Information Technology Reference
In-Depth Information
When you enable self-service virtual machine provisioning, users are able to navigate to a
specially configured portal and are able to use the portal to request virtual machines by filling
out a form providing relevant details. The type of portal and the details required will depend
on the self-service strategy that you choose. There are three basic strategies that you can
pursue when providing self-service virtual machine provisioning to users when using Hyper-V
and the System Center products. These are:
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Self-service with Virtual Machine Manager, and App Controller
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Self-service with Virtual Machine Manager, Service Manager, and Orchestrator
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Self-service with the Windows Azure pack
Self-service with VMM and App Controller
System Center App Controller provides users with self-service virtual machine deployment
functionality for VMM 2012 SP1 and VMM 2012 R2. App Controller runs as a web applica-
tion, shown in Figure 1-46. To perform self-service virtual machine deployment using App
Controller, a user must be a member of a VMM self-service user role.
FIGURE 1-46
App Controller
