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 What’s New in Windows 2008  Deploy and Manage WSS 3.0 in Windows 2008  Q &A

SecurityWebVirtualization Solid Foundation for Your Business Workloads Reduces costs, increases hardware utilization, optimizes your infrastructure, and improves server availability Delivers rich web-based experiences efficiently and effectively Provides unprecedented levels of protection for your network, your data, and your business Most flexible and robust Windows Server operating system to date Provides the most versatile and reliable Windows platform for all of your workload and application requirements

 Manageability  Windows Server Manager  Windows PowerShell  Windows Deployment Services  Reliability  Server Core  Next Generation Networking  High Availability Clustering

 New Command Line Shell and Scripting Language  Improves productivity and control  Accelerates automation of system admin  Easy to use  Works with existing scripts  Remote server management via WMI  PowerShell Provider for SharePoint 

 Streaming Media Services  Terminal Services  UDDI Services  Web Server  Windows Deployment Services  Windows SharePoint Services

Server Manager Product Installation Initial Configuration

 Dual-IP layer architecture for native IPv4 and IPv6 support  Improved Network Performance Troubleshooting  Improved performance via hardware acceleration and autotuning  Greater extensibility and reliability through rich APIs  Completely manageable through Group Policy   892fd497087a/TollyResults.pdf 892fd497087a/TollyResults.pdf Inspection API WSK WSK Clients TDI Clients NDIS AFD TDX TDI Winsock User Mode Kernel Mode Next Generation TCP/IP Stack (tcpip.sys) IPv WLAN Loop-back IPv4 Tunnel IPv6 Tunnel IPv6 RAW UDP TCP

Combines functionality of previous stand-alone tools Tracks system changes Provides new functionality

Previous ReleasesWindows Server 2008 Rich Schedule Trigger Backward Compatibility Trigger on Event Network Conditions Synchronized Tasks Random Delayed Start Password Resilience Execution History Task Import & Export Failure Notification

Customization Troubleshooting Administration Enhanced security and reduced attack surface True application xcopy deployment Application and health management for WCF services

Enhanced Web Administration at Every Stage in the Application Lifecycle Simpler Application Deployment to Web Farms & UNC Shares More Secure, Reliable Application Hosting Greater Productivity Via Delegated Management & Better Tools Reduced Downtime From Faster Troubleshooting

Arsenal of Admin Tools Delegated Management Secure Remote Management Shared Config for Web Farms Better Tools Intuitive, Task Oriented GUI.NET Management API Unified WMI Provider for IIS/ASP.NET Powerful Command Line Support Rich Runtime State Information Automatic Failure Tracing & Logging Site Owner Web.config XML DelegationDelegation XCopy Deploy Administrator Internet Manage Remotely Secure HTTPS AppHost.config XML Shared Config Shared App Hosting Web Farm App

 Monolithic server implementation  Limited customization  Fixed functionality  Limited ISAPI filter extensibility

 Componentized server  Pluggable modular functionality  Small generic request pipeline  Enables:  Lightweight servers  Custom/specialized servers

 ISAPI extension  Only processes ASP.NET requests  Runtime limitations  Feature duplication

 Classic mode  For compatibility  Integrated mode  Can process all requests  Enhanced functionality  Higher fidelity notifications

 SSL and Windows authentication now in kernel- mode  Performance improvements up to 150%  More powerful compression  For static and dynamic content  Output caching  Per URL, query string and/or request headers  API is for putting responses in the output cache

Site, AppPool, and AppDomain status Real-time request monitoring Script, cmd-line and admin tool support

 Requires IIS 6 Backward compatible components for IIS 6 Metabase compatibility (ADSI and WMI)  us/office/sharepointserver/bb aspx us/office/sharepointserver/bb aspx

 Better Performance and Scalability  Better Manageability  More Secure  Pay attentions to IIS7 changes