SPSVB - To the Cloud! Using IaaS as a Hosting Provider for SharePoint
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The document discusses utilizing Microsoft Azure as a cloud hosting provider for SharePoint, highlighting the differences between on-premises, Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS), and Software as a Service (SaaS) offerings. It outlines the cost efficiency of hosting SharePoint on Azure compared to AWS and offers insights on configuration and performance best practices. Additional resources and tools for managing SharePoint and SQL Server on Azure are also mentioned.
SPSVB - To the Cloud! Using IaaS as a Hosting Provider for SharePoint
- 1. To The Cloud™! Utilizing Azure as a Cloud Hosting Provider for SharePoint Scott Hoag Dan Usher
- 6. Cloud Services Storage On-premises Applications Data Runtime Middleware OS Virtualizations Servers Networking Infrastructure as a Service Applications Data Runtime Middleware OS Storage Networking Servers Virtualizations Platform as a Service Applications Data Runtime Middleware OS Virtualizations Servers Storage Networking Software as a Service Applications Data Runtime Middleware OS Virtualizations Servers Storage Networking 6 Customer Manages Microsoft Manages
- 8. Fabric Cloud services Storage NoSQL Database Blob storage SQL Database Compute Networking Dedicated connections Virtual network Traffic Manager Virtual machines Azure: Comprehensive cloud services Services Tasks Caching Identity Service Bus Notification Hubs Media Recovery FrameworksInfrastructure Automated Managed resources Elastic Usage based1 2 3 North America Region Asia Region Japan Region Australia Region China Region Latin America Region Europe Region Brazil S Central US S. Central West US East US US Gov VA N. Central N. Europe W. Europe Japan E Japan W SE Asia E Asia Australia SEAustralia E India Region US Gov Iowa 9
- 12. SharePoint Cloud Continuum CONTROL COST-EFFICIENCY SharePoint (On-premise) • SharePoint Value Prop: • Full h/w control – size/scale • Roll-your-own HA/DR/scale Value Prop: • 100% of API surface area • Easy migration of existing apps • Roll-your-own HA/DR/scale SharePoint (IaaS) • Hosted SharePoint Value Prop: • Auto HA, Fault-Tolerance • Friction-free scale • Self-provisioning, mgmt. @ scale • SharePoint Service Office 365 (SaaS)
- 13. Services we wish we could utilize • AWS RDS SQL instance • http://aws.amazon.com/rds/sqlserver/#details • Azure SQL Database • http://www.windowsazure.com/en-us/services/data-management/ • Spoiler Alert… • Neither support FILESTREAM • Neither can be domain joined
- 14. Azure SQL Database Instance • Available to connect through SQL Server Management Studio • SQL AuthN (no IWA AuthN) • Unable to access or manipulate instance properties • Limited functionality • Unable to configure MDOP Not usable for SharePoint 2013…
- 15. Running in The Cloud™
- 16. Fundamentals Functions and Features Services and Service Applications Users Content Business Case
- 18. SharePoint Support on Windows Azure • Product Support ‐ SharePoint Server 2010 and 2013 supports the hosted virtualization solution of Microsoft, as well as required technologies, such as Microsoft SQL Server, when these products and technologies are deployed on the Windows Azure platform. • FAST Support ‐ Nope…
- 19. AWS Costing $4304.60 USD SharePoint 2013 on AWS Whitepaper Calculator
- 20. Azure Costing $1458 USD OR $3478 USD OR $6355 USD Microsoft's SharePoint Stamp Pricing Calculator
- 21. Start Small….. Pilot != Production Customise the stamps License Mobility Leap before you look
- 22. General Azure Configuration Host cache OFF for data disks Instance Sizing Disk Striping Disk Size Static IPs Scale out – Not up
- 23. How slow can you go? VM Type Designation IOPS Max IOPS Basic Basic_A 300 4.8k (A4) Standard A 500 8k (A4/A7-9) D-Series Standard_D 500 16k (D14) 8k (D4/D13) ~6k ephemeral DS-Series Standard_DS ~1.6k 50k (DS14) G-Series Standard_G 500 32k (G5)
- 24. SQL Server Configuration SQL Server Filegroups in use SQL Server 2014 BPE 64k Allocation for SQL Perform Volume Maintenance Tasks for SQL Server Acct AlwaysOn Availability Groups Single Listener 25
- 25. General SharePoint Configuration Really not that different than you do it today… But don’t forget about that IOPS thing… 26
- 26. Create a SharePoint Farm Demo
- 27. Browse a SharePoint Farm Demo
- 29. Reference Virtual Machine and Cloud Service Sizes for Azure Microsoft SharePoint Server on AWS Whitepaper - Microsoft SharePoint Server 2013 on the AWS Cloud AWS Simply Monthly Calculator SharePoint Server Farm Resource Manager Template D-Series SSD VMs in IaaS Microsoft Online Services – Where is my data? Using Microsoft Azure Active Directory for SharePoint 2013 authentication Performance Best Practices for SQL Server in Azure Virtual Machines Wictor Wilén - Microsoft Azure IAAS and SharePoint 2013 tips and tricks azure-sdk-tools-samples on Github AzureRM-SharePoint-Templates on Github Planning for SharePoint 2013 on Azure Infrastructure Services Using SSDs in Azure VMs to store SQL Server TempDB and Buffer Pool Extensions