Microsoft Private Cloud Computing

Aidan Finn is an MVP in Virtual Machine: System Administration and leader of the Windows User Group in Ireland.

Hans Vredevoort is a Cluster MVP and an infrastructure consultant.

Patrick Lownds is leader of the Microsoft Virtualization User Group in the UK.

Damian Flynn is the Infrastructure Architect for Lionbridge Technologies and acting manager of Core Infrastructure Group.

Learn the foundation of cloud computing and how to build your own Microsoft private cloud

Written by a team of expert authors who are MVPs and leaders in their respective fields, this one-of-a-kind book is an essential resource for IT administrators who are responsible for implementing and managing a cloud infrastructure. You'll quickly learn how cloud computing offers significant cost savings while also providing new levels of speed and agility.

Serving as a how-to guide, Microsoft Private Cloud Computing walks you through building a secure, internal cloud and delivering it as a service to your company using Microsoft Windows Server Hyper-V and Microsoft System Center Virtual Machine Manager 2012.
Walks you through the entire process: understanding cloud computing, understanding the Microsoft concept of a private cloud, deploying a private cloud fabric, deploying services, and building a private cloud, as well as integrating it with Microsoft's public cloud to create a cross-premises or public cloud
Discusses fabric management with System Center Virtual Machine Manager (VMM) 2012
Examines how to provide network and storage with VMM 2012
Looks at the VMM library configuration
Discusses private cloud and cloud service management with Microsoft App Controller

Microsoft Private Cloud Computing is a must-have comprehensive resource that covers all aspects of implementing a private cloud.

Learn the foundation of cloud computing and how to build your own Microsoft private cloud Written by a team of expert authors who are MVPs and leaders in their respective fields, this one-of-a-kind book is an essential resource for IT administrators who are responsible for implementing and managing a cloud infrastructure.

Introduction xxiii

Part 1 Introduction to Cloud Computing 1

Chapter 1 Understanding Cloud Computing 3

Chapter 2 The Microsoft Private Cloud 13

Part 2 Fabric and Service Management 25

Chapter 3 Introducing the VMM 2012 Architecture 27

Chapter 4 Setting Up and Deploying VMM 2012 45

Chapter 5 Understanding the VMM Library 89

Chapter 6 Understanding Network and Storage in VMM 2012 117

Chapter 7 Deploying Hosts and Clusters in VMM 2012 161

Chapter 8 Understanding Service Modeling 211

Part 3 Private Cloud Solution 251

Chapter 9 Creating a Private Cloud 253

Chapter 10 Working in the Cloud 279

Chapter 11 App Controller and the Public Cloud 301

Chapter 12 Cloud Services Process Pack 335

Index 359