Configuring and Deploying a Private Cloud

Course details

This course equips students with the skills they require to configure and deploy a cloud using Microsoft System Center 2012 R2.

Course Outline

1 - Planning for the Cloud

• Understanding Cloud Models
• Benefits of Deploying a Private Cloud
• Designing a Private Cloud Infrastructure
• Overview of Windows Server 2012 R2 Hyper-V
• Overview of System Center 2012 R2 components
• Deploying Hyper-V Clustering with VMM
• Lab : Preparing the Private Cloud Infrastructure

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

• Overview of VMM Architecture and Components
• Configuring Advanced Networking in VMM
• Installing and Upgrading VMM
• Configuring VMM Security and Roles
• Understanding Host Groups
• Lab : Configuring and Deploying the Private Cloud Infrastructure

3 - Extending and Maintaining the Cloud Infrastructure

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

4 - Configuring Application Delivery

• Dynamic Application Deployment Overview
• Web Deployment Packages
• Server Application Virtualization Overview
• Configuring Server App-V Components
• Sequencing and Deploying Virtual Applications
• Lab : Configuring Virtual Application Delivery

5 - Creating the Private Cloud Building Blocks

• Configuring Templates and Profiles
• Configuring Networks and Sites
• Configuring Service Provider Foundation
• Configuring User Roles
• Lab : Creating the Private Cloud building blocks

6 - Deploying and Configuring Access to a Private Cloud

• Understanding Private Cloud Resources
• Installing and Configuring App Controller
• Creating and Managing Service Templates
• Lab : Deploying and configuring access to a Hybrid Cloud

7 - Monitoring a Cloud infrastructure

• Operations Manager Architecture and Security
• Operations Manager Installation Considerations
• Configuring Roles and Notifications
• Configuring Management Packs
• Configuring Integration with System Center 2012 R2
• Lab : Monitoring the Cloud infrastructure

8 - Extending and Customizing Monitoring of the Cloud Infrastructure

• Configuring System Center Advisor
• Configuring the SharePoint Server Portal
• Monitoring Templates
• Distributed Application Monitoring
• Lab : Extending and Customizing Monitoring

9 - Implementing Service Management for the Cloud

• Service Manager Architecture Overview
• Upgrading to System Center 2012 R2 Service Manager
• Understanding Service Manager Work Items
• Configuring Service Manager Connectors
• Configuring Service Manager Notifications
• Lab : Implementing Service Management for a Cloud

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

• Planning for Hyper-V Recovery Manager
• Planning DPM deployment
• DPM Architecture and Components
• Upgrading DPM
• Configuring DPM for a Private Cloud
• Configuring Application Protection for a Cloud
• Restoring Applications to a Cloud
• Lab : Protecting the Private Cloud infrastructure

11 - Automating and Standardizing a Cloud

• Orchestrator Architecture and Components Overview
• Deploying and Configuring Core Components
• Managing Runbooks
• Configuring Integration Packs
• Lab : Automating the a Private Cloud

12 - Configuring a Self-Service and Multi-tenant Private Cloud

• Implementing the Cloud Services Process Pack
• Configuring the Windows Azure Pack
• Lab : Configuring the Cloud Services Process Pack