1. Windows Azure Pack / SMA
Build and automate your own private Cloud
Michael Rüefli
Cloud Architect
Email: drmiru@hotmail.com
Blog: www.miru.ch
Twitter: @drmiru

2. Definition of Cloud Computing
(recap)
Elastic and scalable, based on standard architecture
stamps
Pooled Resources (Compute, Storage, Network)
Highly automated
Self Service enabled
Usage driven chargeback

3. Microsoft’s Vision…the «Cloud OS»
MICROSOFT
SERVICE PROVIDERON-PREMISES
CONSISTENT
PLATFORM
1

4. Different Service Models
IaaS
Infrastructure as a Service
Infrastructure
Admins
PaaS
Platform as a Service
App Developers
SaaS
Software as a Service
End Users
Windows Azure Pack

5. Private Cloud Solution Stack (IaaS)
System Center Virtual Machine Manager
NetworkStorageHosts
Services
VMs Apps
Service Provider Foundation
Windows Azure Pack Service Management Automation

6. The Networking Challenges
Tenant Networks to be isolated from Provider Space
Network Virtualization present in Server 2012 but…
Complex to configure, no SysCtr Integration
Tenant Networks fully isolated

7. Networking Changes in R2

8. What’s new in Networking
Inbox, multitenant NVGRE Gateway
Remote Tracing
IPAM Integration
Cisco Nexus 1000v

9. HNV
Gateway
Network Virtualization Before and Now
Tenant A Tenant B
VM Network VM Network
Logical Network
Physical
Network
Hyper-V Hyper-V
192.168.1.0/24 192.168.1.0/24

10. Multi-Tenant HNV Gateway
Virtual Machine running Server 2012 R2 with RRAS
Role
On dedicated Hyper-V Host
50 S2S VPNs / 200 virtual Subnets per single GW
Service Template for Scale Out / Redundancy
Support for Site-to-Site VPN with 3rd Party Products
from Cisco, Juniper, Citrix

11. Windows Azure Pack

12. Windows Azure Pack
Brings Azure Capabilities on
Premise

13. R2w/ServiceProviderFoundation
Future
Services
Service
Bus
SQL
mySQL
VMs
Web
Sites
Service
Plans
Users Provider
Portal
Consumer
Self-Service
Portal
Web Sites
Apps
Database
VMs
Service ProviderCustomer
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
SQLVMs
Web
Sites
Worker
Role
Web Sites
Apps
Database
VMs
Subscriber
Self-Service
Portal
Windows Azure
Cloud OS Consistent Experiences
R2

14. Service Consumers
Consume infrastructure and apps
from service providers as “off the shelf” solutions
Service Providers
Offer and administer services
that are provided to customers
self-service administration
acquire capacity on demand
empowered operations
predictable costs
get up & running quickly
extreme focus on cost
maximize per-customer profit
hardware efficiency
automate everything
differentiate on SLAs

15. Cloud Offerings for Service
Consumers

16. Build highly scalable web applications
Iterate with integrated source control
Manage your app with real-time
telemetry
Scale up with one click
Support for .Net, Node.js, PHP, Python
Web Sites

17. Messaging service for cloud apps
Guaranteed message delivery
Publish-subscribe messaging patterns
Standard protocols (REST, AMQP, WS*)
Interoperability (.NET, Java/JMS, C/C++)
Now integrated with management portal
Service Bus

18. 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

19. Identity
- Active Directory
- ADFS Federation
- Co-administrators
Database Services
- SQL Server
- MySQL
Custom services from provider
Programmatic access to cloud services
- Windows Azure Consistent REST APIs
Additional Services

20. Tenant Portal Tenant Public API
Admin Portal Admin API Tenant API SQL
(for config data)
Firewall
Internet
ADFS
Resource Providers
Deployment Architecture

21. Enabling Service Providers

22. Administration
Offer Services to Tenants via
Plans
Provide Add-ons to
subscriptions
Manage subscriptions
Administer Services
Extend and customize

23. Service Management Automation
Part of SC Orchestrator
Fully integrated in WAP
Runbooks based on
Powershell
Workflows
Highly Scalable
Easy Deployment

24. Automation
Optimize and extend services
using runbooks
Powershell workflows
Web-based runbook authoring
Manage runbooks and jobs
Integrates with other systems
including System Center

25. Usage and Reporting
Continuous usage metering
per tenant subscription
Per-subscription Billing APIs
IaaS Data Warehouse
Server Inventory Reports
Cloud Cruiser Integration

26. DEMO: Infrastructure as a Service
(Admin Experience)

27. De-Mystifing SPF
Virtual Machines
Virtual Machine
Manager
Enables Hosted IaaS Features
• VM management
• Service management
• Self-service VM networks
• Multi-tenancy / Multi-stamp
• Self-service tenant administration
• Enterprise identity for SPF
• Extensibility for hosted cloud API
• Usage Metering via SCOM

28. Service Admin Gallery
Import and Manage Gallery Items
Resource Definition Package
Publish / Unpublish Gallery Items
to Tenants
Immediate impact when
unpublishing
Add Gallery Items to Plans
Scopes access based on plan and
subscription
Gallery Item authorization from
SPF
Resource extension from VMM

29. 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

30. Tenant Networks
Tenants create their
own networks
Site to Site VPN
Network Address Translation
(NAT)
Configuration of topology and
border gateway protocol (BGP)
Tenant IP addresses with
network virtualization
Consistent user experience with
Azure

31. Enable Remote Console Access for Tenants
VMs can be:
On isolated network/no network
Windows/Linux/No OS
Requires
RDP client supporting Remote Desktop
Protocol 8.1
Windows Azure Pack
Service Management Portal
System Center 2012 R2
Windows Server 2012 R2
Hyper-V
Remote Desktop Gateway

32. Windows Azure Pack / SMA Demo
(CrashDummies Inc. goes Cloud)

33. Q + A
Resources:
http://bit.ly/1lQc3bb Windows Azure Pack White Paper
http://bit.ly/1fFmnQH Service Management Automation White Paper

34. THANK YOU!
Michael Rüefli
Cloud Architect
Email: drmiru@hotmail.com
Blog: www.miru.ch
Twitter: @drmiru