Getting Started

 

Applies To: System Center 2016 - Service Provider Foundation, System Center Technical Preview

The following topic helps you start developing by using Service Provider Foundation for System Center 2012 Service Pack 1 (SP1). For more information about the architecture of Service Provider Foundation, see Architecture Overview.

Topics apply to either Service Provider Foundation SP1, Service Provider Foundation R2, or both. Topics that use the Service Provider Foundation SP1 URI convention apply to Service Provider Foundation SP1, but can also apply to Service Provider Foundation R2. However, topics that use the Service Provider Foundation R2 URI convention only apply to Service Provider Foundation R2. For more information, seeSPF and RDFE URIs.

For an example on working with virtual machines in Java, see Virtual Machine Management with Java.

Getting started topics

• Release Notes for Service Provider Foundation 2012 SP1

• Release Notes for Service Provider Foundation 2012 R2

• Programming in Visual Studio with Service Provider Foundation Services

Other resources for this product

• Service Provider Foundation Developer's Guide

• Architecture Overview

• Administration Service

• Virtual Machine Manager Service

• VM Roles Tenant Service [SPFSDK][VMROLE]

• Provider