VM Clouds in Windows Azure Pack cloud solution is a top-level umbrella to provide IaaS services. Clouds created in System Center Virtual Machine Manager (SCVMM) are represented as VM Clouds in the Windows Azure Pack management portal.

VM Clouds can be used to provide IaaS services with multitenancy capabilities. In Windows Azure Pack-based cloud, cloud plans and subscriptions and cloud offering catalogues and fabric resources are provisioned, mapped, and managed on a VM Cloud level.

Windows Azure Pack uses SPF to communicate with VMM for all operations and management with respect to VM Clouds. There can be a multiple number of VM Clouds created in one or more SCVMM as per requirements; it is recommended to only single or fewer VM Clouds.

Use case for creating multiple VM Cloud includes GEO site locations, dedicated hardware services to tenants, backup/secondary/DR infrastructure, or as per the features available as per the cloud provider's strategy; but, they are not limited...