Summary

In this chapter, we learned about Microsoft Cloud OS vision and how Windows Azure Pack contributes towards that. We got to know about capabilities and service offerings Windows Azure Pack provides along with an overview and functionalities of its architectural pieces.

We understood the building blocks of Windows Azure Pack cloud solution offerings with required and optional components details.

We also covered the deployment models of Windows Azure Pack components and discussed several sample architectures for test and production ready cloud infrastructures. We discussed the role of System Center products in delivering IaaS services with Windows Azure Pack cloud.

In the next chapter we will setup the cloud fabric which will be utilized by Windows Azure Pack for cloud management and tenant workloads.