For convenience, here is a summary of pre-installation tasks for Windows Azure Pack: Web Sites. For detailed information, consult the indicated section of this guide.
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Understand Web Sites Roles and SQL Roles |
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Assess capacity requirements for the Web Sites and Web Sites Runtime SQL Server roles in your environment |
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Decide on domain vs. non-domain |
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Provision Web Sites roles servers |
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Prepare a SQL Server for the Web Sites Runtime |
Prepare a SQL Server to hold the Windows Azure Pack Web Sites Runtime Database |
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Provision SQL Server and MySQL Tenant Databases |
Provision SQL Server and MySQL Application Databases for Tenant Use |
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Configure firewalls on Web Sites Roles |
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(If applicable) configure Web Sites to use Proxy Servers |
Configure Windows Azure Pack: Web Sites to use Proxy Servers |
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(If applicable) configure Microsoft Updates to use Proxy |
Allow Microsoft Updates access to Windows Azure Pack: Web Sites behind the proxy |
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Modify UAC for Remote Access |
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Configure DNS mappings |
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Decide which File Server type to use (Standalone or pre-configured) |
Pre-configure a Windows File Server Cluster or NAS device for Windows Azure Pack: Web Sites |
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(If applicable) pre-configure a Windows File Server Cluster or NAS (includes 5 major sub-steps) |
Deploy Windows Azure Pack: Web Sites