Windows Server 2012 OverviewClyde JohnsonPresidentBoston Area Windows Server User Group

Who am I• 27 years troubleshooting and supporting

computer’s and computer base equipment

• President: Windows Server Group• Currently Senior Systems Manager

Support for a modern work style

• Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI): simplified management and reduced cost of implementations

• Optimized branch office WAN bandwidth use• Ability for remote users to securely access internal resources without VPN

Cost savings and increased efficiencies

• Reduced storage costs with storage spaces and other storage enhancements• Increased server/administrator ratio through Windows PowerShell and multi-machine

management• Increased uptime with cluster-aware updates and transparent failover

Comprehensive cloud platform

• Complete, built-in virtualization platform• Industry-leading scalability and performance, so you can virtualize every application• Ability to achieve business continuity with inbox disaster recovery solutions• Best-in-class hybrid cloud experience with a common set of technologies

Why Windows Server 2012?TOP BENEFITS OF WINDOWS SERVER 2012

Scenario capabilities

Windows Server capabilities

Infrastructure Application Client

Virtualization Storage Web and application platform

Management and automation VDI

Identity and accessNetworking

Technical capabilities

My Lab SetupDell 6520 loptop… 80 GB SSD. • Existing Windows 7 install• Downloaded and Extracted VHD to c:\• Mounted it as W:\ using disk manager• Ran BCDboot w:\windows• Rebooted.

Then added and configured AD, DNS, DHCP and HyperV rolesDell 745 (Processor has VT)

Licensing info

Foundation 15 users 1 procEssential 25 users 2 procStandard 2 virtual servers 2 procDataCenter unlimited vm’s 2 proc

Buy 1 license for every two processors

TOP FEATURES FOR MANAGEMENT AND AUTOMATION TO MEET CUSTOMER CHALLENGES

Management and automationIncreased management efficiency

Simplified deployment and virtualization

Resilient and simple automation

Windows PowerShell Workflow

6

Windows PowerShell Web Access

7

Windows PowerShell ISE

8

Script Sharing

9

Syntax Simplification and IntelliSense

10

Multiserver management

1

Role and feature deployment

2

Integrated console

3

2,400 cmdlets

4

Disconnected Sessions

5

Management Demo

Hardware offloading

6

Virtual Fibre Channel

7

Guest NUMA support

8

Runtime memory configuration

9

Hyper-V network switch

10

Hyper-V Network Virtualization

1

TOP FEATURES OF SERVER VIRTUALIZATION TO MEET CUSTOMER CHALLENGES

Server virtualizationComplete virtualization platform

Increased scalability and performance

Elastic and flexible—from the datacenter to the cloud

Shared-nothing live migration

2

Massive scale

3

Cluster enhancements

4

Hyper-V Replica

5

System Resource

Maximum numberImprovement

factorWindows 2008 R2

Windows Server 2012

Host

Logical processors on hardware 64 320 5×Physical memory 1 TB 4 TB 4×Virtual processors per host 512 1,024 2×

Virtual machine

Virtual processors per virtual machine 4 64 16×Memory per virtual machine 64 GB 1 TB 16×Active virtual machines 384 1,024 2.7×Virtual disk size 2 TB 64 TB 32×

ClusterNodes 16 64 4×Virtual machines 1,000 4,000 4×

Scale enhancements

DemoHyper-V

Live MigrationReplication

TOP FEATURES OF STORAGE TO MEET CUSTOMER CHALLENGES

StorageEfficiency, performance, and innovation through diverse storage choices

Continuous availability through new features that preserve uptime

Cost efficiency through storage, management, and other capabilities

Offloaded data transfer

6

Transparent failover

7

NFS support

8

iSCSI target

9

Storage management

10

Storage spaces

1

File system improvements

2

Thin provisioning

3

Cluster Shared Volume

4

SMB 3.0 for workloads

5

TOP FEATURES OF NETWORKING TO MEET CUSTOMER CHALLENGES

NetworkingEasy to connect users to IT resources

Efficient management of datacenters and private clouds

Ability to link your infrastructure with Public Cloud Services

Dynamic Virtual Machine Queue

6

IP Address Management (IPAM)

7

Quality of Service (QoS)

8

BranchCache

9

SMB Direct and Multichannel

10

NIC Teaming

1

Network virtualization

2

DHCP server failover

3

Single Root I/O Virtualization (SR-IOV)

4

Resource Metering

5

TOP FEATURES FOR SECURITY & ACCESS

Security and accessProtection of corporate resources

Data access management and protection

Simplified deployment and management of identity infrastructure

Dynamic Access Control

1

Active Directory virtualization

6

Active Directory cloning

7

Kerberos constrained delegation

8

Private virtual LAN (PVLAN)

9

Multitenant security and isolation

10

Classification

2

DirectAccess

3

Simpler deployment of Active Directory

4

Domain Name System Security Extensions

5

AD Recycle BinDisabled by defaultAll dc’s 2008 R2 or higherForest 2008 R2Enable via AD admin centerOnce enabled you are stuck with it.

New GUI

Dynamic Access Control

Virtual Desktop Infrastructure

SIMPLIFIED USER

CONNECTION

1

USER PROFILE DISKS

2

FAIR SHARE SESSION

VIRTUALIZATION

3 4

INTELLIGENT PATCHING

5

RDS SMART CACHE

CONCURRENT REDIRECT

7

REMOTE FX ADAPTIVE GRPHICS

8

REMOTE FX OVER WAN

9

REMOTE FX USB

REDIRECTION & TOUCH

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QUICK VDI WIZARD

• Access virtually anywhere, on any device• Full Windows experience anywhere• Enhanced data security and compliance

TOP FEATURES FOR VDI

TOP FEATURES OF WEB AND APPLICATION PLATFORM TO MEET CUSTOMER CHALLENGES

Web and application platformFlexibility through hybrid and symmetrical applications

Increased scalability and elasticity for applications

Enhanced support for open frameworks and open source

Centralized SSL management

6

“Just works” with PHP and node.js

7

Embracing web standards

8

Application symmetry

9

Comming Development Platform

10

Website density and mutlitenancy

1

Application Initialization

2

Dynamic IP Restrictions

3

CPU Throttling

4

NUMA-Aware Scalability

5

Windows Server 2012: Cloud optimize your IT

Beyond virtualization Scale and secure workloads, cost-effectively build a private cloud, and securely connect to cloud services

Every app, any cloud Build on an open and scalable web platform that supports applications across premises

Modern workstyle, enabled Support a mobile and flexible work style

The power of many servers, the simplicity of one

Efficiently manage infrastructure while maximizing uptime and minimizing failures and downtime

Resources

Connect. Share. Discuss.http://northamerica.msteched.com

Learning

Microsoft Certification & Training Resourceswww.microsoft.com/learning

TechNet

Resources for IT Professionalshttp://microsoft.com/technet

Resources for Developershttp://microsoft.com/msdn

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Windows PowerShell 3.0

Simplified scripting through Windows PowerShell ISE 3.0Show-Command pane lets users find and run cmdlets in a dialog boxIntelliSense provides context-sensitive command completion for cmdlet and script names, parameter names and enumerated values, and property and method names