OPS113 From WS2008 to Azure with containers
Channel: ITOpsTalk
Date: 02/02/2021

An Ops view on how to modernize existing applications with Windows Admin Center.
ITPros around the globe are trying to figure out how to modernize existing applications. End of Support for Windows Server 2008, how to move applications to the cloud, and how to leverage new technologies such as Kubernetes have become a daunting process for Ops teams. In this session we will cover how to containerize existing applications from the perspective of an ITPro. We will use tools that you are used to – such as Windows Admin Center to jumpstart your modernization process and show how to move an application from Windows Server 2008 to Azure Kubernetes Service.

✔️ Resources: 
IT Ops Talks Hybrid Event: https://aka.ms/ITOpsTalks
IT Ops Talk Community Chat https://aka.ms/ops113-chat
Get started: Run your first Windows container https://docs.microsoft.com/virtualization/windowscontainers/quick-start/run-your-first-container?WT.mc_id=modinfra-12982-thmaure
How to Manage Containers with Windows Admin Center https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/itops-talk-blog/how-to-manage-containers-with-windows-admin-center/ba-p/1459437?WT.mc_id=modinfra-12982-thmaure
Modernize Windows Server Apps on Microsoft Azure using Containers with Windows Admin Center and AKS! https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/itops-talk-blog/modernize-windows-server-apps-on-microsoft-azure-using/ba-p/1947588?WT.mc_id=modinfra-12982-thmaure
Azure Stack HCI https://azure.microsoft.com/products/azure-stack/hci?WT.mc_id=modinfra-12982-thmaure
Azure Stack HCI solution overview https://docs.microsoft.com/azure-stack/hci/overview?WT.mc_id=modinfra-12982-thmaure
Azure Stack https://azure.microsoft.com/overview/azure-stack?WT.mc_id=modinfra-12982-thmaure
Azure Stack Hub overview https://docs.microsoft.com/azure-stack/operator/azure-stack-overview?WT.mc_id=modinfra-12982-thmaure
Azure Stack Edge documentation https://docs.microsoft.com/azure/databox-online?WT.mc_id=modinfra-12982-thmaure
Hybrid and multicloud solutions https://azure.microsoft.com/solutions/hybrid-cloud-app?WT.mc_id=modinfra-12982-thmaure
Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS) on Azure Stack HCI documentation https://docs.microsoft.com/azure-stack/aks-hci?WT.mc_id=modinfra-12982-thmaure
Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS) on Azure Stack HCI Preview Registration https://azure.microsoft.com/products/azure-stack/hci/aks-download?WT.mc_id=modinfra-12982-thmaure
Azure Stack HCI https://azure.microsoft.com/products/azure-stack/hci?WT.mc_id=modinfra-12982-thmaure
Azure Stack HCI solution overview https://docs.microsoft.com/azure-stack/hci/overview?WT.mc_id=modinfra-12982-thmaure
Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS) https://azure.microsoft.com/services/kubernetes-service?WT.mc_id=modinfra-12982-thmaure
Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS) Docs https://docs.microsoft.com/azure/aks?WT.mc_id=modinfra-12982-thmaure


🔴 To watch more sessions from the IT Ops Talks: All Things Hybrid event check out our playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLjt5SKzX1iI8k8_I80quMWgeNdSGyXzaF

🔖 Chapters:
0:00 Introduction
3:33 What are containers?
5:35 Windows Server 2008 and 2008 R2 End of Life
9:56 The benefits of using containers
17:25 Demo: IIS Application to be containerized
24:14 Demo: Windows Admin Center Container Management
29:50 Demo: Create a Container Image using Windows Admin Center
36:40 Demo: Run Container Image on Windows Server Container Host
41:25 Demo: Push Container Image to Container Registry (ACR)
47:01 Demo: Create Azure Kubernetes Service Cluster
52:37 Demo: Deploy Container to AKS cluster
59:15 Wrap Up