Setup SC App controller

Intro

Since a few days Microsoft released System Center App Controller formerly known as project code name Concero.

Help: http://onlinehelp.microsoft.com/appcontroller/gg696060.aspx

Download: http://www.microsoft.com/download/en/details.aspx?displaylang=en&id=27843

All 2012 products http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/server-cloud/system-center/trial.aspx

Setup

Configure the Service Account / Port to be used and hit next.

Configure Website.
Define the Ip adress and certificate app controller needs to listen on.

Because I do not have a certificate I will be using for this test a self-signed certificate.

Which database server will App-controller use?

Finally we help Microsoft to make everything better by collecting data from my systems.

Check the settings and hit install

The setup shows you a screen with all steps it will go trough.

Here are some screenshots from what you get if you connect App Controller to a VMM 2012 host.

Login screen

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