PART IV
Building private clouds
CHAPTER 8 Standardization with Service Manager
CHAPTER 9 Automation with Orchestrator
Once infrastructure has been provisioned, and monitoring is in place, you’re ready to build your private cloud. System Center 2012 R2 provides you with tools for doing this. The result will be a transformed datacenter that can bring big benefits to your business.
System Center Service Manager provides you with an integrated platform for delivering IT as a service through automation, self-service, standardization, and compliance. System Center Orchestrator enables you to create and manage workflows for automating cloud and datacenter management tasks. And Windows Azure Pack lets you implement the Windows Azure self-service experience right inside your own datacenter using your own hardware.