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Managing Microsoft Hybrid Clouds: RAW

By : Marcel van den Berg
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Managing Microsoft Hybrid Clouds: RAW

By: Marcel van den Berg

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Managing Microsoft Hybrid Clouds: RAW
Marcel van den Berg
Mar, 2015 | 308 pages
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Table of Contents (17 chapters)
Managing Microsoft Hybrid Clouds
Managing Microsoft Hybrid Clouds
Credits
Credits
About the Author
About the Author
About the Reviewers
About the Reviewers
www.PacktPub.com
www.PacktPub.com
Preface
Preface
Free Chapter
1
An Introduction to Cloud Computing
An Introduction to Cloud Computing
The way electricity became a utility
Service delivery models
Cloud deployment models
Benefits of public cloud
Barriers for the adoption of the public 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
An Introduction to Microsoft Cloud Solutions
Cloud first
Windows Server 2012
Microsoft System Center 2012
Microsoft SQL Server 2014
Microsoft Azure
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
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
Understanding the Microsoft Azure Architecture
A look under the hood of Microsoft Azure
Microsoft Azure Storage
Networking
Summary
4
Building an Infrastructure on Microsoft Azure
Building an Infrastructure on Microsoft Azure
Getting started with Microsoft Azure
Understanding the restrictions of Microsoft Azure
Explaining Azure subscriptions
Adjusting the subscription name
Microsoft Azure accounts
Understanding Azure directories
Deciding the most appropriate Azure region for placement
Creating an affinity group
Creating a storage account
Creating Azure networks
Deleting a virtual network
Creating a Cloud Service
Creating a virtual machine
Virtual machine extensions
Deploying Linux images using VM Depot
Naming convention for VHD files
Understanding IP addresses
Service healing
Summary
5
Connecting to Microsoft Azure
Connecting to Microsoft Azure
Connection options
Azure ExpressRoute
Connecting to Azure using a point-to-site VPN
Creating a virtual network
Support on Microsoft Azure
Set up Multi-factor Authentication in Microsoft Azure Management Portal
Enable a user for Multi-factor Authentication
Introduction to System Center App Controller
Summary
6
Managing the Microsoft Hybrid Cloud
Managing the Microsoft Hybrid Cloud
Understanding Azure Active Directory
Authentication models in Azure AD
Importing and exporting data
Managing Azure disks and images
Monitoring Microsoft Azure
Mobile management of Microsoft Azure
Tips and tricks
Checking the usage of Azure resources
Automation
Licensing and license mobility
Billing and cost management
Summary
7
High Availability, Protection, and Recovery using Microsoft Azure
High Availability, Protection, and Recovery using Microsoft Azure
High availability in Microsoft Azure
Introduction to geo-replication
Disaster recovery using Azure Site Recovery
Installing a replica Active Directory controller in Azure
Using Microsoft Azure as a backup target
Using Microsoft StorSimple
Backing up and restoring Azure virtual machines
Summary
8
Migrating to Microsoft Azure
Migrating to Microsoft Azure
Premigration checks
License mobility
Migration options
Migrating a Hyper-V virtual machine to Microsoft Azure
Migration using Migration Accelerator for Azure
Converting an Amazon EC2 virtual machine to Microsoft Azure
Migrating Azure deployments between data centers and subscriptions
Summary
9
Summary and a Look into the Near Future
Summary and a Look into the Near Future
The road ahead
Configuration Maximums
Configuration Maximums
Subscription limits
Virtual machine limits
Storage limits
Networking limits
Index
Index

Virtual machine limits

The following table shows the virtual machine limits:

Resource

Soft limit

Hard limit

Virtual machines per cloud service

50

50

Input endpoints per cloud service

150

150

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