Figure 9.15 Creating a new VM by using Windows Azure Pack's web interface
Windows Azure Pack is not the simplest installation; it utilizes other System Center
components including the Service Provider Foundation, which acts as the interface
layer to communicate to other System Center components such as Virtual Machine
Manager. Most organizations that are deploying Windows Azure Pack in production
utilize a partner who can deploy it quickly and fairly cheaply. If you wish to deploy it
yourself, you can reference the many articles out there. Here are links to two that I
have written that will get you up-and-running with Windows Azure Pack and
deploying VMs, plus a Microsoft article that walks through the gallery items:
Installing Windows Azure Pack—http://windowsitpro.com/private-
cloud/requirements-install-windows-azure-pack-v1
Enabling IaaS in Windows Azure Pack—http://windowsitpro.com/private-
cloud/enable-iaas-windows-azure-pack
Deploying Gallery items to Windows Azure Pack to offer additional services and
template types—http://social.technet.microsoft.com/wiki/contents/articles/
20194.downloading-and-installing-windows-azure-pack-gallery-resource
.aspx#Download_Windows_Azure_Pack_Gallery_ResourcesOnce deployed, Windows Azure Pack provides a single interface to meet all of the user
requirements. Users can perform basic provisioning, and see and manage their VMs,
but they also can expose more-advanced provisioning through integration with the