1 Windows Server 8 Developer Preview Build

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3 Windows Server 8 Intro Build for private cloud infrastructure Large-scale administration requires a new approach to system management Approach centered on PowerShell and new Server Manager Administer multiple machine simultaneously

4 Windows Server 8 – Server Manager New Metro-style Dashboard 3 ways to manage a server (dashboard, powershell, classic desktop) Server Core with remote administration is preferred way to manage servers Over 2300 PowerShell 3.0 commands

5 Windows Server 8 – Hyper-V 3.0 Powerful virtualization is fundamental to the private cloud concept Host machines up to 160 logical processors and 2 TB Memory 63 Nodes per Cluster, VMs per cluster VMs with 32 cores, 512 GB RAM, 16 TB virtual disks

6 Windows Server 8 – Hyper-V 3.0 Store VMs on a file server, no SAN / shared storage required Hyper-V replication NIC Teaming Enhancements Domain controllers are virtualization-aware, support snapshot and rollback, DC cloning Memory De-duplication (identical pages in memory are shared) Storage / block-level de-duplication for VHDXs within a storage pool Offloaded Data Transfer (ODX) for SANs Windows Hardware Error Architecture (Better tolerance for memory errors)