Demonstration: Introduction to the Azure Marketplace



Demonstration: Introduction to the Azure MarketplaceBrowse the Azure MarketplaceAs mentioned before the Azure Marketplace is available from2 locations: First browse to the first location: to the number of available products/solutionsBrowse down through the catalog, highlighting the different categoriesCreate an application from the Azure MarketplaceBrowse then to the Azure Management Portal: Click on the tile for MarketplaceHighlight the different categories or verticals, partners, etc.Click through on a number of categories to show the breath of the available solutionsClick on ‘Everything’ and search for SharePointSelect to create a ‘SharePoint 2013 HA Farm’ and click ‘Create’Specify the settingsBasicsFarm name: spfarmResource Group: spfarmInfrastructure SettingsUsernamePasswordStorage account prefix: spfarmhaAD SettingsSpecify the root domain nameLeave the default server sizingSQL Server SettingsLeave the default server sizingService account usernamePasswordSharePoint Server SettingsLeave the default server sizingName for the public IP addressDomain name labelSharePoint setup user accountSharePoint setup passwordSharePoint farm accountSharePoint farm passwordSharePoint farm passphraseSummaryYou don’t to go through with the actual creation (will take 2-3 hours), but this shows it is not only about provisioning a simple or single virtual machine but actually an entire set of virtual machines or app service to create an entire solution.The farm created in this example is similar to the one shown in the slide just before the demo slide.Demonstration: Azure Marketplace and the Azure Certified Test ToolAzure MarketplaceBrowse to the Azure Marketplace and select Compute; scroll through the list to show the “Azure Certified”, Window-based, Linux-based and all the way to the bottom to the “VM Depot – Community” images.Go back to the “Azure Certified” and click “more” – show the different licensing options: free – BYOL – hourly.Azure Certification Tool WalkthroughCan be download from here: Can be used by ISV to test and verify their solution before submitting it to the Azure Certification process, can be used by IT-Pro’s to validate their ‘golden images’ that they use to provision their VM’s.Launch the tool.Note: Running the tests can take quite some time – to go through the entire demo you can prepare multiple instances at the different stages. Runs locally and connects to the VM running in AzureProvide the DNS name of one of your Azure VM’s to run the tool on and provide the necessary credentials and other settings:Test the connection, and complete the wizardThe tool runs a series of tests (can take quite some time – to go through the entire demo you can prepare multiple instances at the different stages): Go through the questionnaire:Finish the questionnaire:Generate the report.Browse the test reportShow a test report from a previous run and go through the different sections (OS architecture AD, DNS, fail-over clustering validation, IPv6, etc).Reports and logs can be found in C:\Users\Public\Documents\Azure CertificationThis is one of the safeguards and requirements to get into the Azure Certified program and to submit your images or applications into the Azure Marketplace. ................
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