1. What’s New: Windows Server 2012 R2 Tim Vander Kooi Systems Architect www.NetComLearning.com

2. What’s New in Windows Server 2012 & Server 2012 R2  Topics we will cover  Changes to the GUI  New Management Features and Abilities  What’s new in Storage  Virtual Networks  Updates and additions to Server Virtualization  VDI capabilities www.NetComLearning.com

3. What’s new in Server Management and Automation  Server Manager  PowerShell 4.0  Essentials  DHCP  IPAM www.NetComLearning.com

4. Server Manager  Management from a single pane of glass  Dashboard with your customized view of your server environment  Problems can be fixed across multiple servers from within Server Manager  Add roles and start or stop services on local or remote servers  Servers can be grouped to suit your needs www.NetComLearning.com

5. PowerShell 4.0  16 New Modules  652 New Cmdlets  3,603 New Parameters www.NetComLearning.com

6. New Modules in Windows Server 2012 R2 www.NetComLearning.com

7. New Cmdlets in Windows Server 2012 R2

8. New Parameters in Windows Server 2012 R2

9. Windows Server Essentials Experience  Essentials is now installed as a Role on Server 2012 R2 Standard or Datacenter servers  Can be installed on a Domain Controller but DC role is not required to allow for secondary server installation

10. Demo Server Manager Essentials www.NetComLearning.com

11. New Management Capabilities in Windows Server 2012  Highly Available DHCP Service  Provides out-of-the-box support for failover with no need for server clustering  Consists of two servers which can be located across different geographic locations  Can be setup in an active/active or active/passive configuration  Might still require configuration of DHCP Helper Addresses www.NetComLearning.com

12. New Management Capabilities in Windows Server 2012  IP Address Management (IPAM)  Manages both Physical and Virtual address space  Monitors health of IP Address environment  Uses SQL Server to store IP address information  Allows definition of user roles, access scope and access policy via role-based access control  Works in conjunction with System Center Virtual Machine Manager through a plugin www.NetComLearning.com

13. New Management Capabilities in Windows Server 2012  Dynamic Access Control  Automatically classify data based on content as files are created of modified  Manage access control and audit policies from Active Directory  Integration with RMS allows for automated encryption of data  Access and audit policies can be applied across multiple file servers www.NetComLearning.com

14. Demo Highly available DHCP www.NetComLearning.com

15. New Storage Capabilities in Windows Server 2012  Managing physical storage and storage virtualization  Application support for file servers  Parity, mirrored and simple configurations  Hardware offloading with SMB Direct  Data deduplication  Storage tiers  Transparent failover  SMB Multichannel  Storage QOS  SMB Encryption  Thin provisioning  Storage Live Migration www.NetComLearning.com

16. New Storage Capabilities in Windows Server 2012  SANS are NOT dead!  However…  They are no longer required to enable enterprise level virtualization!!! www.NetComLearning.com

17. New Storage Capabilities in Windows Server 2012  Storage Pools and Storage Spaces  Virtualization of storage  High availability and redundancy via mirroring or parity  Utilization of storage is optimized through thin provisioning  Connections possible to Solid-State Drives (SSD), Serial Attached SCSI (SAS) and Serial AT Attachment (SATA) hard- disk drives www.NetComLearning.com

18. New Storage Capabilities in Windows Server 2012 R2  Storage Tiering  Use solid-state drives (SSD) and hard-disk drives (HHD) in a tiered storage space  Improves performance/cost using industry-standard hardware  Data can be prioritized and pinned to appropriate performance tier www.NetComLearning.com

19. What’s New in Windows Server 2012 R2 Virtualization  Both Physical and Virtual scalability have been greatly improved  Host support  320 logical processors per host  4TB memory per host  1,024 virtual machines per host  Cluster support  64 physical nodes  8,000 virtual machines per cluster  Virtual Machine support  64 Virtual processors  1TB memory www.NetComLearning.com

20. What’s New in Windows Server 2012 R2 Virtualization  Generation 2 Virtual Machines  Dynamic Storage  UEFI firmware with support for GPT OS disks > 2TB  Faster boot time from Virtual SCSI  Online Resize capable  Security  UEFI firmware supports Secure Boot  Fewer emulated devices reduces attach surface of VM  Operations  PXE Boot via vNIC  Hot-add Optical drives www.NetComLearning.com

21. What’s New in Windows Server 2012 R2 Virtualization  New Virtual Hard Disk Format (VHDX)  Capacity up to 64TB  Corruption protection in event of power failure  VHDX when used with Generation 2 machines  Expand and Shrink Virtual SCSI disks while VM is running www.NetComLearning.com

22. What’s New in Windows Server 2012 R2 Virtualization  Dynamic Memory  Introduced in Windows Server 2008 R2  Improvements in Server 2012 & 2012 R2  Minimum memory configuration  Startup memory configuration  Smart Paging  Memory Ballooning  Memory configuration while VM is running www.NetComLearning.com

23. What’s New in Windows Server 2012 R2 Virtualization  Virtual Machine Live Cloning  Export a clone of running VM  Allows Duplication of a virtual machine while it is running!  Point-in-time Image of running VM is exported to selected location  Exported VM can be imported at desired location  Export from existing checkpoint of a VM  Allows for export of a clone of a VM from an existing checkpoint  Excellent way to troubleshoot systems without downtime!! www.NetComLearning.com

24. What’s New in Windows Server 2012 R2 Virtualization  Live Migration has been Upgraded  Live Migration from Server 2012 hosts to Server 2012 R2 hosts  Allows for upgrading hosts from Windows Server 2012 Hyper-V to Windows Server 2012 R2 Hyper-V with no downtime of VMs  Includes Shared Nothing Live Migration  When using SMB share for storage, only the VM run state is transferred for faster migration  Can be automated with PowerShell  This is a one-way migration only!!!  No Live Migration from Server 2102 R2 back to Server 2012! www.NetComLearning.com

25. What’s New in Windows Server 2012 R2 Virtualization  Automatic Virtual Machine Activation  Windows Server 2012 R2 Datacenter host is activated using license key  Windows Server 2012 R2 VMs created using Automatic Virtual Machine Activation (AVMA) key activates against the valid activated Hyper-V host  AVMA key can be injected in the build for VMs  No product keys to manage on individual VMs  Reporting & Tracking are built in  Activation works when VMs are migrated across differing hosts www.NetComLearning.com

26. What’s New in Windows Server 2012 & Server 2012 R2  Where to go from here?  SMB 3.0 - Server Pools and Storage Spaces  Virtual Networking  VDI capabilities  What’s right for you?  System Center – SCCM, SCVMM, SCDPM all have expanded roles due to Server 2012 R2 improvements  The Cloud??? Does it effect you? Do you hybrid? www.NetComLearning.com

27. Q & A www.NetComLearning.com