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TechNet Radio: (Part 6) Building a Private Cloud with System Center 2012 Service Pack 1 – Configuring Compute Fabric in Virtual Machine Manager

ChrisCaldwell, TechNet Radio, Yung Chou on Hybrid Cloud, Keith Mayer — Tue, 16 Apr 2013 11:00:22 GMT

Back for Part 6, Keith Mayer and Yung Chou show us how to configure compute fabric in System Center 2012 SP1 Virtual Machine Manager. In this episode they show us the process of adding and configuring hosts and clusters like Windows Server, Citrix XenServer and VMware vCenter into VMM as well as how to manage host resources.

[1:30] Recap: Building a Private Cloud
[4:15] Configuring the Compute Fabric in Virtual Machine Manager
[9:22] DEMO: Adding Hosts & Clusters in VMM – Windows Server
[18:40 DEMO: Bare Metal Deployment – Hyper-V Hosts Only
[27:40] DEMO: Adding Hosts & Clusters in VMM – Citrix XenServer and VMware vCenter
[31:46] DEMO: How to Manage Host Resources

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The Windows Server 2012 "Early Experts" Challenge provides a FREE online study group with certification exam preparation materials for quickly learning about the latest version of Windows Server! The Challenge involves a series of Knowledge Quests - starting with the Apprentice Quest below - and each Quest ends with a special completion certificate for you to promote your new knowledge! To make it easy to participate, each Quest is developed in a modular format that you can complete based on your own schedule and availability.

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MVA Live Q&A: Microsoft Virtualization

JeffKoch, Symon Perriman — Thu, 04 Apr 2013 20:27:17 GMT

Enjoy this fun filled 90 minutes where Senior Technical Evangelist Symon Perriman and Principal Program Manager Jeff Woolsey answer questions from the audience on Microsoft's approach to virtualization. This session was based on a series of three virtualization Jump Starts delivered earlier this year: Introduction to Microsoft Virtualization; Microsoft Virtualization for VMware Professionals; and Microsoft Tools for VMware Integration & Migration.

[11:50] - What's new in Hyper-V Server 2012?
[16:01] - What's the free Hyper-V Server?
[26:40] - What's new in networking?
[44:45] - Windows Server 2012 Hyper-V storage
[55:58] - Using pass-through disks
[1:05:20] - Live migration
[1:15:32] - Multi-site clusters
[1:19:20] - Hyper-V replica demo
[1:28:14] - Cluster-aware updating

TechNet Radio: ITProGuru vs. Tony Asaro on the Virtualization Landscape in a Heterogeneous World

Dan Stolts "ITProGuru", ChrisCaldwell, TechNet Radio — Thu, 04 Apr 2013 13:30:18 GMT

Dan Stolts welcomes Tony Asaro to the show as they take an in-depth look at the overall virtualization landscape and the many factors companies need to consider when thinking about their virtualization needs. Tune in as they discuss Hyper-V vs. VMware, Live Migration and Hyper-V Replica as well as how to manage your virtualization solutions with System Center 2012.

[3:11] As a consultant and systems architect what are you hearing in the field as it relates to the virtualization landscape?
[4:32] What do you think are the primary forces that play into the decision for how companies start looking at Hyper-V over VMware?
[7:06] What kind of workloads are companies porting to Hyper-V?
[8:59] What pace do you see companies moving at to roll out changes. Is it a rip and replace, or a migration or a bit of both?
[10:18] Do you see more small businesses caring about Virtualization?
[12:00] Do you see people taking advantage of virtualization management technologies like System Center 2012?

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Microsoft Tools for VMware Migration and Integration: (01) Manage VMware with SC2012 SP1 Virtual Machine Manager

JeffKoch, Symon Perriman — Tue, 19 Mar 2013 18:10:18 GMT

This module provides an overview of Virtual Machine Manager, Fabric Management and an introduction to App Controller. It also addresses how to save time and cost through standardized service creation and power optimization.

[04:33] - Virtual Machine Manager Overview
[13:53] - Fabric Management
[38:44] - Introduction to App Controller

Full course outline:

Mod 01: Manage VMware with SC2012 SP1 Virtual Machine Manager
Mod 02: Monitor VMware with SC2012 SP1 Operations Manager and Veeam
Mod 03: Manage VMware with SC2012 SP1 Orchestrator
Mod 04: Migrate VMware VMs using Microsoft Virtual Machine Converter

Edge Show 52 - Automation with System Center and PowerShell

Symon Perriman — Thu, 21 Feb 2013 18:14:40 GMT

At [07:35] Symon Perriman meets with Microsoft MVPs & architects Brad Bird (System Center) and Sean Kearney (PowerShell) to talk about automating datacenter management with System Center Orchestrator and PowerShell.

Brad and Sean first give an overview of System Center 2012 SP1 Orchestrator and PowerShell and explain the importance of automation in the datacenter to reduce human error, free resources, and ensure a consistent service experience. They then talk about how Orchestrator can be extended by 3^rd party Integration Packs (such as VMware) and how custom IP can be created. Next they talk about PowerShell extensibility and how it enables automation of any hardware component with a programmatic interface.

At [13:45] the team takes a look at an Orchestrator demo which shows integration between PowerShell, System Center Service Manager, Active Directory, and Outlook to onboard a new user in the company. In this scenario an administrator can send an email to the IT department with an XML attachment which gets parsed by PowerShell, then the user's information gets added to AD and a record is created in Service Manager. This workflow also shows variables and conditional statements as well as the Orchestrator databus, which allows one runbook to invoke and pass data to other workflows.

News:

[00:15] The Outlook team announces the global consumer launch of Outlook.com, which already has over 60 million users: http://blogs.office.com/b/microsoft-outlook/archive/2013/02/18/outlook-com-leaves-preview-as-fastest-growing-email-service.aspx
[01:30] The free Microsoft iSCSI Target has been updated—download it today to get an easy-to-use SAN: http://aka.ms/iSCSITarget
[01:50] Check out the "Future of Communication" from this week's Lync conference, including Skype & Lync integration: http://blogs.technet.com/b/microsoft_blog/archive/2013/02/19/re-humanizing-communications-from-the-living-room-to-the-boardroom.aspx
[02:35] Five new courses have been released on the Microsoft Virtual Academy covering System Center 2012 SP1, Windows Server 2012, and Windows Intune: https://www.microsoftvirtualacademy.com
[06:10] Sign up for the "Microsoft Tools for VMware Integration & Migration" Jump Start on March 14^th: http://aka.ms/VMtools

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Virtualization for VMware Professionals Jump Start: (08) Foundation, Hybrid Clouds and Costs

JeffKoch, Symon Perriman — Wed, 06 Feb 2013 01:56:58 GMT

Symon and Matt focus on how the Microsoft approach to Private Cloud differs from VMware's in terms of how each provides a Foundation for the Future, and options for a Hybrid Infrastructure. This session closes with a few scenarios designed to help IT organizations understand Costs.

[00:59] - Foundation for the future
[07:24] - Hybrid Infrastructure
[15:13] - Costs

Full course outline:

Mod 01: Introduction and Scalability
Mod 02: Storage and Resource Management
Mod 03: Security, multi-tenancy and flexibility
Mod 04: High-availability and Resiliency
Mod 05: Introduction and Overview of System Center 2012
Mod 06: Application Management
Mod 07: Cross-platform Management
Mod 08: Foundation, Hybrid Clouds and Costs

Virtualization for VMware Professionals Jump Start: (07) Cross-platform Management

JeffKoch, Symon Perriman — Wed, 06 Feb 2013 01:56:41 GMT

In this module, students experience how Microsoft and VMware compare and contrast in terms of enabling cross-platform management. The session starts with a discussion of options with Citrix XenServer, then moves into VMware vSphere/vCenter and closes with a discussion of other options (Linux, monitoring other platforms and application frameworks, Integration Packs).

[13:29] - Protecting key apps and workloads
[17:20] - Cross-platform management Hypervisor
[27:19] - Cross-platform management Guest OS

Full course outline:

Mod 01: Introduction and Scalability
Mod 02: Storage and Resource Management
Mod 03: Security, multi-tenancy and flexibility
Mod 04: High-availability and Resiliency
Mod 05: Introduction and Overview of System Center 2012
Mod 06: Application Management
Mod 07: Cross-platform Management
Mod 08: Foundation, Hybrid Clouds and Costs

Virtualization for VMware Professionals Jump Start: (06) Application Management

JeffKoch, Symon Perriman — Wed, 06 Feb 2013 01:56:07 GMT

During this key session, Symon and Matt walk through important Application Management tasks like Constructing, Delivering & Consuming Apps (e.g., service templates, Server App-V, Service Designer), Maintaining, Managing & Monitoring Apps (in-place updates, image updates, Update Management, Application Monitoring, Network Monitoring, Automation/Runbooks, and Protection of Key Applications & Workloads (Data Protection Manager, Live Migration).

[11:51] - Application management
[19:35] - Service management
[22:46] - Bare-metal deployment
[33:58] - More on service templates
[48:21] - Server App-V
[58:55] - Role-based access
[1:09:18] - Maintain and monitor apps
[1:24:53] - Complete app monitoring solution

Full course outline:

Mod 01: Introduction and Scalability
Mod 02: Storage and Resource Management
Mod 03: Security, multi-tenancy and flexibility
Mod 04: High-availability and Resiliency
Mod 05: Introduction and Overview of System Center 2012
Mod 06: Application Management
Mod 07: Cross-platform Management
Mod 08: Foundation, Hybrid Clouds and Costs

Virtualization for VMware Professionals Jump Start: (05) Introduction and Overview of System Center 2012

JeffKoch, Symon Perriman — Wed, 06 Feb 2013 01:55:52 GMT

This important session begins with an overview of Microsoft Private Cloud then quickly moves into a component-by-component comparison of Microsoft System Center 2012 SP1 products with specific offerings in VMware's v-Sphere, vCenter, v-Fabric and vCloud lines.

[02:54] - Microsoft Private Cloud Overview
[10:34] - Comparing System Center 2012 with VMware

Full course outline:

Mod 01: Introduction and Scalability
Mod 02: Storage and Resource Management
Mod 03: Security, multi-tenancy and flexibility
Mod 04: High-availability and Resiliency
Mod 05: Introduction and Overview of System Center 2012
Mod 06: Application Management
Mod 07: Cross-platform Management
Mod 08: Foundation, Hybrid Clouds and Costs

Virtualization for VMware Professionals Jump Start: (04) High-availability and Resiliency

JeffKoch, Symon Perriman — Wed, 06 Feb 2013 01:55:35 GMT

During this module, Symon and Matt help students understand the options for Infrastructure Resiliency, including Incremental Backups, Inbox Replication using Hyper-V Replica, and Integrated NIC Teaming. Next, they cover Failover Clustering options such as Cluster-Aware Updating, Failover Prioritization, and VM Affinity Rules. This module concludes with the VMware Comparison as well as a few vSphere-specific topics.

[05:46] - Hyper-V Replica
[22:33] - Integrated NIC teaming
[26:44] - Clustering
[44:23] - Cluster shared volumes
[54:32] - CSV 2.0
[1:00:14] - Failover Clustering

Full course outline:

Mod 01: Introduction and Scalability
Mod 02: Storage and Resource Management
Mod 03: Security, multi-tenancy and flexibility
Mod 04: High-availability and Resiliency
Mod 05: Introduction and Overview of System Center 2012
Mod 06: Application Management
Mod 07: Cross-platform Management
Mod 08: Foundation, Hybrid Clouds and Costs

Virtualization for VMware Professionals Jump Start: (03) Security, multi-tenancy and flexibility

JeffKoch, Symon Perriman — Wed, 06 Feb 2013 01:55:20 GMT

During this module, you will learn how Hyper-V compares with VMware in terms of handling Multi-tenancy and Security (Hyper-V Extensible Switch, Networking Performance and Security) as well as Flexible Infrastructure options such as Virtual Machine Mobility and Network Virtualization.

[02:42] - Hyper-V Extensible Switch
[18:22] - Hyper-V and VMware networking comparison
[27:01] - SR-IOV demo
[33:30] - Hyper-V physical security
[39:32] - Flexible infrastructure
[51:30] - SMB storage

Full course outline:

Mod 01: Introduction and Scalability
Mod 02: Storage and Resource Management
Mod 03: Security, multi-tenancy and flexibility
Mod 04: High-availability and Resiliency
Mod 05: Introduction and Overview of System Center 2012
Mod 06: Application Management
Mod 07: Cross-platform Management
Mod 08: Foundation, Hybrid Clouds and Costs

Virtualization for VMware Professionals Jump Start: (02) Storage and Resource Management

JeffKoch, Symon Perriman — Wed, 06 Feb 2013 01:55:07 GMT

This important session covers key considerations regarding Storage Capabilities and Resource Management. Matt and Symon will compare and contrast how Microsoft and VMware leverage such technologies as iSCSI, Fibre Channel, and different approaches to VM Disks.

[03:49] - Storage capabilities
[18:09] - Virtual Fibre Channel in Hyper-V
[28:31] - New VHD format
[36:45] - Storage spaces
[49:33] - Dynamic memory

Full course outline:

Mod 01: Introduction and Scalability
Mod 02: Storage and Resource Management
Mod 03: Security, multi-tenancy and flexibility
Mod 04: High-availability and Resiliency
Mod 05: Introduction and Overview of System Center 2012
Mod 06: Application Management
Mod 07: Cross-platform Management
Mod 08: Foundation, Hybrid Clouds and Costs

Virtualization for VMware Professionals Jump Start: (01) Introduction and Scalability

JeffKoch, Symon Perriman — Wed, 06 Feb 2013 01:54:49 GMT

After brief introductions and an overview of the agenda, Symon Perriman and Matt McSpirit kick off the course with an information-packed introduction to Hyper-V and start the comparison to VMware in terms of scalability, performance & density.

[10:13] - Hyper-V Server
[16:08] - Hyper-V deployment options
[20:40] - Hyper-V scalability improvements
[25:09] - Hyper-V and VMware comparison

Full course outline:

Mod 01: Introduction and Scalability
Mod 02: Storage and Resource Management
Mod 03: Security, multi-tenancy and flexibility
Mod 04: High-availability and Resiliency
Mod 05: Introduction and Overview of System Center 2012
Mod 06: Application Management
Mod 07: Cross-platform Management
Mod 08: Foundation, Hybrid Clouds and Costs

TechNet Radio: ITProGuru vs. Virtualization Community

Dan Stolts "ITProGuru", ChrisCaldwell, TechNet Radio — Fri, 25 Jan 2013 12:00:49 GMT

Dan Stolts welcomes Chris Harney from the Virtualization Technology Users Group (VTUG) as they discuss how his user group community recently expanded their virtualization platform knowledge beyond VMware to now include Microsoft Hyper-V. Tune in as they chat about their transition from a VMware only shop and how members are warming up to Hyper-V and Windows Server 2012.

Guru Tip #1: Register your favorite technical content at http:/www.vtug.com/submit-content/
Guru Tip #2: Download Windows Server 2012 or Hyper-V Server 2012 and see for yourself why all the buzz.

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Edge Show 39 - Orchestrator Enhancements in System Center 2012 SP1

Symon Perriman — Thu, 11 Oct 2012 23:41:25 GMT

News:

[00:10] Office 2013 is now code complete! Learn more at: http://www.office.com/preview
[00:30] Microsoft Press has released many new books for Windows 8 and Windows Server 2012. See them here: http://blogs.msdn.com/b/Microsoft_Press
[01:25] There are two new Microsoft Jump Starts coming soon! Sign up for the Windows 8 (http://aka.ms/Windows8JumpStart) and the Windows Server 2012 (http://aka.ms/Server2012JumpStart) Jump Starts today!
[02:35] Take our 6^th Annual IT Pro Survey so we can learn more about the industry's demand for salaries and skills: http://aka.ms/ITProSkillSurvey

Technical Interview: At [04:25] Symon talks with Justin Incarnato, a Senior Program Manager for System Center, about the upcoming changes in System Center 2012 SP1 for Orchestrator. After explaining the release cycle for Service Pack 1, Justin gives an overview of Orchestrator and its history in joining the System Center 2012 family after Microsoft's acquisition of Opalis. Symon and Justin then talk about the importance of integration in a private cloud environment and how Orchestrator has the ability to support and automate processes for virtually any piece of software or hardware in the datacenter, including VMware. Next they discuss the enhancements made for SP1, including: improved System Center integration; new Integration Packs for Azure, REST, FTP, and Exchange; support for Windows Server 2012 and SQL Server 2012; and globalization efforts that give the product many new language options. At [12:25] Justin demos a series of workflows, including cloning VMs in a VMware vSphere environment, integrating alerts with HP Operations Manager, and updating calendar appointments with Exchange with Office 365.

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System Center 2012 Multi-Hypervisor Management for VMware & Citrix

Symon Perriman — Fri, 29 Jun 2012 12:13:37 GMT

In this interview at TechEd Europe 2012 Symon Perriman talks with Matt McSpirit, Senior Marketing Manager on the Windows Server Marketing team, about some of the different ways to manage multiple hypervisors, including VMware & Citrix, from System Center 2012. Learn how Virtual Machine Manager, App Controller, Operations Manager and Orchestrator can all support VMware.

[00:05] What is Matt's job and role?
[00:40] What does multi-hypervisor management really mean?
[01:16] What Citrix management capabilities does System Center 2012 support?
[02:05] What VMware management capabilities does System Center 2012 support?
[02:55] What are the benefits to the IT Professional of being able to manage different types of environments from a single console?
[03:55] What is "dynamic optimization" and how does it interact with other hypervisors?
[05:10] What is the difference between dynamic optimization and Performance and Resource Optimization (PRO)?
[06:40] Do we still need vCenter in the environment and which version do we support?
[08:00] When will we support the latest version of vCenter?
[08:50] What is System Center 2012 App Controller and how does it manage VMware?
[10:55] How does Operations Manager monitor VMware?
[12:00] What is System Center 2012 Orchestrator and how does it manage VMware?
Demo [14:05] VMware management from System Center 2012 Virtual Machine Manager
[17:10] Where can the audience go to learn more?

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Manage VMware with SCVMM 2012

Symon Perriman — Fri, 20 Apr 2012 01:25:02 GMT

Symon Perrimon interviews Greg Cusanza, Sr. Program Manager, about managing multiple hypervisors (VMware, Xen and Hyper-V) with System Center Virtual Machine Manager 2012.

In the interview we cover:

[03:50] Why did Microsoft decide to support third party vendors?
[04:59] Does it manage hosts, clusters, and standalone?
[05:36] Why would a create a sub-cloud inside the larger cloud?
[09:45] What is a service template?

Demo: [05:10] How to create a private cloud on top of the hosts with multiple levels of service. How to manage XenServer hypervisor, VMware hypervisor, and Hyper-V using SCVMM 2012. Support of Linux service templates. Creating a service template and a new private cloud.

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Edge Show 6 - Deploying the Fabric with Virtual Machine Manager 2012

David Tesar, volkerw, Symon Perriman — Fri, 02 Dec 2011 16:00:00 GMT

News:

Symon and David start Episode 6 by reviewing the news, then Symon interviews Kenon Owens, a Senior Technical Product Manager, to discuss fabric deployment and configuration with System Center Virtual Machine Manager 2012.

Technical Interview:

Starting at [05:07] Kenon Owens and Symon discuss some of the new deployment and configuration features coming in VMM 2012. They define the 'Fabric' and then differentiate the new 'Services' and 'Clouds' features. Kenon then demos some of the new multi-hypervisor management features by integrating VMware within an existing VMM environment.

Resources:

New updates made to SkyDrive
Registration for Microsoft Management Summit (MMS) 2012 has opened
Sign up for upcoming Virtualization Jump Start exam training
The System Center Virtual Machine Manager (VMM) 2012 track has just been released on the Microsoft Virtual Academy

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Edge Show 4 - Infrastructure Management with System Center 2012

David Tesar, volkerw, Symon Perriman — Fri, 11 Nov 2011 16:00:00 GMT

News:

Symon and David start Episode 4 by reviewing the news, then Symon interviews David Mills, a Senior Product Manager in System Center, about infrastructure management in the private cloud.

Technical Interview:

David Mills and Symon discuss the importance of infrastrucutre management in the private cloud and virtualized datacenter. They cover some of the key infrastructure management features in Virtual Machine Manager 2012, including multi-vendor hypervisor management, network device integration and automated host patch management.

Resources:

Forefront TMG SP2 is now available: http://www.microsoft.com/download/en/details.aspx?id=27603
Forefront UAG SP1 Update 1 is now available: http://www.microsoft.com/download/en/details.aspx?id=27604
Join the System Center 2012 and Private Cloud Community Evaluation Program: aka.ms/CEP

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