Information Technology Reference
In-Depth Information
Microsoft Azure Pack provides an on-premises replica of Microsoft Azure services that you
can deploy in your datacenter, including Virtual Machine and website provisioning. The
advantage of Microsoft Azure Pack is that it provides a replica of the experience that a user
would get if they used the online Microsoft Azure portal to perform tasks.
Microsoft Azure Pack provides Self-Service IT through a Self-Service Portal that allows
hybrid cloud scenarios. A hybrid cloud is spread across private, public, and hosted clouds.
Microsoft Azure Pack includes the following:
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End User Portal
The end user portal is designed to replicate the Microsoft Azure
portal. Like the Microsoft Azure portal, the end user portal allows end users to access
their resources in the private cloud. Administrators can configure separate offerings for
each tenant.
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Management Portal
This portal is for cloud administrators. It allows them to man-
age the offerings and services that end users access through the end user portal.
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Management API
Web service that handles requests from the management portal.
Can also be used by third party management portals through OData REST standards.
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Service Management API Database
Stores configuration data.
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Web Sites
Provides a scalable shared web hosting platform. Supports sites that host
ASP.NET, PHP, and Node.js applications.
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Virtual Machines
Supports the deployment of any VM that can be managed using
VMM. Supports software defined networking and remote access connections to each
VM's console.
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Databases
Supports Microsoft SQL 2008/2012 and MySQL 5.x in Platform as a Ser-
vice configuration.
Service Management Automation
Allows the building of automation based on
Orchestrator and PowerShell 3.0 workflows.
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Service Bus
Provides a messaging service between applications running in the pri-
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vate cloud.
VMM is able to collect usage data, such as CPU, memory, storage, and network utiliza-
tion, for all of the VMs and virtualization hosts it manages. VMM stores this data in the VMM
database for 30 days. If you've integrated VMM with Operations Manager, this data can be
transferred across to the Operations Manager data warehouse.
