This download consists of extensibility samples for Windows Azure Pack (WAP). These samples will help you get started on customizing the product to suit your business needs. With this release of Windows Azure Pack, you will be able to use Windows Server 2012 R2, System Center 2012 R2 and Windows Azure Pack in your datacenters to offer the same great experiences that are available on Windows Azure. You can find more information and download the product here.
This download contains samples for the following:
• Theming Kit for the Tenant Site
• .NET Sample Client to demonstrate how to use .NET to call the Service Management REST API’s
• Hello World Resource Provider to demonstrate how to create Resource Providers for WAP
• SampleAuthApplication to demonstrate how to authenticate users to make WAP Service Management REST API requests
• Billing Adapter Samples to demonstrate how to create and deploy a Billing Adapter
The PDF files in this download are short-form Quick Reference (also called “cheat sheet”) guides for IT professionals, developers, and scripting enthusiasts who want to learn tips, shortcuts, common operations, limitations, and proper syntax for using Windows PowerShell 4.0, Windows PowerShell Desired State Configuration (DSC), Windows PowerShell ISE, Windows PowerShell Web Access, Server Manager, WMI, and WS-Man in Windows Server 2012 R2 and Windows 8.1.
The following files are contained in this download.
PowerShell_LangRef_v4.pdf – This four-page reference describes operators, arrays, useful commands, methods, and other tips for using Windows PowerShell 4.0. Also included is a Windows PowerShell reading and tutorial resource list. This quick reference is provided by PowerShell Magazine.
PowerShell_ISE_v4.pdf – This two-page reference describes keyboard shortcuts and hotkeys that you can use to navigate Windows PowerShell Integrated Scripting Environment (ISE) more quickly, and describes the updated ISE object model. Also included are tips for configuring $ps.ISE options, profiles, and properties. This quick reference is provided by PowerShell Magazine.
PowerShell_Examples_v4.pdf – This two-page reference describes how to perform popular IT management and scripting tasks by using Windows PowerShell 4.0, including how to fetch data by using Management OData IIS Services, how to schedule jobs, how to add a #Requires statement to a script, and how to save Help for a module that is not necessarily installed on the local computer. This quick reference is provided by PowerShell Magazine.
PowerShell_DSC_v4.pdf – Windows PowerShell Desired State Configuration (DSC) is new for Windows PowerShell 4.0. This two-page reference provides an overview of how DSC works, and describes the DSC cmdlets, available resources, Local Configuration Manager, and advanced resource properties.
Quick_Reference_SM_WS12.pdf – This two-page reference describes common tasks that you can perform in the Server Manager console in Windows Server 2012 R2. Quickly learn how to manage remote servers that are running older versions of Windows Server by using Server Manager; how to run Server Manager deployment cmdlets for Windows PowerShell; how to save and export Server Manager settings, such as the servers you have added to the server pool, and custom server groups that you have created; where to find Server Manager log files; how to run popular WinRM commands such as creating a new listener; how to install roles and features on offline VHDs; and where to find documentation to help you manage multiple, remote servers by using Server Manager and Windows PowerShell.
Quick_Reference_WMI_ITPro_WS12R2.pdf – This two-page reference describes features that were introduced to Windows Management Instrumentation (WMI) starting in Windows PowerShell 3.0. Included are examples of how to find namespaces and classes in WMI, and detailed information about CimSession, CimInstance, CIM operations, and invoking a CIM method. The quick reference describes how to get a list of new CIM cmdlets, and defines associations, WQL, WS-Man, WinRM, and CIM indications.
Quick_Reference_WMI_Devs_WS12R2.pdf – This two-page reference describes features that were introduced to Windows Management Instrumentation (WMI) starting in Windows PowerShell 3.0 for developers. Included are examples of APIs and tools in WMI, and information about Convert-MofToProvider.
The goal of the Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS) product line architecture (PLA) is to help organizations develop and implement private cloud infrastructures quickly while reducing complexity and risk. The IaaS PLA provides a reference architecture that combines Microsoft software, consolidated guidance, and validated configurations with partner technologies such as compute, network, and storage architectures, in addition to value-added software features.
The private cloud model provides much of the efficiency and agility of cloud computing, with the increased control and customization that are achieved through dedicated private resources. By implementing private cloud configurations that align to the IaaS PLA, Microsoft and its hardware partners can help provide organizations the control and the flexibility that are required to reap the potential benefits of the private cloud.
The IaaS PLA utilizes the core capabilities of the Windows Server operating system, Hyper-V, and System Center to deliver a private cloud infrastructure as a service offering. These are also the key software features and components that are used for every reference implementation.
Windows and Windows Server Automation with Windows PowerShell
Windows Server 2012 R2 and Windows 8.1
This topic lists the Windows PowerShell modules included with Windows Server 2012 R2 and Windows 8.1. The Windows PowerShell modules in the list support automating the features of those operating systems and provide links to the cmdlet references for each module. These modules enable you to use Windows PowerShell to administer, maintain, configure, and develop new features for Windows 8.1 and Windows Server 2012 R2.
This white paper is meant to show you a real world deployment of a fabric infrastructure that is supporting network virtualization with NVGRE for hybrid cloud computing, together with Windows Azure Pack.
Read this great whitepaper first when you start with Microsoft Private Cloud and Hybrid Cloud computing made by my fellow MVP’s :
You can follow them on Twitter :
Authors:
Kristian Nese, Cloud & Datacenter Management MVP @KristianNese
Flemming Riis, Cloud & Datacenter Management MVP @FlemmingRiis Contributors:
Stanislav Zhelyazkov, Cloud & Datacenter MVP @StanZhelyazkov
Marc van Eijk, Azure MVP @_marcvaneijk Reviewers:
Daniel Neumann, Cloud & Datacenter Management MVP @neumanndaniel
Stanislav Zhelyazkov, Cloud & Datacenter Management MVP
The Name of the On-Premisses VPN Site, we called YellowTenant.
The outside IP-Address of your VPN Device, that’s our Microsoft RAS Server. ( Remote Access Server)
And you add the local address Space, in our case 192.168.101.0/24
Here we select the Address Space for the Microsoft Windows Azure VM’s with the subnets and Gateway range.
Up to 5 Virtual Networks are allowed per subscription and up to 5 Local Networks are allowed per subscription. Each Virtual Network can connect to only one Local Network (one gateway) but there can be multiple subnets on that Local Network for routing purposes.
All the information is there to create the Microsoft Azure VPN Gateway.
Creating the Gateway takes a few minutes.
The Gateway is ready now on Microsoft Azure, go to the right site of the screen and download the VPN Device Script :
With the right VPN Device Script you connect your on-premisses VPN Device with the Microsoft Azure Gateway you just created.
Here you can choose your VPN Device, we have a Microsoft Server 2012 R2 with RAS role active so we choose this one.
The Virtual S2S VPN Gateway is active and running, we have HYBRID CLOUD.
To see this work we made a Cloud Service in Microsoft Azure by the next steps :
The Cloud Service YellowAzure is made and now we are going to provision a Virtual Machine in this Cloud with our own IP-Address :
Here you can select lot of templates, but we choose for Windows Server 2012 R2
UserName is here blank but use your local admin name and choose the Size of the VM.
Here we select our Virtual Network SubnetYellow
Here you can make your endpoints with the VM
Here we are pinging from our Private Tenant with the YellowRAS01 virtual Server to the new Windows Azure VM
YellowAzureVM01 resource of Azure Virtual Networks.
We joined the YellowAzureVM01 Virtual Machine to the on-premisses domain and is working with servers in the private Cloud called Yellow Tenant.
Hybrid Cloud is working great with Microsoft CloudOS 🙂
Your business requires a flexible IT infrastructure that can scale on demand. With a private cloud in your datacenter, you can be more agile and manage resources more effectively. When you extend your datacenter to meet the public cloud, you are working in a hybrid cloud model. A hybrid cloud gives you the best of both worlds, so you can take advantage of external resources when it makes sense for your business. The Microsoft hybrid cloud combines Windows Azure, Windows Server, and Microsoft System Center, giving you Microsoft’s enterprise-grade technology in both your company’s own datacenter and our global datacenters.
Extending into the cloud should expand your options without adding complexity. A Microsoft hybrid cloud lets you easily move workloads from your datacenter to Windows Azure or a hosting service provider’s datacenter, while still maintaining a complete view of the infrastructure. You can build hybrid applications that leverage both on-premises and cloud resources. And you can take advantage of storage, backup, and recovery options with increased efficiency and reduced cost.
Here are some Great examples of Microsoft Hybrid Cloud :
Een stralend nieuwe dag in IT – Ervaar het vandaag!
Er zijn vandaag meer apps, meer apparaten en meer gegevens dan ooit tevoren – allemaal mogelijk gemaakt door de opkomst van cloud computing en allemaal verbonden met cloud services. Hoe kunnen we effectiever samenwerken en meer waarde brengen door deze technologieën te introduceren in onze zakelijke omgevingen? Het antwoord vanuit Microsoft is het CloudOS. Met deze oplossing krijgt u alle schaalbaarheid, snelheid en wendbaarheid die u wenst, zonder dat het afdoet aan uw huidige investeringen. Uw IT-afdeling kan dan snel apps bouwen en uitrollen, IT-services flexibel beheren en real-time analyse van gegevens ondersteunen.
Agenda
09u00 – 09u15 Introduction to the CloudOS (Isabel Moll)
09u15 – 10u00 Extend your datacenter with virtualization and networking (Marc van Eijk)
10u00 – 10u45 Ensure business continuity and service delivery (James van den Berg)
10u45 – 11u00 Koffie pauze
11u00 – 11u45 Unlocking Data Insights (André Kamman)
11u45 – 12u30 The Modern Data Warehouse (André Kamman)
12u30 – 13u15 Lunch Pauze
13u15 – 14u00 Access and information Protection (Raymond Comvalius)
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