SCVMM 2012 R2 does not just manage virtual machines (VM) anymore. It does more than that and manages the entire virtualized data center, effectively managing the entire VM host lifecycle. SCVMM 2012 R2 can now communicate with bare metal machines with no installed operating system, execute bare metal virtualization, and manage and deploy Hyper-V clusters as well as talk directly to SAN storage. SCVMM allows you to manage an entire cloud—you can now abstract the host, storage, and networking into a unified pool of computing resources.

SCVMM has the ability to deploy the App-V server and deploy the virtualized applications to hosts as well as enabling the SQL server profiles to deploy customized database servers. App-V allows you to stream your applications and allows the administrator to provide software as a service. It can also be centrally managed via the App-V management console. SQL Server profiles in SCVMM allow you to create a profile to deploy a SQL Server...