- Planning for the Cloud
- Configuring and Deploying the Private Cloud with Microsoft System Center 2012 R2 Virtual Machine Manager
- Extending and Maintaining Cloud Infrastructure
- Configuring Application Delivery
- Creating the Private Cloud Building Blocks
- Deploying and Configuring Access to a Private Cloud
- Monitoring Cloud Infrastructure
- Extending and Customizing Monitoring of the Cloud Infrastructure
- Implementing Service Management for the Cloud
- Configuring High Availability, Disaster Recovery and Protection for a Cloud
- Automating and Standardizing a Cloud
- Configuring a Self-Service Multi-Tenant Cloud with the Windows Azure Pack
1. Planning for the Cloud
- Understanding Cloud Models
- Benefits for 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
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
3. Extending and Maintaining 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
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
5. Creating the Private Cloud Building Blocks
- Configuring Guest Operating System Profiles
- Configuring Hardware Profiles
- Configuring SQL Server Using SQL Server Profiles
- Configuring Application Profiles
- Configuring Virtual Machine Templates
- Configuring Service Provider Foundation
- Configuring User Roles
6. Deploying and Configuring Access to a Private Cloud
- Understanding Private Cloud Computing
- Installing and Configuring App Controller
- Creating and Managing Service Templates
7. Monitoring Cloud Infrastructure
- Operations Manager Architecture and Security
- Operations Manager Installation Considerations
- Configuring User Roles and Notifications
- Configuring Management Packs
- Configuring Integration with System Center 2012 R2
8. Extending and Customizing Monitoring of the Cloud Infrastructure
- Configuring System Center Advisor
- Configuring the SharePoint Server Portal
- Monitoring Templates
- Distributed Application 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
10. Configuring High Availability, Disaster Recovery and Protection for a Cloud
- Planning for Azure Site Recovery
- Planning DPM Deployment
- DPM Architecture and Components
- Upgrading DPM
- Configuring DPM for the Private Cloud
- Configuring Application Protection for a Cloud
- Restoring Applications to the Cloud
11. Automating and Standardizing a Cloud
- Orchestrator Architecture and Components Overview
- Deploying and Configuring Core Components
- Managing Runbooks
- Configuring Integration Packs
12. Configuring a Self-Service Multi-Tenant Cloud with the Windows Azure Pack
- Configuring the Windows Azure Pack