1. Microsoft Ignite NZ
25-28 October 2016
SKYCITY, Auckland

2. What's new in Windows Server 2016 Hyper-V
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Benjamin Armstrong

3. Windows Server 2012 / 2012 R2 Hyper-V
11/16/2018
Windows Server 2012 / 2012 R2 Hyper-V
Windows Server 2016 Hyper-V
High performance live migration (compression/RDMA)
Zero downtime upgrades
Automatic VM Activation
Live VM export
Guest backup improvements
Enhanced VMConnect
Dynamic memory host balancing
First class Linux support – Dynamic memory, file system consistent host based backup
RemoteFX over WAN
Generation 2 Virtual Machines
Secure boot in a VM
User defined meta data for VHDX
PowerShell for all Hyper-V operations
Hyper-V Metrics
Shared nothing live migration
High performance auto tiered storage spaces
Write back cache with spaces
Storage QoS
Shared VHDX for guest clustering
VHDX online resize
Storage deduplication with live VMs for VDI
Hyper-V Recovery Manager (Microsoft Azure Site recovery)
Azure Backup
Inbox multi-tenant site-to-site VPN gateway for physical & virtual networks
Protected VM Networks/Virtual RSS
Enhanced LBFO performance with NIC teaming
Hyper-V Extensible Switch
4K Sector support
Hyper-V over SMB
Hyper-V over Spaces & ReFS
64 VP, 1 TB VMs
SR-IOV for 10+GB networking
64TB VHDX
Hyper-V Replica
Network Virtualization
USB redirection over RemoteFX vGPU
Hot add/remove of storage
VHDX resiliency
Dynamic & differencing VHDX performance improvements
384 LP, 4TB physical system
2+ Million IOPS to a single VM
Resource Pools
NUMA in a VM
1024 running VMs on a host
Shielded VM support
vTPM
Key Storage Drive for Gen 1 VM
Guest VSM (enable Device Guard & Credential Guard in a VM)
VM Isolation
Linux Secure Boot
RemoteFX improvements
Discrete Device Assignment of GPU
Headless mode support
Resilient Change Tracking (RCT)
Backup improvements (no host VSS)
Backup of Shared VHDX
Distributed Storage QoS
REFS Block
REFS Fast Fixed Disk Creation
Nested virtualization
VMCX configuration file
Nano Server Host Support
Multi-host management (WMI)
Hypervisor Power Management (connected standby works)
Virtual machine grouping
IC Upgrade via Windows Update
HvSocket (Guest-Host)
TimeSync improvements
240 VP, 16TB Beast VMs
Support for Containers
VM configuration version & upgrade
Runtime Memory Resize
Hot / add remove of NICs
Production Checkpoints
Storage Resiliency - All Paths Down
Online Resize for Shared VHDX
Hot add / remove of replicated VHD
Rolling Cluster Upgrade
Cluster Compute Resiliency
Cluster Node Quarantine
Device Naming of NIC
512LP, 24TB Host
Direct Device Assignment of NVMe
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4. Windows Server 2012 R2 Hyper-V
Windows Server 2016 Hyper-V
11/16/2018
Windows Server 2012 R2 Hyper-V
High performance live migration (compression/RDMA)
Zero downtime upgrades
Automatic VM Activation
Live VM export
Guest backup improvements
Enhanced VMConnect
Dynamic memory host balancing
First class Linux support – Dynamic memory, file system consistent host based backup
RemoteFX over WAN
Generation 2 Virtual Machines
Secure boot in a VM
User defined meta data for VHDX
PowerShell for all Hyper-V operations
Hyper-V Metrics
Shared nothing live migration
High performance auto tiered storage spaces
Write back cache with spaces
Storage QoS
Shared VHDX for guest clustering
VHDX online resize
Storage deduplication with live VMs for VDI
Hyper-V Recovery Manager (Microsoft Azure Site recovery)
Azure Backup
Inbox multi-tenant site-to-site VPN gateway for physical & virtual networks
Protected VM Networks/Virtual RSS
Enhanced LBFO performance with NIC teaming
Hyper-V Extensible Switch
4K Sector support
Hyper-V over SMB
Hyper-V over Spaces & ReFS
64 VP, 1 TB VMs
SR-IOV for 10+GB networking
64TB VHDX
Hyper-V Replica
Network Virtualization
USB redirection over RemoteFX vGPU
Hot add/remove of storage
VHDX resiliency
Dynamic & differencing VHDX performance improvements
384 LP, 4TB physical system
2+ Million IOPS to a single VM
Resource Pools
NUMA in a VM
1024 running VMs on a host
Nested virtualization
VMCX configuration file
Nano Server Host Support
Multi-host management (WMI)
Hypervisor Power Management (connected standby works)
Virtual machine grouping
IC Upgrade via Windows Update
HvSocket (Guest-Host)
TimeSync improvements
240 VP, 16TB VMs
Support for Containers
Shielded VM support
vTPM
Key Storage Drive for Gen 1 VM
Guest VSM (enable Device Guard & Credential Guard in a VM)
VM Isolation
Linux Secure Boot
VM configuration version & upgrade
Runtime Memory Resize
Hot / add remove of NICs
Production Checkpoints
Storage Resiliency - All Paths Down
Online Resize for Shared VHDX
Hot add / remove of replicated VHD
Rolling Cluster Upgrade
Cluster Compute Resiliency
Cluster Node Quarantine
Device Naming of NIC
512LP, 24TB Host
Direct Device Assignment
RemoteFX improvements
Discrete Device Assignment of GPU
Headless mode support
Distributed Storage QoS
REFS Block
REFS Fast Fixed Disk Creation
Resilient Change Tracking (RCT)
Backup improvements
Backup of Shared VHDX
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5. Security

6. 11/16/2018
Evolving security threats Rising number of organizations suffer from breaches
Increasing incidents 1
Cyberattacks on the rise against US corporations
New York Times [2014]
Espionage malware infects rafts of governments, industries around the world
Ars Technica [2014]
Cybercrime costs US economy up to $140 billion annually, report says
Los Angeles Times [2014]
Bigger motivations 2 1 1 2
Bigger risk 3
How hackers allegedly stole “unlimited” amounts of cash from banks in just a few hours
Ars Technica [2014]
The biggest cyberthreat to companies could come from the inside
Cnet [2015]
Malware burrows deep into computer BIOS to escape AV
The Register [September 2014]
Forget carjacking, soon it will be carhacking
The Sydney Morning Herald [2014] 2 3 3 3
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7. Protect virtual machines Shielded Virtual Machines
11/16/2018
Protect virtual machines Shielded Virtual Machines
Shielded Virtual Machines can only run in fabrics that are designated as owners of that virtual machine
Shielded Virtual Machines will need to be encrypted (by BitLocker or other means) in order to ensure that only the designated owners can run this virtual machine
You can convert a running virtual machine into a Shielded Virtual Machine
Storage
HOST without TPM (generic host)
Virtual hard disk
HOST with TPM
Shielded Virtual Machines
Host Guardian Service
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8. Key Storage Drive for Generation 1 VMs
Data protection for all your virtual machines
Provides data-at-rest encryption for Generation 1 virtual machines
Similar to a Generation 2 virtual machine with a vTPM and no shielding
Allows you to safely use Bitlocker on these virtual machines

9. Guest Virtual Secure Mode
Credential Guard and Device Guard delivers unparalleled levels of OS security
These technologies are enabled by Hyper-V virtualization – and are now available inside virtual machines as well. OS
VSM
CPU with Virtualization Extensions
Hyper-V

10. Linux Secure Boot PowerShell to enable:
Providing kernel code integrity protections for Linux guest operating systems
Works with:
Ubuntu and later
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12
PowerShell to enable:
Set-VMFirmware “Ubuntu” -SecureBootTemplate MicrosoftUEFICertificateAuthority

11. Host Resource Protection
Dynamically identify virtual machines that are not “playing well” and reduce their resource allocation
Pioneered in Azure and enabled by default
Designed to help prevent a VM consuming excessive hardware resources
Looks for patterns of activity that shouldn’t occur within a non-malicious VM

12. Demo

13. Availability

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Cluster OS rolling upgrades Upgrade cluster nodes without downtime to key workloads
Streamlined upgrades: Upgrade the OS of the cluster nodes from Windows Server 2012 R2 to Windows Server without stopping the Hyper-V or the SOFS workloads.
Infrastructure can keep pace with innovation, without impacting running workloads.
Phased upgrade approach:
A cluster node is paused and drained of workloads by using available migration capabilities.
The node is evicted, and the operating system OS is replaced with clean install of Windows Server 2016.
The new node is added back into active cluster. The cluster is now in mixed-mode. This process is repeated for other nodes.
The cluster functional level stays at Windows Server 2012 R2 until all nodes have been upgraded. Upon completion, the administrator executes: Update-ClusterFunctionalLevel
Hyper-V Cluster
Shared storage
Windows Server 2012 R2 Cluster Nodes
Updated Windows Server Cluster Nodes 1 3 2 1 2 3
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15. Windows Server 2012 R2 Hyper-V Windows Server 2016 Hyper-V
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Virtual machine upgrades New virtual machine upgrade and servicing processes
Compatibility mode: When a VM is migrated to a Windows Server 2016 host, it will remain in Windows Server 2012 R2 compatibility mode.
Upgrading a VM is separate from upgrading host.
VMs can be moved back to earlier versions until they have been manually upgraded.
Update-VMVersion vmname
Once upgraded, VMs can take advantage of new features of the underlying Hyper-V host.
Servicing model: VM drivers (integration services) updated as necessary.
Updated VM drivers will be pushed directly to guest operating system via Windows Update.
By running Update-VMVersion, VM will be upgraded to newest hardware version and can use the new Hyper-V features
Windows Server Technical Preview supports previous version VMs in compatibility mode v8 v8 v8 v8
Windows Server R2 Hyper-V
Windows Server Hyper-V
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Failover clustering Integrated solution, enhanced in Windows Server 2016
VM compute resiliency: Provides resiliency to transient failures such as a temporary network outage, or a non- responding node.
In the event of node isolation, VMs will continue to run, even if a node falls out of cluster membership.
This is configurable based on your requirements – default set to 4 minutes.
VM storage resiliency: Preserves tenant virtual machine session state in the event of transient storage disruption.
VM stack is quickly and intelligently notified on failure of the underlying block or file based storage infrastructure.
VM is quickly moved to a PausedCritical state.
VM waits for storage to recover and session state retained on recovery.
Hyper-V Cluster
Shared storage
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Failover clustering Integrated solution, enhanced in Windows Server 2016
Node quarantine: Unhealthy nodes are quarantined and are no longer allowed to join the cluster.
This capability prevents unhealthy nodes from negatively affecting other nodes and the overall cluster.
Node is quarantined if it unexpectedly leaves the cluster three times within an hour.
Once a node is placed in quarantine, VMs are live migrated from the cluster node, without downtime to the VM.
Hyper-V Cluster
Shared storage
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18. SMB Share file-based storage
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Guest clustering with Shared VHDX Not bound to underlying storage topology
Flexible and secure: Shared VHDX removes need to present the physical underlying storage to a guest OS.
*NEW* Shared VHDX supports online resize.
Streamlined VM shared storage: Shared VHDX files can be presented to multiple VMs simultaneously, as shared storage.
The VM sees shared virtual SAS disk that it can use for clustering at the guest OS and application level.
Utilizes SCSI-persistent reservations.
Shared VHDX can reside on a Cluster Shared Volume (CSV) on block storage, or on SMB file- based storage.
*NEW* Shared VHDX supports Hyper-V Replica and host-level backup.
Guest cluster
Guest cluster
Hyper-V host clusters
Shared VHDX files
Shared VHDX files
CSV on block storage
SMB Share file-based storage
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19. Replica Support for Hot-Add VHDX
When you add a new virtual hard disk to a virtual machine that is being replicated – it is automatically added to the not-replicated set. This set can be updated online.
Set-VMReplication "VMName"
-ReplicatedDisks
(Get-VMHardDiskDrive "VMName")

20. Virtualization and networking Virtual network adaptor enhancements
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Virtualization and networking Virtual network adaptor enhancements
*NEW* Administrators now have the ability to add or remove virtual NICs (vNICs) from a VM without downtime.
Enabled by default, with Gen 2 VMs only.
vNICs can be added using Hyper-V Manager GUI or PowerShell.
Full support: Any supported Windows or Linux guest operating system can use the hot- add/remove vNIC functionality.
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21. Memory management Complete flexibility for optimal host utilization
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Memory management Complete flexibility for optimal host utilization
Static Memory: Startup RAM represents memory that will be allocated regardless of VM memory demand.
*NEW* Runtime resize: Administrators can now increase, or decrease VM memory without VM downtime.
Cannot be decreased lower than current demand, or increased higher than physical system memory.
Dynamic Memory: Enables automatic reallocation of memory between running VMs.
Results in increased utilization of resources, improved consolidation ratios and reliability for restart operations.
Runtime resize: With Dynamic Memory enabled, administrators can increase the maximum or decrease the minimum memory without VM downtime.
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22. Production checkpoints Fully supported for production environments
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Production checkpoints Fully supported for production environments
Full support for key workloads: Easily create “point in time” images of a virtual machine, which can be restored later on in a way that is completely supported for all production workloads.
VSS: Volume Snapshot Service (VSS) is used inside Windows virtual machines to create the production checkpoint instead of using saved state technology.
Familiar: No change to user experience for taking/restoring a checkpoint. Restoring a checkpoint is like restoring a clean backup of the server.
Linux: Linux virtual machines flush their file system buffers to create a file system consistent checkpoint.
Production as default: New virtual machines will use production checkpoints with a fallback to standard checkpoints.
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23. Demo

24. Storage

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Storage Quality of Service (QoS) Control and monitor storage performance
Simple out of box behavior
Enabled by default for Scale Out File Server
Automatic metrics per VHD, VM, Host, Volume
Includes normalized IOPs and latency
VIRTUAL MACHINES
HYPER-V CLUSTER
Flexible and customizable policies
Policy per VHD, VM, service, or tenant
Define minimum and maximum IOPs
Fair distribution within policy
Rate limiters
Rate limiters
Rate limiters
Rate limiters
Management
System Center VMM and Ops Manager
PowerShell built-in for Hyper-V and SoFS
SCALE OUT FILE SERVER CLUSTER
Policy Manager
I/O sched
I/O sched
I/O sched
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26. Types of Storage QoS Policies
Single-Instance
Resource distributed among VMs
Ideal for representing a clustered workload, application, or tenant
Multi-Instance
All VMs perform the same
Ideal for creating per-VM performance tiers
MaximumIOPs = 200
MaximumIOPs = 200

27. Direct Device Assignment – NVME Storage
Entire device dismounted from host and assigned to a VM
High performance/low latency device access
Sophisticated end-user mgmt. model, PowerShell based mgmt. only
VM migration, snapshots, are not supported for VMs with DDA assignment
Microsoft supported NVMe driver
Integration partner supported solution

28. Evolving Hyper-V Backup
New architecture to improve reliability, scale and performance.
Decoupling backing up virtual machines from backing up the underlying storage.
No longer dependent on hardware snapshots for core backup functionality, but still able to take advantage of hardware capabilities when they are present.

29. Built in change tracking for Backup
Most Hyper-V backup solutions today implement kernel level file system filters in order to gain efficiency.
Makes it hard for backup partners to update to newer versions of Windows
Increases the complexity of Hyper-V deployments
Efficient change tracking for backup is now part of the platform

30. ReFS Accelerated VHDX Operations
Resilient File System
It maximizes data availability, despite errors that would historically cause data loss or downtime.
Taking advantage of an intelligent file system for:
Rapid fixed disk creation
Rapid disk merge operations

31. Demo

32. Graphics

33. Remote FX Improvements
Support for Generation 2 VMs
OpenGL 4.4 and OpenCL 1.1 API support in a virtual machine
Up to 1GB* dedicated VRAM for the RemoteFX display device
Various performance improvements in transport and API implementations
Support for Windows Server 2016 personal VM
Improved graphics compression performance using the new AVC444 mode as part of the Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP)

34. DDA Features and GPU Capabilities
Entire GPU Available to the Guest
Includes hardware encoders
Full IHV Driver Feature Set Available
DirectX, OpenGL, OpenCL, CUDA
Guest Support
Server 2012 R2
Server 2016
Windows 10
Linux

35. Headless Virtual Machine
Ability to boot a VM without display devices
Reduces memory footprint of VMs
Simulates a headless server

36. Operational Efficiency

37. PowerShell Direct
Bridge the boundary between Hyper-V host and guest VM in a secure way to issue PS cmdlets and run scripts easily.
Currently supports Win 10/WS2016 guest on Win 10/WS2016 host
No need to configure PS Remoting
Or Network Connectivity.
Just need the guest credentials
Can only connect to particular guest from that host.
Enter-PSSession -VMName VMName
Invoke-Command -VMName VMName -ScriptBlock { Fancy Script }

38. PowerShell Direct – JEA and Sessions
Use PowerShell Direct to create persistent sessions
Allows for more advanced scenarios
You can use tools like copy-item to move files in and out of virtual machines
Use PowerShell Direct and JEA to solve difficult problems
Tenants don’t want host administrators to have full access to their systems
But they do expect them to help troubleshoot and support

39. Virtualization and networking Virtual network adaptor enhancements
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Virtualization and networking Virtual network adaptor enhancements
vNIC identification: New capability to name vNIC in VM settings and see name inside guest operating system.
Add-VMNetworkAdapter -VMName “TestVM” – SwitchName “Virtual Switch” -Name “TestNIC” -Passthru | Set-VMNetworkAdapter -DeviceNaming on
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40. Hyper-V Manager Improvements
Multiple improvements to make it easier to remotely manage and troubleshoot Hyper-V Servers:
Support for alternate credentials
Connecting via IP address
Connecting via WinRM
Improved support for High DPI Devices

41. Cross version management
Hyper-V Manager:
Able to manage Windows Server 2012, 2012 R2 and 2016 from a single console
Hyper-V PowerShell:
Windows 2016 and Windows Server 2012 R2 modules included in-box (v1.1 and v2.0)

42. VM Servicing Windows 8.1 / Windows Server 2012 R2:
VM drivers (integration services) updated with each new host release
Required that VM driver version matches the host
Drivers shipped with host operating system
Windows 10 / Windows Server 2016:
VM drivers (integration services) updated when needed
Require latest available VM drivers for that guest operating system
Drivers delivered directly to the guest operating system via Windows Update

43. Demo

44. Core Platform

45. Delivering the best Hyper-V Host Ever
Nano Server: A new headless, 64-bit only, deployment option for Windows Server
Deep refactoring with cloud emphasis
Cloud fabric & infrastructure (clustering, storage, networking)
Born-in-the-cloud applications (PaaS v2, ASP.NET v5)
VMs & Containers (Hyper-V & Docker)
Extend the Server Core pattern
Roles & features live outside of Nano Server
No Binaries or metadata in OS image
Standalone packages install like apps
Full driver support
Antimalware
Server with a Desktop Experience
Server Core
Nano Server

46. Nested Virtualization
Run Hyper-V in Hyper-V
Primary motivation: support Hyper-V Containers in any cloud environment
Secondary benefit: fantastic for lab and training scenarios

47. VM Configuration Changes
New virtual machine configuration file
Binary format for efficient performance at scale
Resilient logging for changes
New file extensions
.VMCX and .VMRS

48. Hyper-V Cluster Management
Providing a single view of an entire Hyper-V cluster through WMI
“Just one big Hyper-V server”
Limited functionality at this point in time:
- Enumerate virtual machines
- Receive notification of live migration events
Root\HyperVCluster\v2

49. Hyper-V Sockets
Deliver a platform for developers to build something great on
Extends the Windows Socket API
Makes fast, efficient communication between the host and the guest easy and accessible

50. Windows Server 2016 Hyper-V scale limits
Capability
Windows Server 2012/2012 R2 Standard and Datacenter
Windows Server Standard and Datacenter
VMware vSphere 6 Enterprise Plus
Physical (Host) Memory Support
Up to 4 TB per physical server
Up to 24 TB per physical server (6x)
Up to 6 TB per physical server (12 TB for specific OEM certified platform)
Physical (Host) Logical Processor Support
Up to 320 LPs
Up to 512 LPs
Up to 480 LPs
Virtual Machine Memory Support
Up to 1 TB per VM
Up to 16 TB per VM (16x)
Up to 4TB per VM
Virtual Machine Virtual Processor Support
Up to 64 VPs per VM
Up to 240 VPs per VM (3.75x)
Up to 128 VPs per VM
Source:

51. Resources

52. Online Resources Hyper-V Documentation: https://aka.ms/virtualization
Hyper-V 2016 Virtual Academy:
Online demos and resources for this session:
My Blog:

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