Technical Overview

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Virtualization
Hyper-V with Live Migration Hot Add/Remove VM Storage Remote Desktop Services

Management
Power Management Windows PowerShell AD Administrative Center Best Practices Analyzer IIS 7.5

Web
ASP.NET on Server Core Enhanced FTP and WebDAV Administration Modules & Cmdlets

Solid Foundation for Enterprise Workloads

Scalability and Reliability
256 Core Support Componentization Boot from SAN or VHD Support for Solid-state Devices File Classification Infrastructure

Better Together with Windows 7

DirectAccess BranchCache Enhanced Group Policies RemoteApp & Desktop Connections

Virtualization in WS08R2: Server virtualization with Hyper-V Presentation virtualization with RDS

Virtual Machine

Virtual Machine

Configuration Data Memory Content Memory Sync

User Cluster Node 1 VHD Cluster Node 2

Network Storage

Overview
Provides Hyper-V the ability to utilizes up to 64 of the logical processor pool presented to Windows Server 2008 R2

Benefits
Significantly increases host server density Easily provide multiple processers per virtual machine

Overview
TCP/IP traffic in a VM can be offloaded to a physical NIC on the host computer. (disabled by default)

Benefits
Reduce CPU burden Networking offload to improve performance Live Migration is fully supported with Full TCP Offload

Cautions:
Not all applications benefit from Chimney
Works best for long-lived connections with large data transfers Applications with pre-posted buffers

Chimney capable hardware supports a fixed number of offloaded connections shared between all VMs

Overview
Allows Live Migration across different CPU versions within the same processor family (i.e. Intel-to-Intel and AMD-to-AMD).
Does NOT enable cross platform from Intel to AMD or vice versa.

Configure compatibility on a per-VM basis. Abstracts the VM down to the lowest common denominator in terms of instruction sets available to the VM.

Benefits
Provides a great deal of migration flexibility within clusters. Enables migration across a broader range of Hyper-V host hardware. No specific hardware requirements needed.

Hyper-V Management Console PowerShell command-line interface System Center Virtual Machine Manager 2008

Boot from .vhd

Enables pre-configuration of virtual and physical computers Reduces the number of managed images Simplifies test deployments

VHD

Boot

RDS and VDI An Integrated Solution

Single broker to connect users to sessions or virtual machines, out of the box solution for VDI scenarios with Hyper-V

Improving the User Experience

Experience rich multimedia, VoIP integration, aero glass remoting, true multi-monitor support

RemoteApp & Desktop Connections

Centrally hosted applications integrated into start menu, desktop, etc. Can personalize a non-work PC with work applications without installing them locally

Improved Management Tool Set

Reduce repetitive task with RDS Powershell support, improved application install, connection broker install & profile management

Platform Investments
Multiple levels of extensibility for custom partner solutions for Remote Desktop Services & VDI based solutions

Power management Streamlined administration Windows PowerShell remote scenarios PowerShell graphical interface Extending Windows PowerShell scripts AD & Identity management Best Practice Analyzers

Core Parking Adjusting P-states Centralized storage

2.8 GHz Quad Core Processor

P-State Percent Frequency 0 100 2.800 GHz 1 90 2.520 GHz P-State=0 2 85 2.380 GHz Processor Processor GHz 3 75 2.100 Core 1 Active Core 2 InactiveGHz 4 60 Storage1.680 Area Processor 5 50 1.400 Network GHz

Core 1

P-State Percent Frequency 0 100 2.800 GHz Processor Processor GHz 1 90 2.520 P-State=4 Core 3 Inactive 2 Core 4 InactiveGHz 85 2.380 3 75 2.100 GHz 4 60 1.680 GHz Processor 5 50 1.400 GHz

Core 2

WS03 vs. WS08 RTM vs. R2

100%

TPC-E workload

Power (% of Max Watts)

90%

80%

70%

Lower is better
60%
WS2003 SP2 WS2008 RTM WS2008 R2

50% 0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 100%

Workload (% of Max tpsE)

Management console Server Manager

Improvements Provides support for remote management of computers Leverages capabilities provided by PowerShell Task driven user interface Leverages capabilities provided by PowerShell Task driven user interface New VM management consoles Updated SCVMM support

Active Directory Administrative Center

IIS Manager

Hyper-V

Fan-Out (1 to Many)
Send the script Select properties Allows you to specify which properties to bring back Throttling limits number of concurrent operations Async support Runs the command in background on client

Fan-In (Many to 1)
Hosting model Share static data between sessions (eg: cmdlet metadata from snap-in) Send progress information to client (eg: Connecting, Connected)

Out-GridView

Graphical PowerShell
Multi-tabbed interface Integrated development environment

Syntax coloring

Advanced functions Call .NET APIs Improved debugging Event log subscription Write cmdlets in PowerShell script Script translation New cmdlets Community site
Powershellcommunity.org

Active Directory server role enhancements

New forest functional level Windows PowerShell management Microsoft System Center Management Pack

Active Directory Administrative Center

Recycle Bin Offline domain join Managed service accounts

Active Directory Federated Services update

Authentication assurance

Integrated Best Practice Analyzer

Validates configuration information Enhances infrastructure reliability Improves compliance with service level agreements

Performance & Scalability Failover Clustering Storage Performance Backup & Recovery

256 Logical Cores

Reduced overhead via Server Core

High performance storage

CPUs
Support for 256 Logical Processors (LP) NUMA enhancements System Topology APIs
Reduced Memory

Virtualization

Virtualization
Scale Live Migration 256 p SLAT support (NPT/SPT) NUMA scheduling improvements

Windows Server 2008 R2

Reduced Power

Power
Improved Processor Power Management Policies & additional optimization of Windows Server component power usage

Continued

Memory Footprint Reduction

General OS memory reductions Reductions in non-paged memory Trigger start of drivers and services

Wide Area Network

File copy improvements (per-file round trips reduced
Downloads: 5 (old) to 3 (new) Uploads: 4 (old) to 3 (new)

The OS as Components
Install only what you need

Example: Server Core, Branch RoDC

Server = Kernel, TCP/IP & Security Role = Active Directory Services Features = BitLocker

Concurrent access to a single file system

SAN

VHD Single Volume

VHD

VHD

Backup specific files and folders. Perform incremental backup of system state. Perform scheduled backups to volumes. Perform scheduled backups to network shared folders. Manage backups by using PowerShell.

DirectAccess
BranchCache Read-Only DFS for branch security

Serving Up the Virtual Desktop

Protection for Mobile Data

Remote access is now ubiquitous Comprehensive anywhere access for Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2
Seamless, always-on, secure connectivity; no separate client software required Utilizes networking technologies already in Windows Server 2008 No separate action required to connect to corpnet while remote. Corpnet is simply there. Leverages policy-based network access Enables desktop management regardless of client location.

IPv6 Devices IT desktop management

IPv4 Devices

Support IPv4 via 6to4 transition services or NAT-PT

AD Group Policy, NAP, software updates

Native IPv6 with IPSec

DirectAccess provides Allows desktop transparent, secured management of access to intranet DirectAccess clients IPv6 Transition resources without a VPN
Services

Supports direct connectivity to IPv6based intranet resources

DirectAccess Server

Internet

Allows IPSec encryption and authentication

Supports variety of remote network Windows 7 protocols Client

Reduces Wide Area Network (WAN) link utilization Completely transparent to the user Supports end-to-end encryption between clients and servers HTTP, SMB and BITS protocols are optimized Two deployment models:
Distributed mode Hosted caching

2. Second client downloads identifiers from main office server

Client 1
Main Office

1. First client downloads data from main office server

Branch Office

Client 2

3. Second client searches local network for data and downloads from first client

2. Content pushed to hosted cache from first client

4. Second client downloads from hosted cache

Client 1 Main Office

1. First client downloads data from main office server

Branch Office

Client 2

3. Second client downloads identifiers from main office server

Regional Datacenter

Support for read-only DFS Read-only Replica of DFS

Read/Write Replica of DFS Provides a read-only, replica copy of read/write DFS resources

Branch Office

Deletions are not allowed

Prevents modifications within branch office

Encrypt data on removable drives Provided by BitLocker to Go Drive Encryption Store encryption keys in Windows Server 2008 R2 Active Directory

Windows Server 2008 R2 Active Directory

Introducing IIS 7.5 Expanding IIS Manager

Easier Troubleshooting IIS 7.5 FTP Services Extensible architecture

More Reliable
Increased availability through dynamic request handling, improved caching and powerful troubleshooting tools

More Control
Simplified, distributed management through set of customizable administrative tools with easier application deployment for developers

More Secure
Improved security and server protection through reduced server footprint and enhanced publishing and request filtering capabilities

More Choice
Flexible platform with enhanced support for multiple application development platforms and media content delivery

Scalable Web Infrastructure

Centralized Web Management

Enhanced Server Protection

Built-in ASP.NET and PHP Support

Dynamic Caching and Compression

Powerful Diagnostic Tools

Delegated Remote Management

Easy Application and Server Deployment

Secure Content Publishing

Improved Access Protection

Modular & Extensible Web Server

Integrated Media Platform

Enhanced IIS Manager

Configuration Editor IIS Manager UI Extensions Request Filtering

Windows PowerShell Provider .NET on Server Core

Auditing changes and application configuration Failed Request Tracing for FastCGI Best Practice Analyzer

Supports New Web Standards

FTP over SSL USC and UTF8 IPv6

Virtual Host Names

Introduced Modularity and Extensibility

Windows Server 2008

Extensions bundled with IIS 7.5

3rd Party

PowerShell Provider, FTP publishing, WebDAV publishing and New IIS Administration Pack modules Windows Server 2008 R2

Increased server consolidation Greater administrative control Rich Web-based experiences Performance and scalability enhancements Unprecedented synergies with client OS Anywhere access Taking an enterprise-class foundation to the next level

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