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As shown in Figure 9, VMM alleviates this administration burden with a simply designed self-service
Web portal where authorized test and development staff can provision their own virtual machine
resources under preset controls.
Provisioning a new virtual machine using the VMM self-service Web portal is a simple process
consisting of several straightforward steps. After opening the VMM self-service Web portal, users
choose from a prescribed list of virtual machine templates and initiate the setup process.
Figure 9. The self-service Web portal interface is the starting point for self-service provisioning
The self-service provisioning process is limited because VMM automates many functions according to
the self-service policy set by the administrator for the individual user or user group. Figure 10 shows the
minimal amount of information needed to create new virtual machines under the self-service
provisioning scenario. After the new virtual machine is created, VMM automatically runs the Intelligent
Placement process and places the new virtual machine on the appropriate physical server host.