Developers: | Microsoft |
Technology: | ITSM - Management systems for IT service, SaaS - the Software as service, Corporate portals, Data processing centers - technologies for DPC |
Windows Azure Pack is a set of technologies in Windows Azure "cloud" which are offered clients of Microsoft free of charge.
Description
After installation in a data processing center of Windows Azure Pack it is integrated with System Center and Windows Server, providing opportunities:
Management portal for clients
- The compatible to Windows Azure and configured self-service portal for preparation for work, monitoring and control of such services, as Websites, Virtual machines and "The service bus".
Management portal for administrators
- The portal on which administrators can configure clouds of resources, accounts of users, offers for clients, quotas and the prices and also to manage them.
API of management of services
- API of management of services representing a basis for opportunities in a management portal is OData REST API which helps to implement a range of scenarios of integration, including customized portals and the systems of drawing of accounts.
Websites This service compatible to service "Windows Azure Websites" helps to provide the scalable general platform of placement of high density for the ASP.NET, PHP and Node.js web applications. It includes a collection of popular web applications open source and integration with version management systems for specialized websites and applications.
Virtual machines
The service compatible to service "Windows Azure Virtual Machines" helps to provide opportunities "infrastructure as service" (IaaS) for virtual machines on the Windows platform and Linux. It includes a collection of templates of virtual machines, parameters of scaling and an opportunity for work with virtual networks.
Service bus
The service interacting with service "Bus of Service Windows Azure" helps to provide reliable message exchange between the distributed applications. It includes the possibilities of the publication and a subscription based on queues and subjects.
Automation and expansibility
Windows Azure Pack includes opportunities for automation and integration of the additional configured services into infrastructure of services, including the editor of Runbook and runtime environment.