Windows Server 2012 R2What’s NewMike Resseler, EMEA Microsoft EvangelistMike.Resseler@Veeam.com@MikeResseler | @Veeam

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Agenda• Trends• The Cloud OS• Overview• File Services and Storage• Networking• Clustering• Hyper-V• Windows PowerShell• WDS• Directory Services & Security

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Compute

NetworkStorage

Consumerization

of IT

New social and app patterns

Data explosion

Cloud computing

Transformational trends

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The Cloud OSModern platform for the world’s apps

DEVELOPMENT MANAGEMENT IDENTITY VIRTUALIZATIONDATA

CUSTOMER

SERVICE PROVIDER

WINDOWS AZURE

Transforms the datacenter

Unlocks insightson any data

Empowers people-centric IT

Enables modern apps

1CONSISTENTPLATFORM

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Server virtualization

Windows Server 2012 R2 capabilities

Storage Networking

Web and application platform

Access and information protection

Server management and automation

Virtual desktop infrastructure

New levels of performance and cross-platform support

High performance and resiliency at a fraction of the cost

Increased management efficiency for a diverse datacenter

Modern apps built and deployed to scale on-premises and in the cloud

Consistent and flexible user access to corporate resources while protecting data

Great performance, easy to deploy and cost-effective

Hybrid networking with breakthrough levels of flexibility and performance

Windows Server 2012 R2: Overview

File Services & Storage

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Users can sync their work data to their devices.

Users can register their devices to be able to sync data when IT enforces conditional access

IT can publish access directly through a reverse proxy, or conditional access can be enforced via device registration through the Web Application Proxy

IT can configure a File Server to provide Work Folder sync shares for each user to store data that syncs to their devices, including integration with Rights Management

IT can selectively wipe the corporate data from Windows 8.1 clients

Devices

Apps & Data

Make corporate data available to users with Work Folders

Reverse Proxy

Web Application Proxy

Active Directory discoverability provides users Work Folders location

File Services

Domain joined devices

Access Policy

Active Directory

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SMB• Automatic rebalancing of Scale-Out File Server Clients• Improved performance of SMB direct• Improved SMB event messages• VHDX files as shared storage for guest clustering• Hyper-V Live migration over SMB• SMB bandwidth management• Multiple SMB instances on a Scale-Out File Server• SMB 1.0 is an option

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DFS Namespace and DFS Replication• PowerShell!• DFS Replication WMI Provider• Database cloning for initial Sync• Database corruption recovery• Cross-file RDC disable• File staging tuning• Preserved File Restoration• Unexpected shutdown database recovery

improvements• Membership disabling improvement

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iSCSI Target Server• Virtual Disks enhancements• Manageability enhancements• Improved optimization to allow disk-level caching• Scalability limits• Local mount functionality (removed feature)

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Storage Spaces• Tiered Storage spaces• Write-back caching• Flexible resiliency options

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Data Deduplication• VDI Support

• Yes, CSV is now supported• Optimization of OPEN files• Improved optimization performance• Improved read/write performance

Networking

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DHCP• DNS registration enhancements• DNS PTR registration options• Updated Windows PowerShell cmdlets

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DNS• Enhanced zone level statistics• Enhanced DNSSEC support• PowerShell enhancements

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IPAM• Role based access control• Virtual address space management• Enhanced DHCP Server Management• External database support (SQL support)• Upgrade and migration support• PowerShell!!

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Hyper-V Virtual Switch• Hyper-V Virtual Switch extended port ACLs• Hyper-V Network Virtualization coexists with third party

forwarding extensions for the Hyper-V Virtual Switch• Traffic bottlenecks to VMs are reduced with vRSS• Network tracing is streamlined and provides more detail

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Windows Server Gateway• Virtual Machine software router that allows network

traffic routing between virtual and physical networks, including the internet

Clustering

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Clustering• Shared Virtual Hard Disk• Virtual Machine drain on shutdown• Virtual Machine network health detection• CSV improvements• Less dependancy on AD• Quorum improvements• Cluster node health detection• Possibility to turn off Ipsec encryption for inter-node

cluster comm’s• Cluster Dashboard

Hyper-V

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Hyper-V• Shared virtual hard disk• Resizing virtual hard disks• Storage Quality of Service• Live Migrations• Virtual Machine generation• Integration Services• Export• Enhanced Session mode• Hyper-V Replica• Linux Support

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Hyper-V• Management• Automatic Virtual Machine Activation

Remote Desktop Services

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RDS• Session Shadowing• Online storage deduplication• Improved RemoteApp behavior• Quick reconnect for Remote Desktop clients• Improved compression and bandwidth usage• Dynamic display handling• RemoteFX virtualized GPU supports DX11.1

PowerShell

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PowerShell• Windows PowerShell Desired State Configuration• Save-help• Windows PowerShell debugger• Additional bugfixes and enhancements

Windows Deployment Services

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WDS• PowerShell support

Directory Services & Security

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Directory Services & Security• Single Sign-On• Work from anywhere• Multi-factor authentication• Multi-factor access control• OAuth 2.0 Support• Security• Group Policy

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Datacenter B

System Center Virtual MachineManager

Hyper-V Replica replicates changes

Health Monitoring

Orchestrates recovery plan for VMs or services in the

event of an outage

Create a recovery plan

Createrecovery plan

Datacenter A

System Center Virtual MachineManager

AD

SQL

Exch

Configure

AD

SQL

Exch

Windows Azure Hyper-V Recovery Manager

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Scenario 2

Currently using System Center Data Protection Manager.

Only a few servers that need protection.

Currently no back up solution or replacing a competing product.

Use the Windows Server backup tools.

Scenario 1

Protected Server DPM ServerWindows Server

Windows Azure Backup