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Profiles in System Center Virtual Machine Manager 2012

Thomas Maurer
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Michel Lüscher wrote a very interesting blog post about the new profiles in System Center Virtual Machine Manager 2012. SCVMM 2012 brings a lot of really cool new features especially for deployment of private and public clouds.

Here are some things I really like about SCVMM 2012:

  • Host Profiles for Hyper-V Hosts. This is probably the most important and coolest new feature of SCVMM 2012. This lets you create Profiles for your Hyper-V Hosts (like in vSphere) but the best thing is the way you can deploy new hosts. Microsoft uses the Boot from VHD feature to setup new hosts. More on this here.
  • The Hardware Profile lets you now add an IP addresses to network adapter in a VM
  • Applications Profiles, select roles and features of Windows Server 2008 R2. For a very quick deploy of new services.

If you wanna read more about the profiles in SCVMM 2012 you should check out this blog post (german).

 

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Thomas Maurer
Thomas is the EMEA Global Black Belt (GBB) for Sovereign Cloud at Microsoft, helping organizations across the region harness Microsoft’s sovereign, hybrid, multicloud, and edge solutions. He works directly with C-level leaders and technical teams to remove roadblocks, accelerate digital transformation, and shape long-term cloud strategies that meet business and regulatory needs. With over 15 years of experience in cloud and datacenter, including his previous role as Principal Program Manager and Chief Evangelist for Azure Hybrid, he combines deep technical expertise with a passion for customer success. He specializes in creating scalable architectures, solution accelerators, and thought leadership that drive adoption and innovation on Azure. Thomas is a passionate community advocate and frequently speaks at industry events such as Microsoft Ignite and Microsoft TechDays. He shares his expertise through his Cloud and Datacenter Blog at www.thomasmaurer.ch and on LinkedIn and X.com www.twitter.com/thomasmaurer.

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  1. Niels van DIjk Avatar
    Niels van DIjk

    Hi Thomas,

    is it possible to export (application, guest os, etc) profiles from SCVMM 2012 R2 to another seperate SCVMM 2012 R2 environment? In the console I don’t see any possibility to do this.

    Niels

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    1. Thomas Maurer Avatar
      Thomas Maurer

      The way to do this would be via PowerShell script to export the settings and import it. I think there is no native funcation.

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