System Center Virtual Machine Manager Self-Service Portal 2.0 release candidate available now

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Earlier this year Microsoft started working with TAP customers and partners to develop Dynamic Datacenter Toolkit for Enterprise to enable customers to build Private Cloud Services Infrastructure for their organization. Dynamic Datacenter Toolkit was based on Windows Server Hyper-V and System Center. This toolkit has now been renamed as System Center Virtual Machine Manager Self Service Portal 2.0 and release candidate is available for customers and partners for testing. A release candidate milestone means it’s feature complete, and is nearing completion. Its is expected to be finalized and released to the web in calendar Q4.

Click here to download the release candidate.

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You can read more about the self-service portal tool over at the System Center team blog (here). Here's an excerpt:

The self-service portal provides the following features that are exposed through a web-based user interface:

  • Configuration and allocation of datacenter resources: Store management and configuration information related to compute, network and storage resources as assets in the VMMSSP database.
  • Customization of virtual machine actions: Provide a simple web-based interface to extend the default virtual machine actions; for example, you can add scripts that interact with Storage Area Networks for rapid deployment of virtual machines.
  • Business unit on-boarding: Standardized forms and a simple workflow for registering and approving or rejecting business units to enroll in the portal.
  • Infrastructure request and change management: Standardized forms and human-driven workflow that results in reducing the time needed to provision infrastructures in your environment.
  • Self-Service provisioning: Supports bulk creation of virtual machines on provisioned infrastructure through the web-based interface.Helps business units to manage their virtual machines based on delegated roles

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Today customers can begin their journey to the private cloud by deploying the Microsoft products and technologies they know and trust. The flexible and familiar platform and tools you use today will become the foundation for your private cloud. Going forward, Microsoft will deliver richer private cloud capabilities for your use in subsequent releases of Windows Server and System Center.

For more information on Microsoft Private Cloud strategy visit: https://www.microsoft.com/virtualization/en/us/private-cloud.aspx

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