20247: Configuring and Deploying a Private Cloud Training

• Monitor the Cloud infrastructure
• Plan for a Hybrid Cloud
• Automate and standardize the Cloud
  Create Private Cloud building blocks
• Extend and customize monitoring of the Cloud infrastructure
• Configure and deploy a Private Cloud with Microsoft System Center 2012 R2 Virtual Machine Manager
• Deploy and access private clouds
• Configure a multi-tenant Cloud
• Implement Service Management in the Cloud
• Configure application delivery for a cloud
• Configure High Availability, Disaster Recovery and Protection for a Cloud

• The Cloud Administrators, who indulge in designing, installing and configuring a cloud infrastructure.

• Windows Server 2012 R2 operating system
• Active Directory Domain Services (AD DS)
• Working knowledge of previous versions of System Center products
• Microsoft SharePoint
• Windows Server 2012 R2 Hyper-V
• Microsoft Windows Azure
• Microsoft Windows Azure Pack
• Networking and storage experience
• Familiarity with cloud management processes
• Previous work with IT Infrastructure Library (ITIL)
• Previous work with Microsoft Operations Framework (MOF).

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