Chris Avis is a friend and colleague. He created a pretty detailed blog post on how to create a private cloud. I was planning on writing a similar post but found this one and decided to link to his. I hope you find his post helpful. He goes through …
- Architecture:
- Hardware Requirements:
- Software Requirements:
- Suggested Pre-Reading/Learning:
- Install the Hyper-V Host
- Install Necessary Windows Server Roles and Features
- Install Web Server (IIS) Role
- Install SQL Server 2008 R2
- Install System Center Virtual Machine Manager R2 + SP1
- VMM Server Component
- Install the VMM Administrator Console
- Install the SCVMM Self-Service Portal 2.0 with SP1
- You now have the hardware and software in place to demo a private cloud!
In the coming months, I will do a video series on how to do all of this using SCVMM 2012 Beta
You can download the software using the following links 
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Check Out Microsoft Virtual Academy too; they have tons of good information
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2 responses to “How to build a FREE Private Cloud using Microsoft Technologies”
Dear Dan,
I am trying to build private cloud using Microsoft technologies. I am following Chris Avis and your links to build the private cloud. I had followed his blog and installed all the required H/W & S/W’s.
I want to know how I can configure it has a private cloud and also need some demo’s like integrating an application on it. Please kindly help me out in building private cloud. Thank you. Looking forward to hear from you soon.
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