CHAPTER 3Managing public clouds

In Chapter 2, “Managing private clouds,” we discussed the capabilities of System Center 2012 R2 App Controller for supporting on-premises private cloud management. In addition to managing private clouds, App Controller also extends self-service management capabilities to public clouds, such as Windows Azure. Being able to provision and manage resources, whether serviced by a private or public cloud, from a single intuitive, web-based portal unifies cloud management with a consistent set of processes for managing application workloads regardless of the location of those workloads.

In this chapter, we’ll look at the process for enterprise management of Windows Azure public cloud subscriptions with App Controller ...

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