CategoryDynamic Datacenter Toolkit for Hosters (DDTK-H)Dynamic Datacenter Toolkit (DDTK) Service OfferingEnables hosting service providers to offer on-demand virtualized servers, clustering, network and storage through technical guidance, sample code, and best practices. Provides customers the tested guidance and tools they need to successfully plan, deliver, and operate a private cloud—using Microsoft technologies they may already license. Target AudienceHosting Service Providers - Owners, Founders, Presidents, VP of Operations, CTO, Senior Architects, and VP of Sales. Enterprise Customers in IT roles (Strategic IT Manager, Tactical IT Manager, or LOB and Infra Specialist). BenefitsOperational Efficiency + Capital Efficiency + End User Flexibility + Managing Existing Applications. TechnologyBuilt on Windows Server® 2008 R2 Hyper-V™ and Microsoft® System Center. Built on Windows Server® 2008 R2 Hyper-V™ and Microsoft® System Center Virtual Machine Manager 2008 (SCVMM). CostFree. AvailabilityAvailable Today.Availability scheduled in June Deployment TimeDepends on various factors such as hosting partner’s size, familiarity with technology, number of customers interested, customer environment, among other things. Depends on various factors such as customer environment, infrastructure readiness, if it is a greenfield or brownfield deployment, among other things. In networking, a greenfield deployment is the installation and configuration of a network where none existed before. A brownfield deployment, in contrast, is an upgrade or addition to an existing network and uses some legacy components. Training RequirementsIf Hoster is familiar with Windows Server® 2008 R2 Hyper-V™ and Microsoft® System Center, he/she should be able to work with the Dynamic Datacenter Toolkit. If Enterprise Customer is familiar with Windows Server® 2008 R2 Hyper-V™ and Microsoft® System Center Virtual Machine Manager 2008, he/she should be able to work with the Dynamic Datacenter Toolkit. Dynamic Datacenter Alliance (DDA) To participate in the Dynamic Datacenter Alliance, Hosting Partners must:Dynamic Datacenter Alliance Be an existing Microsoft partner with a signed Microsoft Services Provider License Agreement, and have attained the Hosting Solutions Competency. Launch and have an active Dynamic Datacenter offer in place. Agree to participate in market research, provide insights to help drive product development, and assist in the creation of customer evidence. To participate in the Dynamic Datacenter Alliance, Technology Partners must:Dynamic Datacenter Alliance Be an existing Microsoft Certified Partner. Provide resources as needed to integrate and validate your technology into solution. Perform parallel testing with Solution Accelerator’s team to validate extensibility to your technology. Be willing to engage in joint marketing efforts regarding this solution.

CategoryDynamic Datacenter Toolkit for Hosters (DDTK-H)Dynamic Datacenter Toolkit (DDTK) Toolkit FeaturesSample of self service portal for users (Silverlight and ASP.net). Web Services for resource (host/network/storage) provisioning, configuring and managing Hyper-V based Virtual Machines (VMs). Web Services for Server Role {Internet Information Services 7.0 (IIS7), File Transfer Protocol 7 (FTP7), Domain Name System (DNS), Active Directory (AD), Storage, etc.} provisioning & management. Utilization monitoring of Virtual Machines/Hosts. Alerts, Events. Backup/restore at File, Folder & VM level. Software Updates/Installations within user defined timeslots All services are JSON (Java Script Object Notation) enabled, to be consumed from JAVA or other technologies in LAMP stack Guidance includes whitepapers and Microsoft Office PowerPoint® presentations for installation and configuration; Best Practices for: IIS7, FTP, Microsoft SQL Server® 2005, SQL Server 2008, Storage, AD, Hyper-V, System Center suite of products: Data Protection Manager 2007, Operations Manager 2007, Configuration Manager 2007 R2, and Virtual Machine Manager Guidance on how to consume WCF Services from heterogeneous environments. Automation On boarding customer/business unit o Capture IT requirements Self service portal for users. Batch creation of Virtual Machines (VMs). RBAC (Role Based Access Control) system to control access. Extensibility UI for configuration with Independent Hardware Vendors (IHVs). Chargeback reports based on user configured parameters. Others/Guidance Alignment with future version of Virtual Machine Manager (VMM). Guidance on fabric readiness. Guidance from IPD (Infrastructure Planning & Design) series on planning and design.Infrastructure Planning & Design Guidance from MOF (Microsoft Operations Framework) for managing reliability of fabric.Microsoft Operations Framework Leverages MAPS (Microsoft Assessment & Planning Solution) for the assessment and fabric readiness, and MDT (Microsoft Deployment Toolkit) for deployment of hosts.Microsoft Assessment & Planning SolutionMicrosoft Deployment Toolkit MDT host provisioning guidance. MAP assessment survey. Want to know about Microsoft’s Cloud Computing Infrastructure? Visit Have A Question? Write to Cloud Infrastructure Talk at Copyright  2010 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved. Microsoft, Azure and Windows are trademarks of the Microsoft group of companies. All other trademarks are property of their respective owners. This document is for informational purposes only. Microsoft makes no warranties, express, implied or statutory, as to the information in this document.