1. Microsoft Virtual Academy
Free, online, technical courses
Take a free online course.

2. Why Microsoft for Virtualizing & Managing SQL Server
6/8/2019
Why Microsoft for Virtualizing & Managing SQL Server
Matt McSpirit
Microsoft Senior Technical Product Manager
© 2012 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved. Microsoft, Windows, and other product names are or may be registered trademarks and/or trademarks in the U.S. and/or other countries.
The information herein is for informational purposes only and represents the current view of Microsoft Corporation as of the date of this presentation. Because Microsoft must respond to changing market conditions, it should not be interpreted to be a commitment on the part of Microsoft, and Microsoft cannot guarantee the accuracy of any information provided after the date of this presentation. MICROSOFT MAKES NO WARRANTIES, EXPRESS, IMPLIED OR STATUTORY, AS TO THE INFORMATION IN THIS PRESENTATION.

3. Comprehensive Management
6/8/2019
Comprehensive Management
© 2012 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved. Microsoft, Windows, and other product names are or may be registered trademarks and/or trademarks in the U.S. and/or other countries.
The information herein is for informational purposes only and represents the current view of Microsoft Corporation as of the date of this presentation. Because Microsoft must respond to changing market conditions, it should not be interpreted to be a commitment on the part of Microsoft, and Microsoft cannot guarantee the accuracy of any information provided after the date of this presentation. MICROSOFT MAKES NO WARRANTIES, EXPRESS, IMPLIED OR STATUTORY, AS TO THE INFORMATION IN THIS PRESENTATION.

4. Comprehensive Management
Windows Server Management Marketing
6/8/2019
Comprehensive Management
for Infrastructure & Applications with System Center 2012 R2 }
App Controller VM & application self-service
Operations Manager Infrastructure & application monitoring & alerting
Service Manager IT Service Management & IaaS Self-Service {
Virtual Machine Manager VM & cloud management, infrastructure provisioning
Orchestrator Integration & automation of key technologies & processes
Hypervisor Hosts
Data Protection Manager Continuous protection of key applications & workloads
© 2012 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved. Microsoft, Windows, and other product names are or may be registered trademarks and/or trademarks in the U.S. and/or other countries.
The information herein is for informational purposes only and represents the current view of Microsoft Corporation as of the date of this presentation. Because Microsoft must respond to changing market conditions, it should not be interpreted to be a commitment on the part of Microsoft, and Microsoft cannot guarantee the accuracy of any information provided after the date of this presentation. MICROSOFT MAKES NO WARRANTIES, EXPRESS, IMPLIED OR STATUTORY, AS TO THE INFORMATION IN THIS PRESENTATION.

5. SQL Server Monitoring & Insight
Windows Server Management Marketing
6/8/2019
SQL Server Monitoring & Insight
Ensure optimal & efficient operation of SQL Server infrastructure
Deep SQL Server Insight
Through System Center Operations Manager, DBAs can gain deep visibility into key SQL Server components, such as database engine instances, databases, SQL Server Agents & SQL Clusters.
Management Packs contain knowledge for rules, monitors, and alerts that helps you identify problems, causes, and resolutions.
Management Pack surfaces Policy-Based Management status
Management Pack developed by the team that build SQL Server.
Provides centralized monitoring of SQL Servers, side by side with monitoring the rest of the infrastructure, across physical & virtual, from hardware, through virtualization, & into applications.
© 2012 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved. Microsoft, Windows, and other product names are or may be registered trademarks and/or trademarks in the U.S. and/or other countries.
The information herein is for informational purposes only and represents the current view of Microsoft Corporation as of the date of this presentation. Because Microsoft must respond to changing market conditions, it should not be interpreted to be a commitment on the part of Microsoft, and Microsoft cannot guarantee the accuracy of any information provided after the date of this presentation. MICROSOFT MAKES NO WARRANTIES, EXPRESS, IMPLIED OR STATUTORY, AS TO THE INFORMATION IN THIS PRESENTATION.

6. SQL Server Monitoring & Insight
Windows Server Management Marketing
6/8/2019
SQL Server Monitoring & Insight
Ensure optimal & efficient operation of SQL Server infrastructure
Deep SQL Server Insight
Provides rich, customizable dashboards & views to visualize information on health & performance.
Allows construction of visual Service Level Dashboards to ensure SQL infrastructure is meeting expectations.
Allows construction of rich performance dashboards to ensure SQL deployments are running efficiently
Powerful in-box reporting provides historical look at health & performance trends
Operations Manager integrates with Service Manager to integrate Service Management ticketing with Operations Manager alerting.
© 2012 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved. Microsoft, Windows, and other product names are or may be registered trademarks and/or trademarks in the U.S. and/or other countries.
The information herein is for informational purposes only and represents the current view of Microsoft Corporation as of the date of this presentation. Because Microsoft must respond to changing market conditions, it should not be interpreted to be a commitment on the part of Microsoft, and Microsoft cannot guarantee the accuracy of any information provided after the date of this presentation. MICROSOFT MAKES NO WARRANTIES, EXPRESS, IMPLIED OR STATUTORY, AS TO THE INFORMATION IN THIS PRESENTATION.

7. SQL Server Configuration Guidance
Windows Server Management Marketing
6/8/2019
SQL Server Configuration Guidance
Aligns SQL Server configuration with best practice guidance
Optimized SQL Server Configuration
Through System Center Advisor, DBAs can gain granular configuration guidance for SQL Server, against best practices.
Helps DBAs to proactively avoid configuration problems, reduce downtime, improve performance & resolve issues faster.
Configuration alerts are centralized into Operations Manager console, or accessible via dedicated web console.
Alerts provide detailed knowledge & guidance
Alerts also link directly to suggested solutions and knowledge base articles to accelerate time to resolution.
© 2012 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved. Microsoft, Windows, and other product names are or may be registered trademarks and/or trademarks in the U.S. and/or other countries.
The information herein is for informational purposes only and represents the current view of Microsoft Corporation as of the date of this presentation. Because Microsoft must respond to changing market conditions, it should not be interpreted to be a commitment on the part of Microsoft, and Microsoft cannot guarantee the accuracy of any information provided after the date of this presentation. MICROSOFT MAKES NO WARRANTIES, EXPRESS, IMPLIED OR STATUTORY, AS TO THE INFORMATION IN THIS PRESENTATION.

8. 6/8/2019
SQL Server Automation
Automate key SQL Server manual tasks to free up valuable DBA time
SQL Server Automation
System Center Orchestrator can also be used to automate specific SQL Server-level tasks.
These could include scenarios such as:
Automating advanced patching or sequenced actions
Automating SQL Server maintenance tasks i.e. management of indexes
Through integration with Operations Manager, Orchestrator could dynamically allocate additional resources based on a performance or health alert
© 2012 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved. Microsoft, Windows, and other product names are or may be registered trademarks and/or trademarks in the U.S. and/or other countries.
The information herein is for informational purposes only and represents the current view of Microsoft Corporation as of the date of this presentation. Because Microsoft must respond to changing market conditions, it should not be interpreted to be a commitment on the part of Microsoft, and Microsoft cannot guarantee the accuracy of any information provided after the date of this presentation. MICROSOFT MAKES NO WARRANTIES, EXPRESS, IMPLIED OR STATUTORY, AS TO THE INFORMATION IN THIS PRESENTATION.

9. Windows Server Management Marketing
6/8/2019
SQL Server Protection
Granular end to end application protection for SQL Server
Integrated Backup for SQL Server
Through System Center Data Protection Manager, IT admins can protect SQL Server at both the VM & SQL Server-levels.
Integrates with SQL Server VSS writer & provides the ability to protect SQL Server to disk, tape or the Windows Azure cloud.
Provides advanced database recoverability options beyond those native to SQL Server.
Protects SQL Server data at the instance level up to every 15 minutes, & recovers at the database level.
Supports protection of highly available SQL Server deployments such as AlwaysOn
Supports automatic protection of new databases within a protected instance.
Supports self-service recovery for DBAs
© 2012 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved. Microsoft, Windows, and other product names are or may be registered trademarks and/or trademarks in the U.S. and/or other countries.
The information herein is for informational purposes only and represents the current view of Microsoft Corporation as of the date of this presentation. Because Microsoft must respond to changing market conditions, it should not be interpreted to be a commitment on the part of Microsoft, and Microsoft cannot guarantee the accuracy of any information provided after the date of this presentation. MICROSOFT MAKES NO WARRANTIES, EXPRESS, IMPLIED OR STATUTORY, AS TO THE INFORMATION IN THIS PRESENTATION.

10. Delivering SQL Server as a Service
Windows Server Management Marketing
6/8/2019
Delivering SQL Server as a Service
Standardized, automated deployment of virtualized SQL Servers
Self-Service Requests
Through System Center Service Manager, DBAs, application owners, or development/test teams can request new SQL Server services:
New SQL Server Database Request a DB on a shared or dedicated Instance
New SQL Server Virtual Environment Request a new set of SQL Server-enabled virtual machines
New SQL Server Instance Request a new SQL Server instance on shared or dedicated server
DBs & Instances can be deployed on standalone or clustered SQL Servers automatically.
IT Admins can customize the Service Offerings to reflect more choices specific to their environment.
Includes approval mechanisms to control deployment of new services.
© 2012 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved. Microsoft, Windows, and other product names are or may be registered trademarks and/or trademarks in the U.S. and/or other countries.
The information herein is for informational purposes only and represents the current view of Microsoft Corporation as of the date of this presentation. Because Microsoft must respond to changing market conditions, it should not be interpreted to be a commitment on the part of Microsoft, and Microsoft cannot guarantee the accuracy of any information provided after the date of this presentation. MICROSOFT MAKES NO WARRANTIES, EXPRESS, IMPLIED OR STATUTORY, AS TO THE INFORMATION IN THIS PRESENTATION.

11. Delivering SQL Server as a Service
Windows Server Management Marketing
6/8/2019
Delivering SQL Server as a Service
Standardized, automated deployment of virtualized SQL Servers
Automation
Through System Center Orchestrator, key processes associated with self-service selections are automated.
Orchestrator runbooks help to connect different systems, and automate processes by passing data between systems.
Orchestrator takes user input from Service Manager, and performs specific tasks in Virtual Machine Manager & SQL Server
Orchestrator runbooks can also be used to automate key SQL Server tasks, such as patching, SQL maintenance tasks etc.
© 2012 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved. Microsoft, Windows, and other product names are or may be registered trademarks and/or trademarks in the U.S. and/or other countries.
The information herein is for informational purposes only and represents the current view of Microsoft Corporation as of the date of this presentation. Because Microsoft must respond to changing market conditions, it should not be interpreted to be a commitment on the part of Microsoft, and Microsoft cannot guarantee the accuracy of any information provided after the date of this presentation. MICROSOFT MAKES NO WARRANTIES, EXPRESS, IMPLIED OR STATUTORY, AS TO THE INFORMATION IN THIS PRESENTATION.

12. Delivering SQL Server as a Service
Windows Server Management Marketing
6/8/2019
Delivering SQL Server as a Service
Standardized, automated deployment of virtualized SQL Servers
SQL Server Virtual Machine Deployment
System Center Virtual Machine Manager provides IT with the ability to build SQL Server Service Templates, which accelerate deployment.
Template contains a hardware profile guest OS customizations, and can include either a sysprepped SQL Server image or call scripts to deploy SQL Server unattended at deployment time. Scripts can even be used to deploy SQL Server Failover Cluster Instances.
SQL Server VM templates have a number of granular configuration options, including support for SQL DAC packages.
Orchestrator triggers Virtual Machine Manager to deploy new dedicated SQL Server VMs via runbooks, to host new DBs and instances.
© 2012 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved. Microsoft, Windows, and other product names are or may be registered trademarks and/or trademarks in the U.S. and/or other countries.
The information herein is for informational purposes only and represents the current view of Microsoft Corporation as of the date of this presentation. Because Microsoft must respond to changing market conditions, it should not be interpreted to be a commitment on the part of Microsoft, and Microsoft cannot guarantee the accuracy of any information provided after the date of this presentation. MICROSOFT MAKES NO WARRANTIES, EXPRESS, IMPLIED OR STATUTORY, AS TO THE INFORMATION IN THIS PRESENTATION.

13. Consuming SQL Server as a Service
Windows Server Management Marketing
6/8/2019
Consuming SQL Server as a Service
Delegated access to SQL Server VMs via Self-Service
Self-Service with App Controller
With System Center App Controller, IT Admins can provide delegated access to the SQL DBAs through a rich, Silverlight portal.
DBAs can only access resources within their designated clouds.
Clouds have finite capacity, enabling IT to control resource consumption of the fabric.
Within clouds, DBA can access respective VMs & Services & perform controlled actions.
DBA can be delegated console access into the virtual machine, through the web browser, for granular administration
© 2012 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved. Microsoft, Windows, and other product names are or may be registered trademarks and/or trademarks in the U.S. and/or other countries.
The information herein is for informational purposes only and represents the current view of Microsoft Corporation as of the date of this presentation. Because Microsoft must respond to changing market conditions, it should not be interpreted to be a commitment on the part of Microsoft, and Microsoft cannot guarantee the accuracy of any information provided after the date of this presentation. MICROSOFT MAKES NO WARRANTIES, EXPRESS, IMPLIED OR STATUTORY, AS TO THE INFORMATION IN THIS PRESENTATION.

14. Delivering SQL Server as a Service
Windows Server Management Marketing
6/8/2019
Delivering SQL Server as a Service
SQL Server via Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS)
With the Windows Azure Pack (WAP)
Provides a rich, Azure-like experience for on-premises resources.
IT can provide a pre-populated gallery of SQL Server-enabled VMRoles for self- service consumption.
WAP integrates with other System Center investments, like VMM.
DBA’s can subscribe to plans, which include access to certain VMRoles & available capacity for their usage.
DBA’s also have access to performance metrics associated with their VM instances and can connect to their instances via console or RDP.
© 2012 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved. Microsoft, Windows, and other product names are or may be registered trademarks and/or trademarks in the U.S. and/or other countries.
The information herein is for informational purposes only and represents the current view of Microsoft Corporation as of the date of this presentation. Because Microsoft must respond to changing market conditions, it should not be interpreted to be a commitment on the part of Microsoft, and Microsoft cannot guarantee the accuracy of any information provided after the date of this presentation. MICROSOFT MAKES NO WARRANTIES, EXPRESS, IMPLIED OR STATUTORY, AS TO THE INFORMATION IN THIS PRESENTATION.

15. Delivering SQL Server as a Service
Windows Server Management Marketing
6/8/2019
Delivering SQL Server as a Service
Database as a Service with SQL Server
With the Windows Azure Pack (WAP)
Rapidly deploy new SQL Server databases directly onto a shared, on- premises SQL Server platform.
IT deploys SQL Server backend with desired features, such as AlwaysOn.
DBAs subscribe to plans, which expose SQL Server database deployment options for DBAs to consume.
DBAs only need to focus on databases, rather than the platform, with quick & simple deployment.
DBAs can connect directly to their new database with a simple connection string & credentials.
© 2012 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved. Microsoft, Windows, and other product names are or may be registered trademarks and/or trademarks in the U.S. and/or other countries.
The information herein is for informational purposes only and represents the current view of Microsoft Corporation as of the date of this presentation. Because Microsoft must respond to changing market conditions, it should not be interpreted to be a commitment on the part of Microsoft, and Microsoft cannot guarantee the accuracy of any information provided after the date of this presentation. MICROSOFT MAKES NO WARRANTIES, EXPRESS, IMPLIED OR STATUTORY, AS TO THE INFORMATION IN THIS PRESENTATION.

16. Deep technical content and free product evaluations
TechNet Virtual Labs
Deep technical content and free product evaluations
Hands-on deep technical labs
Free, online, technical courses
At the TechNet Evaluation Center you can download free, trial versions of Microsoft software, with no feature limits. Dozens of trials are available – all at no cost.
Try Windows Server 2012 for up to 180 days. Download the Windows 8 Enterprise 90-day evaluation. Or try Windows Azure at no-cost for up to 90 days.
Microsoft Hands On Labs offer virtual environments that will take you through guided, technically deep product learning experience.
Learn at your own pace in labs that you can complete in 90 minutes or less. There is no complex setup or installation is required to use TechNet Virtual Labs.
Microsoft Virtual Academy provides free online training on the IT scenarios that are important to your company and your career.
Learn at your own pace and boost your IT skills with over 100 courses across more than 15 Microsoft technologies including Windows Server, Windows 8, Windows Azure, Office 365, virtualization, Windows Phone, and more.
Download Microsoft software trials today.
Find Hand On Labs.
Take a free online course.
Technet.microsoft.com/evalcenter
Technet.microsoft.com/virtuallabs
microsoftvirtualacademy.com

17. 6/8/2019
© 2014 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved. Microsoft, Windows, Windows Vista and other product names are or may be registered trademarks and/or trademarks in the U.S. and/or other countries.
The information herein is for informational purposes only and represents the current view of Microsoft Corporation as of the date of this presentation. Because Microsoft must respond to changing market conditions, it should not be interpreted to be a commitment on the part of Microsoft, and Microsoft cannot guarantee the accuracy of any information provided after the date of this presentation. MICROSOFT MAKES NO WARRANTIES, EXPRESS, IMPLIED OR STATUTORY, AS TO THE INFORMATION IN THIS PRESENTATION.
© 2012 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved. Microsoft, Windows, and other product names are or may be registered trademarks and/or trademarks in the U.S. and/or other countries.
The information herein is for informational purposes only and represents the current view of Microsoft Corporation as of the date of this presentation. Because Microsoft must respond to changing market conditions, it should not be interpreted to be a commitment on the part of Microsoft, and Microsoft cannot guarantee the accuracy of any information provided after the date of this presentation. MICROSOFT MAKES NO WARRANTIES, EXPRESS, IMPLIED OR STATUTORY, AS TO THE INFORMATION IN THIS PRESENTATION.