So we have another Update Rollup available for System Center 2012 R2 and Azure Pack. This is the last one for the year. The main KB is here. Continue reading “Tips From the Field: Applying Update Rollup 4 to System Center 2012 R2 and Windows Azure Pack”
Category: Service Reporting
MVA Jump Start: Windows Azure Pack: Infrastructure as a Service
A new Microsoft Virtual Academy Jump Start it is on its way. This time on focus will be Windows Azure Pack. I would like to recommend to attend this Jump Start or at least watch it later when it is available later. Details: Continue reading “MVA Jump Start: Windows Azure Pack: Infrastructure as a Service”
You can help shape the future of Windows Azure Pack
Windows Azure Pack delivers Microsoft Azure technologies for you to run inside your datacenter. It offers rich, self-service, multi-tenant services and experiences that are consistent with Microsoft’s public cloud offering. Continue reading “You can help shape the future of Windows Azure Pack”
System Center 2012 R2 VHDs Download
Besides downloading ISO files you can also try System Center 2012 R2 by directly downloading VHDs that offer installed Windows Server 2012 R2 and instructions on how to enable System Center 2012 R2. Here is the full download list:
- System Center 2012 R2 Preview Operations Manager – Evaluation (VHD)
- System Center 2012 R2 Preview Orchestrator – Evaluation (VHD)
- System Center 2012 R2 Preview App Controller – Evaluation (VHD)
- System Center 2012 R2 Preview Service Manager Data Warehouse – Evaluation (VHD)
- System Center 2012 R2 Preview Service Manager – Evaluation (VHD)
- System Center 2012 R2 Preview Data Protection Manager – Evaluation (VHD)
- System Center 2012 R2 Preview Virtual Machine Manager – Evaluation (VHD)
- System Center 2012 R2 Preview Configuration Manager – Evaluation (VHD) – still not available but it will be released soon.
Note: The download requires registration.
Note: Links are now working.
Install All System Center 2012 R2 Preview Components and Windows Azure Pack Preview (Part 5 Service Provider Foundation and Service Reporting)
All Posts:
- Install All System Center 2012 R2 Preview Components and Windows Azure Pack Preview (Part 1 Operations Manager)
- Install All System Center 2012 R2 Preview Components and Windows Azure Pack Preview (Part 2 Service Manager)
- Install All System Center 2012 R2 Preview Components and Windows Azure Pack Preview (Part 3 Virtual Machine Manager)
- Install All System Center 2012 R2 Preview Components and Windows Azure Pack Preview (Part 4 Orchestrator and Service Management Automation)
- Install All System Center 2012 R2 Preview Components and Windows Azure Pack Preview (Part 5 Service Provider Foundation and Service Reporting)
- Install All System Center 2012 R2 Preview Components and Windows Azure Pack Preview (Part 6 App Controller)
- Install All System Center 2012 R2 Preview Components and Windows Azure Pack Preview (Part 7 Data Protection Manager)
- Install All System Center 2012 R2 Preview Components and Windows Azure Pack Preview (Part 8 Configuration Manager)
- Install All System Center 2012 R2 Preview Components and Windows Azure Pack Preview (Part 9 Windows Azure Pack)
Next on the line is Service Provider Foundation which also part of Orchestrator.
We have to install some prerequisites:
We now have the option to generate self-signed certificate trough the installation:
Usage endpoint now can be installed trough the installer:
In SPF 2012 R2 there are a lot of more APIs for VMM.
There is another role in the Orchestrator installation media but I hadn’t resources to install it so I will just show you the first installation screens. This new role is Service Reporting which is like a Data Warehouse for hosting providers from which they can get data for billing Tenants. As far as I know it requires Windows Azure Pack to work but there might be a way to use it without it we just have to learn more about this role.
Small improvements on the installation experience of SPF by adding Usage endpoint installation and generating self-signed certificate.
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