Virtualization &
Datacenter Operations
and Management of the
future
Dan Stolts (@ITProGuru)
Chief Technology Strategist
US DX North East – Audience
dstolts@Microsoft.com
Blog: ITProGuru.com
Abstract
Virtualization & Datacenter Operations and Management of the future
Technology is changing at a breathtaking pace! Major security landscape
changes, Client and Server OS changes, Hybrid and Cloud technology
changes and much more. All of this puts an increased burden on IT. Our
need to translate business problems into technology solutions put an
even greater stress on IT. We are forced to keep up with the changes in
business and technology. What are some of these changes and how
should we respond to them? In this session, we will demystify the future
of IT and datacenter operations. Windows Server 2016 and the cloud will
play an increasing role in helping us meet the challenges of our new IT
landscape. Come to this session to have a look at the near future as well
as the soon to be released tools to help us meet these challenges. On this
journey, we will also get a sneak peek of the next version of Windows
Server… Windows Server 2016.
Talent has now been recognized globally
as the single biggest issue standing in
the way of CIOs achieving their
objectives.
The biggest talent gaps are around information
— big data, analytics, and information
management — followed by business
knowledge/acumen.
http://www.gartner.com/imagesrv/cio/pdf/cio_agenda_insights_2016.pdf
 Get Smart on the business!
 Get Smart on Technology!
Translating Business Problem to Technology Solution
Often Really HARD!!!
Two trains leave different cities heading toward each other at different speeds. When and where do they meet?
Train A, traveling 70 miles per hour (mph), leaves Westford heading toward Eastford, 260 miles away.
At the same time Train B, traveling 60 mph, leaves Eastford heading toward Westford.
When do the two trains meet?
How far from each city do they meet?
http://mathforum.org/dr.math/faq/faq.two.trains.html
Business Problem
Technology Solution
 AKA: Functional Requirements
 Addresses a business need or opportunity
 Language: Business (vision, strategic
mission, objectives, processes)
 Often many problems are manifests so root
problem often difficult to identify
 People who understand the business
typically not smart about technology
 Perspective: Business climate, emerging
industry issues, culture, business aim
 What are the usability implications
 AKA: Technical Requirements
 Addresses a technology challenge
 Language: Technology (Programming,
Infrastructure, Cloud, IoT)
 Often many solutions are required to solve
one business problem
Solve for y = ((x + 2) * (x + 7) )/ 127
 People who understand technology often
do not understand business challenges
 Perspective: Technology Available,
technical skills, technical resources
 What are the Security Implications
Take Challenge
<=>
Create Solution
Noun:
1. a person who designs and in many cases also
supervises construction
2. the deviser, maker, or creator of anything: the
architects of the Constitution of the United States.
Verb:
4. to plan, organize, or structure as an architect: The
house is well architected.
At the speed at which technology changes, it is
impossible for a person CIO or even a small number of
people (Architects) to Solve All Business Needs.
Provide Business Units The Service(s) and Solutions They Need
Or…
Your Business Unit Will…
 Lose Money
 Not Hit Their Numbers
 Go Around You!
 Find a Solution
 Host it in the cloud
 Stray from policy and procedures
AKA: Shadow IT
You WILL …
 Miss Opportunity
 Lose Control
 Lose Visibility
 Lose Management
 Still be RESPONSIBLE if the
$%^&* hits the fan!!!
 Lose your SANITY? Your JOB?
Translate Business Objectives Into Actions
Identify Problems (especially root problems)
Determine the requirements to solve each problem
Determine technology available to help solve the
problem
Identify strategic partners
Determine likely barriers
Determine additional value (if any)
Get Started
Complicating The Situation…
Business Units are accustomed to …
– IT coming up with objections
– IT not understanding needs
– IT Not delivering in a timely fashion
– IT as a barrier to progress
– ….
Why?
Get them to engage you early
then OVER DELIVER for a few years!
– Poorly formulated plan
– Does not follow procedures
– Not enough time
– Don’t have the right skills
– ….
We Need to get their confidence back
Vision or Strategic Mission
Benefit to the business and company
Longevity of solution
User Impact
Systems & Business Impact (pro’s and con’s)
How it is RELATED to other business challenges
How it is RELATED to other technology solutions
Identify stakeholders – All may not be obvious
Security Implications
Budget????
Don’t wait for a business
challenge to land in your lap..
Go FIND IT!
What’s Possible?
Microsoft Want’s to help you create what is possible for your company!
Solve Current problems
Create New Revenue
Generate New Customer Base
…
Current
Future
What’s
Possible
New Opportunities that nobody has thought of?
The people in this room, CAN and SHOULD
Make A Difference by
Architecting What’s Possible
Brainstorming / Team Workshop (60 min)
Hints
 Collaboration
 Cloud
 Mobile
 IoT
 Datacenter
 Merger/Acquisition
 Save Money
 Increase Revenue
 Business Unit Opp
 Employee
 Customer
 Partner
 Supplier
Opportunity
Identify
Business
Challenges &
Opportunities
At Least 2
Or… ¼ or ½ day workshops
10 mins
Solutions
Identify
Potential
Technology
Solutions
At Least 1
Reporting
Presentation
Best Solution
• One Person from
each team will
showcase their
BEST problem &
solution
• Biggest Challenge
• Innovative
Thought/Design
• Best Value
• Biggest Savings
ONLY 1
30 mins
Collaborate!
Voting
90 seconds per
table/team
Bonus: How
can Microsoft
Technology
Help?
Show of hands
• Each person gets 1
vote on 2 projects
• Must be present
to vote
• Don’t vote for
your own unless it
is the best 
Personal
10%
5%
More
15%
Time
INFRASTRUCTURE
Platform Services
Security &
Management
Cloud
Services
Service
Fabric
API
Management
API
Apps
Web Apps
Hybrid
Operations
Visual Studio
Azure SDK
Azure AD
Connect Health
Portal
Batch
Remote App
Active
Directory
Logic
Apps
Mobile
Apps
Notification
Hubs
Team Project
Application
Insights
Multi-Factor
Authentication
Automation
Key Vault
Backup
Storage
Queues
Hybrid
Connections
Biztalk
Services
Service
Bus
Store /
Marketplace
VM Image Gallery
& VM Depot
AD Privileged
Identity
Management
Media
Services
Content Delivery
Network (CDN)
HDInsight
Machine
Learning
SQL
Database
SQL Data
Warehouse
Data
Factory
Event
Hubs
Redis
Cache
Search
Stream
Analytics
Mobile
Engagement
DocumentDB
Tables
Operational
Insights
Import/Export
Site
Recovery
StorSimple
Infrastructure Services
Example: Azure Certification Jump Start
70-534 Architecting Microsoft Azure Solutions
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 8:30 Sharp: 70-534 Introduction
 Exam Tips and Tricks
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 Secure resources (15–20%)
Go Home With
The Book &
 Design an advanced application (15–20%)
Autograph!!!
 Lunch & Labs
 Design websites (15–20%)
 Design an application storage and data access strategy (15–20%)
 Design a management, monitoring, and business continuity strategy (15–20%)
 Field Experiences
 5:00pm Book Signing – Authors Dan Stolts
 5:00pm Social Hour w/ Dan Stolts and Friends
 Registration Required
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Microsoft Azure Infrastructure
24 Regions ONLINE…huge datacenter capacity around the world…and we’re growing
North Europe
Central US
Iowa
US Gov
Ireland
North Central US
Illinois
West Europe
Netherlands
China North *
Beijing
East US
Iowa
West US
Virginia
South Central US
Texas
India West
US Gov
Japan
West
India East
TBD
Virginia
Saitama
Shanghai
East US 2
California
Japan East
China South *
Virginia
Osaka
TBD
East Asia
Hong Kong
SE Asia
Singapore
Australia East
Sydney
Brazil South
Sao Paulo


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
100+ datacenters
One of the top 3 networks in the world (coverage, speed, connections)
2 x AWS and 6x Google number of offered regions
G Series – Largest VM available in the market – 32 cores, 448GB Ram, SSD…
Australia West
Melbourne
Operational
Announced
* Operated by 21Vianet
Need more or more recent samples… http://www.privacyrights.org/data-breach/new
Phishing
attacks
Stolen admin
credentials
Insider
attacks
1. We know that administrators have the keys to the kingdom; we
gave them those keys decades ago
2. But those administrators privileges are being compromised
through social engineering, bribery, coercion, private initiatives
Problem
A breach will (already did?) happen
Lacking the security-analysis manpower
Can’t determine the impact of the breach
Unable to adequately respond to the breach
New approach (in addition to ‘prevention’)
Limit or block the breach from spreading
Detect the breach
Respond to the breach
Microsoft’s approach
Host
vNIC3
Host
vRNIC1
Host
vNIC4
Host
vRNIC2
Host
vNIC5
• For the leanest image, install just the
drivers your hardware requires.
• Nano Server includes a package of all
drivers in Server Core
• Packages are provided for:
Management anywhere
Windows Server
Containers
Windows Server
Container(s)
Hyper-V
Container(s)
Virtual
machine(s)
Windows Server
Container(s)
Hyper-V
Container(s)
Virtual
machine(s)
Play with Technology…
VMware to Hyper-V Migration
Conversion with the Microsoft
Virtual Machine Converter
•
Supported & Free – Quick and easy to
download, use and start conversions of
VMware VMs on ESXi 4.1/5.0/5.1/5.5
•
Convert to 2012 – Converts and deploys
VMs or virtual disks from VMware hosts to
Hyper-V 2008 R2 SP1/2012/2012 R2
•
Scriptable – to integrate with automated
workflows
•
OS Support – Supports Windows Server
2008/2008 R2/2012/2012 R2, along with
Windows Vista/7/8/8.1
•
Linux OS Support – Red Hat 5/6, Ubuntu
10.04/12.04, SUSE 11, CentOS 5/6, More
•
Clean – Snapshots VM, then removes
VMware Tools, converts, then installs
Hyper-V IC’s as needed.
https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dn873998.aspx
http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/evalcenter/evaluate-windows-server-technical-preview
https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/mt420609.aspx
https://msdn.microsoft.com/virtualization/
https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/mt126167.aspx
https://windowsserver.uservoice.com/forums/295050-virtualization
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Next Steps – Keep Learning
What technology is available from Microsoft to help you solve business problems!
Continue Learning About Technology… Expand your capabilities to do
your job while also expanding your career
– Dedicated Certification Jump Start
– Dedicated full day brainstorming Problem/Solution workshop
– Dedicated full day technology training (eg. http://aka.ms/CloudInfrastructure)
Continue Learning …
– Brad Anderson: Cloud Blog http://aka.ms/InTheCloud
– Dan Stolts blog http://ITProGuru.com
– Microsoft Virtual Academy http://MicrosoftVirtualAcademy.com
Dan’s email: dstolts@Microsoft.com