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You can download CTP2 and the supporting documentation from the following links.
Download |
Location |
Installation packages for all components |
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Documentation for all components |
- CTP1 cannot be upgraded to CTP2 and CTP2 will not be upgradable to Beta.
- CTP builds are not supported for production use .
- All components now support Windows Server 2012 RC and SQL Server 2012.
What’s included in CTP2:
Component |
What’s New |
App Controller |
· Ability to migrate a VM from VMM to Azure · Support for using Service Provider Foundation to create and operate VMs in VMM · Azure IaaS enhancements: Ability to deploy VMs from an image or disk, start and stop VMs, and add VMs to a service |
Data Protection Manager |
· Improved backup performance of Windows Server 2012 Hyper-V over CSV 2.0 deployments · Protect Hyper-V over remote SMB share · Protect Windows 8 de-duplicated volumes · VM Live Migration: Uninterrupted data protection |
Operations Manager |
APM enhancements, including: · Support for IIS8 · Monitoring of WCF, MVC and .NET NT services · Azure SDK support |
Orchestrator & Service Provider Foundation |
· Supports existing System Center and 3rd-Party Integration Packs · Service Provider Foundation, which provides a rich set of web services that manage VMM: o Create, change, and operate VMs o Manage VMM Self-service User Roles o Manage multiple VMM stamps and aggregate results from multiple stamps o Integration with App Controller to use hosted capacity |
Service Manager |
· Ability to apply price sheets to VMM Clouds · Create VM chargeback reports · Ability to pivot by Cost Center, VMM Clouds, and Price sheets |
Server App-V |
· Support for applications that create scheduled tasks during the packaging process · Ability to create virtual application packages from applications installed natively on a remote server |
Virtual Machine Manager |
· Improved support for network virtualization · Ability to convert VHD to VHDX and to use VHDX as a base operating system image · Support for the Windows Standards-Based Storage Management Service, thin provisioning of logical units, and discovery of SAS storage · You can now create Add-Ins that extend the VMM console. |
Comments
- Anonymous
July 07, 2012
Downloadable Virtual Machines for System Center 2012 SP1 CTP2 Evaluation Now Available! App Controller – Evaluation VHD www.microsoft.com/.../details.aspx Operations Manager – Evaluation VHD www.microsoft.com/.../details.aspx Orchestrator – Evaluation VHD www.microsoft.com/.../details.aspx Service Manager – Evaluation VHD www.microsoft.com/.../details.aspx Virtual Machine Manager – Evaluation VHD www.microsoft.com/.../details.aspx