How to build a FREE Private Cloud using Microsoft Technologies

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

Proof of Concept Get Started Today!

Deploying and Managing Windows Azure Applications

Windows Server 2008 R2 with SP1

Hyper-V Server 2008 R2 SP1

System Center Virtual Machine Manager 2008 R2 SP1

System Center Virtual Machine Manager 2012 RC

System Center Operations Manager 2007 R2

System Center Configuration Manager 2007 R3

System Center Configuration Manager 2012 Beta 2

Microsoft Virtual Academy

Check Out Microsoft Virtual Academy too; they have tons of good information