transforming the business of cloud cloud cruiser financial analytics for microsoft cloud os

Transforming the business of cloudCloud Cruiser financial analytics for Microsoft Cloud OSNick van der Zweep

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Cloud Cruiser and Microsoft Cloud OS PositioningCloud Cruiser Express

Installation overviewProduct demo in WAP

Microsoft Azure Public Cloud/DemoCloud Cruiser demo of APC integration

Cloud Cruiser (full version)Product and Advanced Analytics Demo

Agenda

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What is the market saying?

Want to manage multi-cloud environments

Want to be able to easily optimize and control IT costs

Want to provide critical financial intelligence to lines

of business

No visibility across multi-cloud/hybrid IT environmentsTime-consuming, error-prone spreadsheet managementNo IT spend accountabilityShadow IT is rampantIT supply and demand is ‘best guess’ when deploying cloudEconomics of cloud are marginally realized

What is the reality today?

About Cloud CruiserLeading Cloud

Financial Management

Solution for Hybrid IT

PLAN DEPLOY OPTIMIZEFinancial insights at every phase of the

cloud adoption lifecycle

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Founded: 2009, Campbell, CAProduct: Cloud Financial Management for Hybrid ITTarget Customers: Global 2000 enterprise & HostersMicrosoft integrations: WAP, System Center, Hyper-V, Windows Server, Azure Public Cloud

Cloud Cruiser company overview

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HYBRID IT

PRIVATE CLOUD

PUBLIC CLOUD

TRADITIONAL IT

Windows Azure Pack

(WAP)

Azure Public Cloud

System Center

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HYBRID IT

PUBLIC CLOUD

TRADITIONAL IT

System Center

PRIVATE CLOUD

Azure Public Cloud

Windows Azure Pack

(WAP)

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Cloud Financial Management overview

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Cloud Cruiser for WAP

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What is Cloud Cruiser for WAP?Easy way to view IT usage and spending in your WAP environmentAutomatically provided with your WAP download<10 minute installationCloud Cruiser Express version is at no cost to you

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Cloud Cruiser Express overview

Data Collection from WAP

Information Transformation

Decision Support

Transform

Enrich

Automate

• Chargeback & billing

• Service analysis• Customer analysis• Demand forecasting• Trends & variances• Budgets & alerts

• Website instances• Virtual machines• Databases• Other WAP-managed

objects• Gridpro Request

Management

Cloud Cruiser Express installation overview

Windows Azure Pack

+ CC UI Extensions

SQL SERVER

VM withCloud

Cruiser

Usage API

API

Install WAP + CC Express UI via WEBPI Install Cloud Cruiser Backend1 2

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WEB Platform Installer

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Follow steps in the Cloud Cruiser Express Guide

Run the wizardEnter user dataEnter database connection informationEnter Azure Pack parameters

Register the API with Windows Azure PackAccess the Cloud Cruiser Express Portal

Configuring Cloud Cruiser Express

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Configuring System Center

Operations

Manager

Virtual Machine Manager

SPF

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Website CloudVM Clouds Service Bus

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Usage Collector

Usage Database

Usage Service API

Resource Providers

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System Center

Gridpro

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Getting helpRefer to the following Microsoft blogs for more information:

IaaS Usage and Service Reporting using System Center 2012 R2 and Windows Azure Pack Configuring VMM and OM for IaaS usage and meteringConfiguring SPF and Windows Azure Pack for IaaS usage and metering

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Cloud Cruiser Express download request triggers email with key linksDocumentation and Knowledge Base

direct from Cloud Cruiser website:Basic informationVideosTips on getting helpTips on troubleshootingCloud Cruiser Express documentationAdditional links including SC config

How to access resources

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Demo #1Cloud Cruiser for Windows Azure PackShow Cloud Cruiser Express integration with WAP

Explore standard invoices and reports

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Cloud Cruiser for APC connecting to azure public cloud

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Adds collection of Azure Public Cloud usageEnables financial management of both WAP and APC from a single pane of glassRequires an upgrade to Cloud Cruiser (full version)Upgrade also allows collection of other resource information (discussed later)

Azure Public Cloud support

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Demo #2Azure Public Cloud

View Azure Public Cloud resourcesView an invoice with Azure Public Cloud billing

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Cloud Cruiser financial management for hybrid IT

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Advanced decision support for entire IT ecosystem

Know your costsUnderstand your customersIncrease your profitabilityPlan for growth

More public cloudsMore private cloudsTraditional IT infrastructureFinancial data

Expand your servicesExpand your customersExpand your IT

Unlimited Scope

Unlimited Scale Unlimited Answers

Partner for successUnlimited Support

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Cloud Financial Intelligence at your fingertips

How profitable are my services?Who’s consuming the most resources?What is my spending forecast?Which customer is most profitable?Which geos are growing the fastest?How do I automate my cloud billing?Is my enterprise ready for chargeback?

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Demo #3Cloud Cruiser

Explore Cloud Cruiser chargeback/billing capabilitiesExplore Cloud Cruiser advanced analytics

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Product Benefits

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Completes the Microsoft cloud solution stack with best-in-class financial managementEnables high-value business decisions at all stages of the cloud adoption lifecycleAnswers RFP requirements for chargeback and billing, meeting all Gartner required, recommended and optional criteriaSeamlessly works in any customer cloud environment

Benefits of Microsoft-Cloud Cruiser solution

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Understand the real costs associated with running workloads in the cloudShape demand and increase fiscal responsibilityMaximize use of valuable cloud assetsJustify cloud investment

Benefits to enterprises

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Automate multi-tenant billing across hybrid cloudSupport agile pricing models to gain competitive advantageGain deep insights into service costs & revenue, customer usage patterns, forecasted demands, etc.Eliminate costly billing reconciliations with auditable financial records

Benefits to hosters

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Multi-tenant showback, chargeback, and cloud billing for hybrid IT, with advanced reporting and analytics for customer & service analysis, demand forecasting, profit management, what-ifs, and more

Cloud Cruiser

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For questions, customer referral or pricingmicrosoft@cloudcruiser.com

For product information, collateral, videos and more

www.cloudcruiser.com/microsoft

Engaging with Cloud Cruiser

Come Visit Us in the Microsoft Solutions Experience!Look for Datacenter and Infrastructure Management

TechExpo Level 1 Hall CD

For More InformationWindows Server 2012 R2http://technet.microsoft.com/en-US/evalcenter/dn205286

Windows Server

Microsoft Azure

Microsoft Azurehttp://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/

System Center

System Center 2012 R2http://technet.microsoft.com/en-US/evalcenter/dn205295

Azure Pack Azure Packhttp://www.microsoft.com/en-us/server-cloud/products/windows-azure-pack

ResourcesLearning

Microsoft Certification & Training Resourceswww.microsoft.com/learning

msdnResources for Developershttp://microsoft.com/msdn

TechNetResources for IT Professionalshttp://microsoft.com/technet

Sessions on Demandhttp://channel9.msdn.com/Events/TechEd

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Appendix

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Installed by default during the WAP installationIf you did not install Cloud Cruiser during the WAP installation or want to install a new version, you can find the executable in the WEBPI installerCloud Cruiser for Windows Azure Pack: Admin Site ExtensionCloud Cruiser for Windows Azure Pack: Tenant Site Extension

Where to find Cloud Cruiser Express

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The premium version of Cloud Cruiser comes standard with:

1 license for Cloud Cruiser Analytics Desktop - enables worksheet authoring

5 licenses for Cloud Cruiser Analytics Server- enables analytics usage and worksheet editing

Cloud Cruiser Analytics Platform

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Agile pricing engineFixed, tiered, promotional, discounts, state-based pricing, bundles, SLAs, etc.

Budgets & alertsCustom budgets per tenant, company, BU, etc.Automatic alert notification by dashboard and email

Consumption forecasting

Beyond chargeback & reporting

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WAP portal reportingdetailed showback/chargeback/cloud billing per tenantssummary usage reporting

Cloud Cruiser portal standard reportingdesigned to answer most common questionsdrill-down capabilityexamples include: invoices, top costs, trends, variances, P&L

Cloud Cruiser portal advanced reportingCustomized reporting based on any available metadataexamples include: reporting by VM name, subscription ID, usage date, and more

Reporting options

Cloud Cruiser Meets all Gartner’s Required, Preferred & Optional Functionality

44Gartner: Alessandro Perilli, ‘Evaluation Criteria for Cloud Management Platforms,’ 19 July 2012

Web-based administrative interface• Reporting, budgets, trends & agile

resource pricing

Multi-tenant charging• Allocation & consumption-based

charging by tenant

Cost reporting• On demand or scheduled reporting

by user, group, service, resource

Allocation-based charging model

• Standard, catalog, SLA, and resource charging

Agile Pricing• Per object, per cloud resource

pool, and per service level bundle pricing

Budgets & Alerts• Hierarchical budget alerts and

automatic notification by dashboard and email

• API integration with CMP to restrict provisioning

Overage Charging• Tiered pricing for overage

charging

Cost Trends• Trends & consumption forecasting

Advanced Pricing Models• Consumption-based, reservation-

based, and resource state pricing• Per network bandwidth

consumption pricing

Multiple Currency Support

Service VM Charging• Service VM charging outside VS

objects

Cost Simulator• Cost of catalog objects over time

REQUIRED PREFERRED OPTIONAL