The document discusses the Azure Pack, focusing on its integration with Windows Server and the cloud OS vision, and the features available for managing virtual machines and resources in a datacenter environment. It highlights tenant portals, VM roles, and the importance of governance and support through tools like GridPro. Additionally, key takeaways emphasize the power of VM roles, the use of Azure Active Directory, and the extensibility of the Windows Azure Pack.

1. Azure pack – Deep Dive
Alexandre Verkinderen
Inovativ
SCCDM MVP
@AlexVerkinderen
Christopher Keyaert
Inovativ
SCCDM MVP
@Keyaertc

2. Introduction
The Cloud OS Vision

3. Windows Server
Microsoft Azure
Microsoft cloud experience

4. Customers
IT Admin

5. In your datacenter
Customers
IT Admin

6. Windows
Azure Pack
In your datacenter
Customers
IT Admin

7. Customer-ready services
Web Platform
application
Services (PaaS)
Infrastructure
Services (IaaS)
Reliable
messaging
Virtual
Networking
SQLServer and
MySQL
database

8. Demo - WEBpi
WAP installation

9. Tenant Portal
• Plan
– Enables Tenant subscription access to a single VMM cloud
• Quota
– Aligned with VMM Tenant Admin user roles
– VMs, CPUs, Memory, Storage
– Networks
– Allowed Actions
• Resources
– VM templates, VM Networks, HW profiles
– Gallery Items

10. Tenant Virtual Machine Features
• Cloud OS Virtual Machine Role
– Scale-out and Scale-In of a Virtual Machine Role
– Update settings
– Upgrade to new version
– Change networks
– Start/Stop/Shutdown VMs
– Add/Remove Devices
• Support for VM Templates
• Active Directory Authentication
• Co-admins can share subscription

11. Demo
VM Tenant portal

12. Demo
VM Management portal

13. WAP URLs
For the Tenant and Admin Portals

14. Virtual Machines
VM Role vs VM Template

15. Virtual Machine Templates
• Windows Azure-consistent IaaS
– User Experience & API
• Virtual Machine Templates
• Virtual Networks
– Site to Site connectivity
– Tenant supplied IP addresses

16. Virtual Machine Roles
• Focus on VM Roles, not just VM Templates
• Don’t author resources manually, use VM Role Authoring Tool
• Gallery resources are available for a variety of workloads, including database
(MS SQL and Oracle)
• GRIT (Gallery Resource Import Tool)
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-gallery-
items-for-database-workloads.aspx

17. Virtual Machine Role (what you build)
Application (RESEXT)
• Roles and Features
• Payload and scripts
• OS Image
requirements
• Network IP and Load
balancer
• RESEXT Parameters
Virtual Machine Role
(RESDEF)
• 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

18. Virtual Machine Roles (what you import)

19. Demo
Virtual Machine Roles

20. Authentication
Azure Active Directory, ADFS,...

21. Authentication
• .Net Repository
• Azure Active Directory
• AD Federation Service
• Multi Factor Authentication

23. Extend WAP
GridPro

24. The Challenges with the Cloud
• There is no Governance!!
• There is no quick way of adding new
services or change running services

25. The Solution with GridPro
• Governance to the cloud. For things that needs
approval and tracking SCSM can be used.
• Adding additional service to WAP easy.
• Support the Tenant from within the one console to
provide a consistence experience for self-service
and support.

26. Demo
GridPro

27. Conclusion
Take Aways

28. Take Aways
• Reconfigure the URLs
• VM Roles are PowerFull
• Use ADFS or Azure AD
• WAP could be extended
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