Private Cloud has been driving the need for service providers to track the software resources deployed, and resources consumed to be able to “charge back” the department consuming the services. In organizations with a centralized IT department delivering services to business divisions and departments, there are a couple of scenarios where charge back makes sense:

  • IT may have the need to track resource and service usage to justify it’s budget to the organization.
  • IT may be moving from an overall cost center for the organization to being a service provider. Departments pay IT for the services consumed and the “service fees” provide the IT departments budget.

 

Using the Microsoft Private Cloud, IT service organizations can get an Enterprise-grade, Tier-1 private cloud deployed at reasonably low costs (compared to market averages).  System Center along with Microsoft Hyper-V Server deliver these capabilities.

For Chargeback, System Center Virtual Machine Manager (SCVMM) Self Service Portal (SSP) is the foundation you will need for this capability. There are some built-in solutions for the chargeback scenario in the SSP, which TechTarget outlines in this brief article.Using software from vKernal you can get advanced chargeback reporting and simplify the monitoring and reporting in your Private Cloud.