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Managing Microsoft Hybrid Clouds
Marcel van den Berg
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Managing Microsoft Hybrid Clouds
Marcel van den Berg
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- A unique and deep insight into the Windows Azure Infrastructure Services
- Learn how to securely connect your datacenter to Windows Azure
- A step-by-step guide that explores numerous cloud hybrid scenarios
Who This Book Is For
If you're an IT professional, manager, consultant, or architect who wants to learn about hybrid cloud computing using Azure, then this is the book for you.
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Preface
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1. An Introduction to Cloud Computing
The way electricity became a utility
The essential characteristics of cloud
Service delivery models
Cloud deployment models
Benefits of public cloud
Barriers for the adoption of the public cloud
Challenges of hybrid cloud
Cattle versus pets
Using cloud successfully
Cloud exit plan
Hybrid cloud to the rescue
Introducing Microsoft Cloud OS
Microsoft hybrid cloud use cases
Summary
2. An Introduction to Microsoft Cloud Solutions
Cloud first
Windows Server 2012
Microsoft System Center 2012
System Center Configuration Manager
System Center Virtual Machine Manager
System Center Service Manager
System Center Orchestrator
System Center Operations Manager
System Center App Controller
System Center Data Protection Manager
Windows Azure Pack
Microsoft StorSimple
Microsoft SQL Server 2014
Microsoft Azure
Microsoft Azure Services
Stateless versus stateful virtual machines
Microsoft Azure Infrastructure Services
Microsoft Azure Virtual Machines
Microsoft Azure Storage
Azure Virtual Network
Microsoft Azure Directory Services
Azure Preview
Best effort versus reliable clouds
Microsoft Azure is a best effort cloud
Dedicated versus private virtual clouds
Use case scenarios for Microsoft Azure
Test and development
Temporary processing power
Cloud bursting
Windows Server and Data Protection Manager cloud backup
SQL Server cloud backup
StorSimple seamless backup
SQL Server cloud replica
DFS cloud replica
Disaster recovery
On-premises and cloud feature misalignment
Microsoft Azure security
Microsoft support on Azure
T-shirt virtual machines versus tailor-made virtual machines
Microsoft Azure cost model
Microsoft Azure service-level agreement
Microsoft software support
Other vendor software support
Microsoft software license mobility
Bring your own application license
Trying Microsoft Azure
Summary
3. Understanding the Microsoft Azure Architecture
A look under the hood of Microsoft Azure
Data centers and regions
Zones
Servers used in Azure
Hypervisor used in Azure
The Fabric Controller
Red Dog Front End
Fault domains
Availability set
Update domain
Affinity group
Microsoft Azure Storage
Storing blobs, pages, and queues
Storage account
Disks
Disk caching
Containers
Images
Copy of blob storage
Blob lease
Protection of data
Securing data
Storage protocol
Costs of storage
Azure storage tooling
Networking
Azure networking under the hood
Load balancers
Cloud services
IP addressing of virtual machines
Virtual network
Site-to-site VPN
Azure ExpressRoute
Virtual machine network interface
Endpoints
Summary
4. Building an Infrastructure on Microsoft Azure
Getting started with Microsoft Azure
The new Azure Management Portal
Creating a virtual machine
Understanding the restrictions of Microsoft Azure
Determining the naming convention for Azure components
Explaining Azure subscriptions
Azure Resource Groups
Adjusting the subscription name
Microsoft Azure accounts
Understanding Azure directories
Windows Azure Active Directory Premium
Determining the Azure subscription to use
Adding more administrators to a subscription
Deciding the most appropriate Azure region for placement
Creating an affinity group
Creating a storage account
Creating Azure networks
Creating a virtual network
Understanding virtual network gateways
Creating a local network
Using your own DNS servers
Deleting a virtual network
Creating a Cloud Service
Deleting a Cloud Service
Creating a virtual machine
Virtual machine extensions
VM access extensions
Configuration extensions
Security extensions
Deploying Linux images using VM Depot
Using the Azure Management Portal to deploy VM Depot images
Naming convention for VHD files
Understanding IP addresses
Virtual IP
Dynamic IP
Assign a static IP address to a virtual machine
Assign a static public IP address to a virtual machine
Using Reserved IP addresses for a Cloud Service
Managing network traffic to virtual machines
Managing Network Security Groups
Managing endpoints
Testing virtual machine endpoints
Setting DNS server configuration
Deployment and configuration using Puppet
Service healing
Installing additional software
Creating a VHD to upload installation files
Uploading files to Microsoft Azure
Connecting the VHD to a virtual machine
Summary
5. Connecting to Microsoft Azure
Connection options
Azure ExpressRoute
Connecting to Azure using a point-to-site VPN
Creating a virtual network
Creating certificates
Installing the client certificate and downloading the VPN client
Support on Microsoft Azure
Set up Multi-factor Authentication in Microsoft Azure Management Portal
Configuring Multi-factor Authentication using a phone
Enable a user for Multi-factor Authentication
Enabling IP Whitelist
Multi-factor apps
Introduction to System Center App Controller
Prerequisites
Using App Controller
User roles in App Controller
Connecting App Controller to Virtual Machine Manager
Connecting App Controller to Microsoft Azure
Using IIS to create self-signed certificates
Uploading the certificate to Microsoft Azure
Configure App Controller to connect to Microsoft Azure
Authenticating a user to use Microsoft Azure
Using App Controller
Deploying a virtual machine using App Controller
Uploading files to Microsoft Azure
Installing the Windows PowerShell module for App Controller
Installing the Windows PowerShell module for App Controller
Summary
6. Managing the Microsoft Hybrid Cloud
Understanding Azure Active Directory
Authentication models in Azure AD
Connecting an on-premises Active Directory to Microsoft Azure
Synchronizing an on-premises AD with Azure Active Directory
Synchronizing partially
Deleting a domain
Adding an AD account as a co-administrator
Importing and exporting data
Managing Azure disks and images
Creating an image from a virtual machine
Converting dynamically expanding disks to a fixed size VHD
Managing disks and VHD files
Disks and VHDs
Azure TRIM support
Monitoring Microsoft Azure
Microsoft Health Dashboard
Monitoring using System Center Operations Manager
Monitoring via open source tools
Shutting down virtual machines
Monitoring Azure and on-premises infrastructures
Mobile management of Microsoft Azure
Tips and tricks
How to reset the IP configuration of a virtual machine
Checking the usage of Azure resources
Automation
Managing Azure using PowerShell
Installation of the PowerShell module
Managing Azure using command-line tools
Microsoft Azure Automation
Managing Azure using REST API
Exploring the service management API
Introducing System Center Orchestrator
Licensing and license mobility
License mobility for Microsoft software
Licenses tied to physical sockets
Billing and cost management
Understanding the CSV
Summary
7. High Availabi...