Portals in Service Provider Foundation

Updated: May 13, 2016

Applies To: System Center 2012 SP1 - Orchestrator, System Center 2012 R2 Orchestrator

Service Provider Foundation provides services for multiple tenants who receive IaaS through portal applications, and uniquely identifies each tenant and isolates them from one another. Portals communicate with the Service Provider Foundation Admin and VMM services through REST APIs as described in the Service Provider Foundation Developer's Guide.

The following illustration shows how portal applications and Windows PowerShell interact with Service Provider Foundation.

• Configuring Portals for Service Provider Foundation

  Describes the configurations required for App Controller and Windows Azure Pack for Windows Server.

• Importing Gallery Items in Service Provider Foundation

  Describes how to use Windows PowerShell cmdlets to import gallery items from downloaded packages so they can be easily accessible by portal applications.

• How to Configure the System Center Resource Provider for Windows Azure Pack

  Describes how to use Windows PowerShell cmdlets to change the endpoints for Windows Azure Pack in case a different installation of Service Provider Foundation is required.

• Administer Windows Azure Pack for Windows ServerAdminister Windows Azure Pack for Windows Server

• TechNet Library main page for Service Provider Foundation

• Administering Service Provider Foundation

• Deploying Service Provider Foundation