Worker
(reserved)
File Server
Publisher
SCOM
SCSM
SMA
SPF
VMM
HV
HV
Database
Host(s)
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Microsoft.MgmtSvc.PortalConfigStore
Microsoft.MgmtSvc.Store
Microsoft.MgmtSvc.Usage
SPF
• Hosting
• ResourceMetering
• WebAppGallery
• Microsoft.MgmtSvc.MySQL
• Microsoft.MgmtSvc.SQLServer
• UsageDatawarehouseDB
• UsageETLRepositoryDB
• UsageStagingDB
• SMA
“Everyone else has a cloud,
I want one too!”
…is not a reason to deploy a cloud
WAP enhances / extends private cloud capabilities
• Lots of moving parts
(complexity)
• Setup process can be
challenging
• Internal teams excited
to see the solution
• Web Sites component
may compete with
other hosted services
• WAP: Web Sites
footprint is perceived
as large
• The Azure-like interface
is intriguing to all
• No auditing of user
actions
• No native ITSM
integration
• Getting buy-in for a
pre-built, self-service
portal typically easy
Tips to ensure fast and accurate deployment
Build a Windows Azure Pack lab using PDT
http://www.systemcentercentral.com/build-windows-azure-pack-2013-lab-using-pdt/
Build a Windows Azure Pack lab using PDT (revisited)
http://www.systemcentercentral.com/build-a-windows-azure-pack-2013-lab-using-pdt-revisited/
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dn296434.aspx
Installing System Center Agents with PowerShell DSC
http://www.systemcentercentral.com/installing-system-center-2012-agents
In a discussion with the Contoso Toys datacenter
team, we learned the following details about their
(on-premises) hosting needs:
The datacenter team is looking for
a solution that will
VM Role Authoring Tool
https://vmroleauthor.codeplex.com/
Gallery Resource Import Tool
http://gallery.technet.microsoft.com/Gallery-Resource-Import-2273ce71
WAP VMRole Gallery Items for Database Workloads
http://blogs.technet.com/b/privatecloud/archive/2014/01/15/windows-azure-pack-vmrole-galleryitems-for-database-workloads.aspx
Virtual Machine Role
(RESDEF)
Application (RESEXT)
• Roles and Features
• Payload and scripts
• OS Image
requirements
• Network IP and Load
balancer
• RESEXT Parameters
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VM settings (size)
OS Settings
OS Image Reference
RESEXT Reference
RESEXT Parameter
bindings
• RESDEF Parameters
UI Wizard (VIEWDEF)
• UI for RESDEF
Parameters
• Grouping
• Ordering
• Validation
• Localization
Deployment
Configuration
(RESCONFIG)
• RESDEF Parameter
Values
• Single deployment
• Versioned
• Resdef file
• Viewdef file
• Icon
• Language directories
and files
• Resext file
• Script Payload
• Application Payload
In a discussion with the Contoso Toys application
development team, we learned the following:
Contoso Toys maintains a number of web-based .NET
and PHP applications developed in-house
Applications are developed on a rapid release cycle with
weekly interim releases
The development team struggling to maintain clean dev
and test environments
The inability to quickly deploy an interim release
translates to lost productivity and delayed releases
The application development team is
looking for a solution that will
winrm id –r:<servername>
%localappdata%\microsoft\web platform installer\logs\
SCOM
VMM
SPF
OpsDB
VMM
SPF
WAP
DW
ETL
Staging
Usage Reporting Data Warehouse
MS.Mgmt
Svc.Usage
Request Management for WAP from GridPro
This is a critical item in a WAP environment for
a number of reasons
http://www.systemcentercentral.com/build-windows-azure-pack-2013-lab-using-pdt/
http://www.systemcentercentral.com/build-a-windows-azure-pack-2013-lab-using-pdtrevisited
http://www.systemcentercentral.com/installing-system-center-2012-agents
http://blogs.technet.com/b/privatecloud/archive/2013/12/18/federated-identities-towindows-azure-pack-through-ad-fs-part-3-of-3.aspx
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dn469415.aspx
http://www.systemcentercentral.com/how-to-add-rd-gateway-for-remote-console-tospf-without-wap/
http://www.miru.ch/troubleshooting-windows-azure-pack-console-connect/
http://blogs.technet.com/b/privatecloud/archive/2013/12/02/federated-identities-towindows-azure-pack-through-ad-fs-part-1-of-3.aspx
http://blogs.technet.com/b/privatecloud/archive/2013/11/27/federated-identities-towindows-azure-pack-through-ad-fs-part-2-of-3.aspx
http://blogs.technet.com/b/privatecloud/archive/2013/12/18/federated-identities-towindows-azure-pack-through-ad-fs-part-3-of-3.aspx
https://vmroleauthor.codeplex.com/
http://gallery.technet.microsoft.com/Gallery-Resource-Import-2273ce71
http://blogs.technet.com/b/privatecloud/archive/2014/01/15/windows-azure-pack-vmrole-gallery-itemsfor-database-workloads.aspx
http://blogs.technet.com/b/privatecloud/archive/2013/11/06/troubleshootinginstallation-and-configuration-of-windows-azure-pack.aspx
http://blogs.technet.com/b/privatecloud/archive/2013/11/05/troubleshootingconfiguration-of-windows-azure-pack.aspx
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dn554319.aspx
For More Information
Windows Server 2012 R2
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-US/evalcenter/dn205286
System Center 2012 R2
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-US/evalcenter/dn205295
Azure Pack
http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/servercloud/products/windows-azure-pack
Microsoft Azure
http://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/
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