Introduction

Private cloud computing is a very hot topic, but there remains a lot of mystery around the subject. What is a private cloud? What are the technical and business reasons to deploy one? How do I design one that focuses on service delivery? Does Microsoft have such an offering?

This book exactly answers those questions, and provides step-by-step instructions on how to build a Microsoft private cloud that can serve as an IT-service-delivery virtualization infrastructure based on Microsoft System Center Virtual Machine Manager 2012. You'll be walked through the entire process: understanding cloud computing, understanding the Microsoft concept of a private cloud, architecting and deploying a private cloud fabric, deploying services, building ...

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