1. Everything you need to know!
ConfigMgr in Azure:
Everything you need to know!
James Bannan
Principal Consultant
Vibrato

2. Principal Consultant
Vibrato (
From Melbourne / Australia
Microsoft Azure MVP
Pluralsight Author
Author: Learn System Center Configuration Manager in a Month of Lunches

3. Session Agenda 1 Compute 2 Storage 3 Networking 4 Resilience 5
Additional Considerations 6
Demo Environment

4. Co-located site database
Compute
Co-located site database
Desktop Clients
Recommended VM size
Recommended Disks
Up to 25k
DS4_V2
2 x P30 (striped)
25k to 50k
DS13_V2
50k to 100k
DS14_V2
3 x P30 (striped)

5. Compute Remote site database Up to 25k 25k to 50k 50k to 100k
Desktop Clients
Recommended VM size
Recommended Disks
Up to 25k
Site server: F4S
Database server: DS12_V2
Site server: 1 x P30
Database server: 2 x P30
25k to 50k
Database server: DS13_V2
50k to 100k
Site server: F8S
Database server: DS14_V2
Site server: 2 x P30
Database server: 3 x P30

6. Storage Disk Types P10 P20 P30 Disk Size 128 GB 512 GB 1024 GB
Price/month
$17.92
$66.56
$122.88
IOPS/disk
500
2,300
5,000
Throughput/disk
100 MB / sec
150 MB / sec
200 MB / sec

7. Storage

8. Demo:
Azure Storage Performance

9. Networking Both VPN and ExpressRoute supported
ExpressRoute is strongly recommended
ExpressRoute metered:
Unlimited inbound data
No included outbound data ($0.025/GB)
ExpressRoute unlimited
Unlimited inbound/outbound data
Starts at 5x more expensive than Metered

10. Resilience Use Availability Groups for: CAS/Primary Site servers
Management point
Distribution point
State migration point
System Health Validator point
Application Catalog web service point
Application Catalog website point
Software update point

11. Resilience
Remote DB on SQL AlwaysOn Availability Group (introduced with CB 1602)
Azure Load Balancers not officially supported

12. Additional Considerations
PXE requires on-premises site server
Make use of Cloud Management Gateway instead of DMZ
Consider on-premises Distribution Points, BranchCache and Peer Cache
Don’t use Azure Marketplace SQL Server images

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14. Demo:
ConfigMgr Azure Lab

15. Everything you need to know!
ConfigMgr in Azure:
Everything you need to know!
James Bannan
Principal Consultant
Vibrato