This document provides an overview of a two-day training course on server virtualization with Windows Server Hyper-V and System Center. Day 1 covers installing and configuring Hyper-V, creating and managing virtual machines and networks. Day 2 focuses on installing and using System Center Virtual Machine Manager to manage the virtualization infrastructure, including networking, storage, and virtual machines. The presenters are introduced, including their backgrounds working with Microsoft virtualization technologies.

1. JumpStart:
Server Virtualization
with Windows Server Hyper-V and System Center
Corey Hynes
Lead Architect & President
holSystems | @holSystems
Symon Perriman
Senior Technical Evangelist
Microsoft | @SymonPerriman

2. Course Topics – Day 1
Windows Server 2012 R2
01 | Evaluating the Environment for Virtualization
02 | Installing and Configuring the Hyper-V Server Role
03 | Creating and Managing Virtual Hard Disks, Virtual Machines, and Checkpoints
04 | Creating and Configuring Virtual Machine Networks
05 | Virtual Machine Movement and Hyper-V Replica
06 | Implementing Failover Clustering with Hyper-V

3. Course Topics – Day 2
System Center 2012 R2
07 | Installing and Configuring System Center 2012 R2 Virtual Machine Manager
08 | Managing Network and Storage Infrastructure in VMM
09 | Configuring and Managing the VMM Library
10 | Creating and Managing VMs Using VMM
11 | Managing Clouds in VMM
12 | Managing Services in VMM and App Controller
13 | Protecting and Monitoring Virtualization Infrastructure

4. Meet the Presenters
Background
Corey has been a core infrastructure architect and consultant in the field for
over 15 years. His primary focus is operating system virtualization,
management and deployment. Corey has been working with Hyper-V,
XenDesktop and VMware extensively since they were introduced and he is
currently a member of the Windows 8 TAP program. He is the author of over
100 labs across multiple product lines, and is the lead author of the Windows
Server 2012 hands-on labs currently available on TechNet. Corey is also the
owner and lead technical architect for holSystems, an online VM hosting
engine for training and demo providers which hosts thousands of VM instances
in a custom, thin-provisioning engine, and is the platform used for hands-on
labs, instructor-led labs, and on-demand virtual labs worldwide.
Contact
• @holsystems
Corey Hynes
Lead Architect & President, HOLSystems

5. Background
As Microsoft’s corporate Senior Technical Evangelist covering Private Cloud,
Virtualization & System Center, Symon is a recognized industry expert in
datacenter management, cloud, virtualization, high-availability, and
others. Previously he spent four years as a Program Manager on the Server
Clustering & High-Availability engineering team and has been working in the
technology industry since 2002. Symon holds several patents and industry
certifications, including Microsoft Certified Trainer (MCT), MCSE Private Cloud,
and VMware Certified Professional (VCP). In 2013 he co-authored the book,
“Introduction to System Center 2012 R2 for IT Professionals” (O’Reilly) and is a
graduate from Duke University with degrees in Computer Science, Economics
and Film & Digital Studies.
Contact
• @SymonPerriman
Meet the Presenters
Symon Perriman
Senior Technical Evangelist, Microsoft

6. • Target Audience
• This course is intended for IT professionals who are responsible for designing,
implementing, managing, and maintaining a virtualization infrastructure or are
interested in learning about current Microsoft Virtualization technologies. The
secondary audience for this course includes IT decision makers who will determine
which virtualization product to implement in their data centers.
• Suggested Prerequisites/Supporting Material
• 5-day Course: 20409A: Server Virtualization with
Windows Server Hyper-V and System Center
• Exam: 74-409: Server Virtualization with
Windows Server Hyper-V and System Center
Course Expectations

7. Microsoft Virtual Academy
Module 1
Evaluating the Environment for Virtualization

8. Module Overview
• Overview of Microsoft Virtualization
• Overview of System Center 2012 R2 Components
• Evaluating the Current Environment for Virtualization
• Extending Virtualization to the Cloud

9. Lesson 1: Overview of Microsoft Virtualization
• Challenges of Traditional Computing Environments
• What Is Server Virtualization?
• What Is Network Virtualization?
• Key Technologies

10. Challenges of Traditional Computing Environments
• Traditional challenges:
• Space - Housing business equipment
• Power - Providing affordable power to run the server,
storage and network equipment
• Cooling- Maintaining safe operating temperatures for
equipment
• Resilience - Building robust and highly available
solutions and offering a means to recover data
• Flexibility – Providing the time to deliver or upgrade
infrastructure and or applications
• Resources – Maintaining staff-to-system ratios and
meeting training challenges

11. What Is Server Virtualization?
• Server virtualization:
• You can create and run multiple computer operating
systems on a single physical computer
• Host servers share resources with all the virtual
machines
• Virtualization challenges:
• Limited number of compute resources
• Server virtualization features:
• Hyper-V server virtualization feature allow full
utilization of physical resource and provide advanced
technology to make a more robust, available and
dynamic server computing environment.

12. What Is Server Virtualization?
Type I Hypervisor
Windows
virtual
machine
Windows
virtual
machine
Linux
virtual
machine
Linux
virtual
machine
Paravirtualization drivers and tools
Hypervisor (VMware vSphere, Citrix XenServer, Microsoft Hyper-V
Host – Physical hardware

13. What Is Server Virtualization?
Type II Hypervisor
Windows
virtual
machine
Windows
virtual
machine
Linux
virtual
machine
Linux
virtual
machine
Paravirtualization drivers and tools
Host – Operating system
Host – Physical hardware
Hypervisor (Microsoft Virtual Server, VMware workstation)

14. What Is Network Virtualization?
Blue virtual machine
Physical
server
Red virtual
machine
virtualization
Physical
network
Servers
Switches
Blue network Red network
Network virtualization runs
multiple virtual networks
on a physical network
Server virtualization runs
multiple virtual servers
on a physical server

15. Key Technologies
Hypervisor
VM Management
Automation
Service Mgmt.
Monitoring
Self-Service
vSphere Hypervisor
vCenter Server
vCenter Orchestrator
vCloud Automation Center
vCenter Ops Mgmt. Suite
vCloud Director
Hyper-V
Virtual Machine Manager
Orchestrator
Service Manager
Operations Manager
App Controller
Protection vSphere Data ProtectionData Protection Manager
System Center 2012 R2 vCloud Suite
& vCenter

16. Key Technologies - Licensing
Hypervisor
VM Management
Automation
Service Mgmt.
Monitoring
Self-Service
vSphere Hypervisor
vCenter Server
vCenter Orchestrator
vCloud Automation Center
vCenter Ops Mgmt. Suite
vCloud Director
Windows Server 2012 R2 Inc. Hyper-V
Hyper-V Server 2012 R2 = Free Download
Virtual Machine Manager
Orchestrator
Service Manager
Operations Manager
App Controller
Protection vSphere Data ProtectionData Protection Manager
System Center 2012 R2 Licensing
Standar
d
Datacente
r
# of Physical CPUs
per License
2 2
# of Managed
OSE’s per License
2 + Host Unlimited
Includes all SC
Mgmt. Components
Yes Yes
Includes SQL
Server for Mgmt.
Server Use
Yes Yes
Open No Level
(NL) & Software
Assurance (L&SA)
2 year Pricing
$1,323 $3,607
vCloud Suite Licensing
Std. Adv. Ent.
# of Physical
CPUs per License
1 1 1
# of Managed
OSE’s per
License
Unlimited VMs on Hosts
Includes
vSphere 5.1
Enterprise Plus
Yes Yes Yes
Includes vCenter
5.5
No No No
Includes all
required
database
licenses
No No No
Retail Pricing
per CPU (No
S&S)
$4,99
5
$7,49
5
$11,49
5
vSphere 5.5 Standalone Per CPU Pricing (Excl.
S&S):
Standard = $995
Enterprise = $2,875
Enterprise Plus = $3,495

17. Lesson 2: Overview of System Center 2012 R2
• Using Microsoft System Center 2012 R2 to Manage a Data Center
• Overview of VMM
• Overview of App Controller

18. Using System Center to Manage a Data Center
Data center
Manage virtual environment
(VMM, App Controller)
Automation
(Orchestrator,
Service Manager)
Manage physical and
virtual components
(VMM)
Delegate administration
and self service
(App Controller, Data
Protection Manager)
Enable business
Continuity
(Data Protection
Manager)
Monitor
and report
(Operations
Manager)

19. Overview of VMM
VMM features include:
• Bare-metal deployment of hosts
• Host and cluster creation
• Host groups
• Cross-platform management
• Storage configuration/network configuration
• Intelligent placement/dynamic optimization
• Power optimization
• PRO
• P2V

20. Overview of App Controller
• App controller overview
• A browser-based console used for providing delegated
access to manage private and public cloud services and
virtual machines
• App Controller can connect to:
• Multiple VMM instances
• Multiple Windows Azure subscriptions
• Service Provider Foundation

21. Lesson 3: Evaluating the Current Environment for
Virtualization
• Evaluation Factors
• Overview of Virtualization Solution Accelerators
• Assessment Features of MAP

22. Evaluation Factors
• When evaluating server virtualization, consider
the following:
• Project Scope
• Hardware requirements
• Compatibility
• Applications and services
• Supportability
• Licensing
• Availability requirements

23. Overview of Virtualization Solution Accelerators
• Microsoft Assessment and Planning Toolkit
(MAP)
• Third-party tools (import maps output)
• Infrastructure planning and design guides (IPD)

24. Assessment Features of the MAP Toolkit
• Discovery
• Inventory
• Hardware configuration
• Servers
• Infrastructure (Shared storage and
network)
• Virtual Server Consolidation Wizard
• Private cloud fast track
• MAP will scan vSphere hosts, and VMs
and produce spreadsheet & report on
conversion candidates
0
5
10
15
20
25
30
35
40
45
50
MICROSOFT VIRTUAL
MACHINE CONVERTER
VirtualMachines
Ready to
Migrate
Ready to
migrate after
recommended
changes
Cannot Migrate

25. Lesson 4: Extending Virtualization to the Cloud
• What is Windows Azure?
• Windows Azure Services
• Virtual Machines in Windows Azure
• Extending Your Data Center

26. What is Windows Azure?
Windows Azure is the public cloud offering from
Microsoft
Windows Azure delivers the following service
models:
• PaaS
• IaaS
• SaaS

27. Windows Azure Services
• Windows Azure Services:
• Compute
• Websites, virtual machines, mobile, and cloud services
• Data Services
• Data management, HDInsight, business analytics, backup,
recovery manager.
• App Service
• Media services, messaging, BizTalk services, identity, caching
• Network
• Virtual network, Traffic manager

28. Virtual Machines in Windows Azure
• Virtual machines in Windows Azure are:
• Built from scratch
• Deployed from templates including Windows, Ubintu,
CentOS
• Have preinstalled applications such as SQL, SharePoint,
BizTalk, Visual Studio
• Can be customized and built from user templates
• Built on premises VHDs and then imported

29. Extending Your Data Center
• Extending your datacenter
• Windows Azure Virtual Network
• Windows Azure Pack