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Windows Server 2012
What’s new ?
Author
Krzysztof Pytko
[email protected]
Wroclaw 2012
Windows Server 2012 editions
standard
enterprise datacenter
All components are available in both Windows Server editions
No more Windows Small Business Server editions in the future
Operating System types
• Windows Server GUI
• Windows Server core
Preferred installation type: Windows Server core
Option to switch
between GUI,
non-GUI version
Might suggest GUI remove in the future Windows releases
New Graphical Interface
No classic START button
Modern UI (former Metro UI)
New way of server management
• New Server Manager
• PowerShell v3.0
• WinRM 3.0
Supported Windows versions in the new Server Manager:
- Windows Server 2008 (required Windows Management Framework 3.0)
- Windows Server 2008R2(required Windows Management Framework 3.0)
- Windows Server 2012
New Server Manager features
• Remote role/feature installation
• Remote server management
• Closing Server Manager does not break role/feature installation
• All tasks are translated to PowerShell v3.0 code
• PowerShell v3.0 code run in the background
Improved server roles
DHCP
IPAM
Volume Activation
Services
IIS 8.0
DirectAccess
File Server
Active Directory: Directory Services
PowerShell v3.0
Hyper-V 3.0
Failover Cluster
Branch Cache
DHCP
• DHCP Failover configuration for scopes
• Failover scopes replication
• Split scope wizard
IPAM
Combination of
Domain Controller
DNS server
DHCP server
Network Policy
Server (NPS)
File Server
no
boot/system
volume
support
no EFS support
New file system
ReFS
no AD
database
support
Available only on
Windows Server
2012
no conversion
from NTFS
auto correct
data
File Server
New file permissions type
• Enhancement for NTFS classic
permissions
• Requires new way of thinking
• Applied over File Server Resource
Manager
Dynamic Access Control in Active Directory
Administrative Center
Volume Activation Services
KMS
Support for
existing KMS
server(s)
VAMT
Active Directory Based
Activation
Activation over
AD
Support for
VAMT 3.0
DirectAccess
Single NIC
No internal PKI
required
Full Windows
PowerShell support
Kerberos PROXY
Support for
multiple domains
Failover Cluster
Available also in Windows Standard edition
Single NIC,
no
heartbeat
card
required
Simple
cluster
wizard
Supported
by RODC
Up to 64
nodes
Up to 4000
Virtual
machines
Single node
can host to
1024 Virtual
Machines
ClusterAware
Updating
(CAU)
Disk pooling
Branch Cache
Integrated with File Server
No server certificate required
No limit for number of offices
Single GPO for each office
Automatic computer configuration
More than one hosted cache server
Cache encrypted by default
Bandwidth savings
PowerShell and WMI for management
Hyper-V 3.0
veeam support
Built-in NIC teaming
Hyper-V replica
Support for 320 cores and 4TB of RAM on host server
Live migration
Support for 64 vCPU and 1TB of RAM for guest server
Support for popular Linux
editions
Support for FreeBSD
PowerShell 3.0
Online help update
Map network drives
Server Manager and ADAC creates PowerShell code
PowerShell Web Access
Scheduled jobs
A lot of new cmd-lets
Active Directory: Directory
Services
No DCPROMO command
No support for
Windows 2000
Domain Controllers
Offline domain join (djoin.exe)
Remote Domain Controller promotion
No manual ADPREP required
Actions based on PowerShell
Active Directory: Directory
Services
New
Active Directory Recycle Bin
Fine-Grained Password Policy
PowerShell commands history in ADAC
Active Directory: Directory
Services
New Server Manager
RSAT for Windows 8
Remote
Domain Controller
promotion
Server roles
separation
Active Directory: Directory
Services
DC cloning from VHD
DC restore from snapshot
RID pool reuse
(sidCompatibilityVersion = 1)
Extended RID pool (2^31)
AD/FRS replication status in GPMC
Group Managed Service Account
(gMSA)
msDS-GroupManagedServiceAccount
Thank
you
Questions ?
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