In Chapter 1, Know Windows Azure Pack and Its Architecture, we covered the architecture and various deployment models for an organization's private cloud and a service provider's cloud needs. Let's have a review of possible and recommended deployment models before starting actual installation of Windows Azure Pack (WAP).
Express Deployment Architecture: In Express Deployment Architecture, all components of WAP (portals, APIs, and authentication sites) are installed on a single Windows Server 2012/Windows Server 2012 R2. It doesn't provide any high availability and is suitable only for testing, development, and deployments. For the purpose of evaluating WAP in this book, we shall be following the Express Deployment model.
Distributed Deployment Architecture: In Distributed Deployment Architecture, WAP roles such as Admin/Tenant portals or API's. authentication sites are deployed in a distributed manner involving multiple Windows servers to provide...