2. 3
Agenda
System Center: Unified management for
the Cloud OS
System Center momentum
Customer needs and opportunities
System Center 2012 R2 solution and
capability overview
Why choose System Center 2012 R2
Next steps
Appendix
9. Enterprise-
class
Simple and
cost-effective
Application
focused
Requirement to
provide scalable and
reliable services.
Always-on
expectations of the
business.
IT budget pressure
even with increasing
expectations.
Complex IT
environments that are
tough to manage.
Volume of Web and
cloud applications
continues to rise.
Evolution of
applications to hybrid
cloud deployment
models.
Customer challenges and opportunities
10. System Center
Unified management for the Cloud OS
App Controller
Service
Manager
Service model
Orchestrator
Service
Manager
Service
admin
Customers
Microsoft
Customer
Service
Provider
12. Infrastructure
provisioning
Enterprise-class multi-
tenant infrastructure for
hybrid environments
System Center capabilities
Application
performance
monitoring
Deep insight into
application health
Automation
and self-service
Application-owner
agility while IT
retains control
IT service
management
Flexible service delivery
Infrastructure
monitoring
Comprehensive
monitoring
of physical, virtual, and
cloud infrastructure
System Center 2012 R2 solution overview
13. Utilize a single tool for
on-premises and
cloud provisioning
Infrastructure provisioning
Effectively manage
virtual environments
at-scale
Reduce infrastructure
complexity
Deliver efficient
infrastructure services
across customer base
IT demands
System Center 2012 R2 delivers
Enterprise-class
virtualization management
with robust Linux support
Simplified provisioning
& migration
Multi-tenant
cloud infrastructure
Extend familiar
management to
Windows Azure
Enterprise-
class multi-
tenant
infrastructure
for hybrid
environments
15. Complete virtualization-management
• VMM support for automated Hyper-V cluster
upgrades without downtime.
• Snapshot running VM without downtime.
Flexible storage provisioning & management
• Windows Server file-based storage and Storage
Spaces, including bare metal file server cluster
provisioning.
• VM connectivity into fibre-channel SAN storage.
Robust Linux in-guest support
• Greater VM density per host with Dynamic
Memory support.
• File-level VM backups, restore full VMs.
Generation 2 VM support
Enterprise-class management, open source
support
16. Innovation: Support for Gen-2 virtual machines
in Hyper-V
Ease of Management & Operations
• PXE boot from Optimized vNIC.
• Hot-Add CD/DVD Drive.
Dynamic Storage
• VMs have UEFI firmware with support for
GPT partitioned OS boot disks >2TB.
• Faster Boot from Virtual SCSI with Online.
Resize & increased performance.
Security
• Removal of emulated devices reduces
attack surface.
• VM UEFI firmware supports Secure Boot.
VMs built on optimized,
software-based devices
17. Simplified infrastructure service delivery
• In-box service templates and runbooks
for System Center components.
• Integration of existing investments using
web-based interfaces to System Center
capabilities.
• Management scaled across multiple System
Center instances or “stamps”.
• Extensible service management automation.
• Tenant-level resource metering for capacity
planning and usage analytics.
Multi-tenant cloud infrastructure
Tenant admin/users
APIs
18. CMDB
Ticketing
Billing
Management
Systems
VIRTUAL MACHINE
CLOUDS
12
SQL SERVER
9
PLANS
12
WEBSITE CLOUD
12
MYSQL SERVERS
0
NOTIFICATIONS
0
USER ACCOUNTS
4
AUTOMATION
8
ALL
ITEMS
Integration
Workflow
automation
Web-based
authoring
Enable efficient infrastructure
delivery and operations
• Web-based runbook
authoring.
• Scalable, multi-tenant-aware
automation engine built on
Windows PowerShell.
• Import existing Windows
PowerShell scripts and
workflows.
• Integration with existing or
third-party systems.
Multi-tenant cloud infrastructure:
service management automation
19. • Granular metering of resource usage by
tenant, including CPU, memory, and
storage.
• Enable business and operational insight
with tenant-level analytics.
• Data warehousing and reporting,
including allocation, utilization, and
license compliance views.
• Integration with Cloud Cruiser cost
analytics solution for chargeback.
Multi-tenant cloud infrastructure:
capacity planning and usage analytics
20. Open, extensible, and standards-based
solution delivers flexibility, automation,
and control
• At-scale management of virtual networks
on shared physical networks.
• Multi-tenant edge gateway for seamless,
highly-available physical and virtual
network connectivity.
• Easy remote access into virtualized service
provider network for tenants.
• OMI-based plug-in for automated TOR
switch configuration.
• Partner ecosystem support.
Multi-tenant cloud infrastructure:
virtual networks
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21. VM management
(e.g. start, stop)
Migrate VM: On-premises to
Windows Azure
Migrate VM: Windows
Azure to on-premises
Extend familiar System Center to manage
Windows Azure virtual machines
22. IT demands
System Center 2012 R2 delivers
Monitor diverse
environments
Assure physical, virtual,
and cloud infrastructure
health
Ensure reliable workload
configurations
Infrastructure monitoring
Best-of-breed Windows
monitoring, robust cross-
platform support
Network monitoring and
cloud infrastructure health
Best-practice workload
configuration
Comprehensive
monitoring of
physical, virtual,
and cloud
infrastructure
24. Automation and self-service
IT demands
System Center 2012 R2 delivers
Empower app owners while
retaining control
Common management tools
for on-premises and cloud
Dynamically expand capacity
to support
app SLA
Self-service app
provisioning, incl. multitenant
environments
Unified management views &
artifacts b/w Windows Server
& Azure
Scale application tiers via
automation & integration
Application agility
while IT retains
control
27. Drive agility with SharePoint service templates
Daniele Grandini,
Executive, Progel
IT
“Each workload in our R&D
environment will have its
own template, so when we
need to deploy, for example,
a SharePoint test environ-
ment, the virtual machine
will be ready to go with all
the tiers and resources
needed.”
28. Scalable multi-VM tenant services for Windows Server
with Windows Azure-consistent user experience
29. Unified management view across clouds
Flexible delegation with single sign-on
Self-service visibility for application services
across on-premises, service provider, and
Windows Azure
Easy VM and workload portability from
on-premises to Windows Azure
(including SharePoint and SQL)
30. Application performance monitoring
IT demands
System Center 2012 R2 delivers
Assure Line of Business
(LOB)
application SLA
Enable rapid
application lifecycle
Assure great end-user
experiences and Microsoft
workload health
Deep application
insight
Integrated dev-ops that spans
people, process
and systems
Cloud-integrated insight
in familiar monitoring console
Deep insight
into application
health
33. Java Tomcat app server support
(v5.5, v6 and v7).
Windows and RHEL/SUSE Linux
guest OS support.
Multiple instrumented Java
frameworks, including web
services and database
connectors.
Code-level traceability with
performance and exception
metrics.
Deep application insight for Java Applications
36. Case study—Deep application insight
Murat
Demirkiran,
DenizBank,
Turkey
“With System Center 2012,
we have deeper insight into
application performance,
which means that we can
load-balance cloud resources
to deliver maximum
performance and avert
application failures.”
37. Case study—DevOps productivity
Ashley Vail,
Director of
Engineering,
India
Development
“By using System Center
2012 SP1, our developers are
far more effective and can
get more done. This is
improving efficiency and
productivity by
approximately 40 percent.”
38. Overcoming the DevOps disconnect
• Comprehensive monitoring
• Deep application
diagnostics
• Quick isolation
of root cause with
line-of-code level insight
• Process and tool-driven
collaboration
“It’s great for us that Visual
Studio 2012 Lab Manager
leverages Systems Center 2012
Virtual Machine Manager,
which is a full private cloud
management solution.
Deployment of applications
such as SQL Server are now
fully automated through
application templates.”
—Joe Chiu, Software Development Engineer,
Xbox Live, Microsoft Corporation
(in the context of Xbox Live being able to
reduce release cycles from months to days)
39. IT service management
IT demands
System Center 2012 R2 delivers
Enable easy publishing and
consumption of
IT services
Integrate people, process and
knowledge
Efficient resource utilization
and SLA tracking
Self-service requests for
private cloud capacity
Industry-standard service
management and process
workflows
Business and
operational insight
Flexible service
delivery
41. Business and operational insight with chargeback
$ Virtual Machine/day
$ Cloud Membership/day
$ Virtual Machine CPU Core/day
$ Virtual Machine Memory GB/day
$ Virtual Machine Storage GB/day
Price Sheet
42. Best-in-class performance and scale for
Microsoft workloads.
Multi-tenant virtual networking, including
edge gateway provisioning to bridge
physical and virtual networks.
Support for VM connectivity into virtual
Fiber Channel SAN.
Multi-hypervisor support, including Hyper-
V, VMware, and Citrix.
Robust open source support: Dynamic
Memory for Linux, Unix/ Linux monitoring
and configuration.
Unified monitoring for on-premises and
Windows Azure infrastructure.
In-box service templates and runbooks for
System Center components.
Web-based interfaces to System Center
capabilities.
Standards-based top-of-rack network switch
configuration.
Windows Server file-based storage and
Storage Spaces support.
Extensible service management automation
and integration.
Workload protection and recovery across
datacenters with Windows Azure.
Hyper-V Recovery Manager.
Easy VM portability and management
between Windows Server and Windows
Azure.
Deep .NET and Java application monitoring
and diagnostics.
Standardized app provisioning with service
templates.
Integrated dev-ops with System Center-
Visual Studio connector.
Cloud-integrated app and workload insight
with Global Service Monitor and System
Center Advisor.
Management Packs with extensive built-in
knowledge for Microsoft Exchange, SQL,
SharePoint.
Why choose System Center 2012 R2
Enterprise-
class
Simple and
cost-effective
Application
focused
43. Download and evaluate System Center 2012 R2.
http://msft.it/trycloudos
Refer to additional System Center 2012 R2 resources.
System Center marketplace.
http://systemcenter.pinpoint.microsoft.com
Check out our blogs.
http://blogs.technet.com/server-cloud
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46. System Center 2012 R2: Unified Management
for the Cloud OS
Application
focused
1. Multi-hypervisor clouds
2. Multi-tenant virtual networks
3. SAN and file-based storage
management
4. Robust Linux support
5. Process automation & integration
6. APM for .NET and Java apps
7. Cloud-integrated monitoring &
dev-ops
8. VM portability across clouds
9. Service Provider Foundation
10. Service templates
Enterprise-class Simple and cost-effective
