IT Roundtable 9/17/2013

Presented by Bob Miller, Micah Howard, Doug Whiteley

 Agenda

Upgrading: The $10,000 Question

Whats New?
Interactive Live Server 2012 Demo
Interactive Server 2012 R2 VM Demo
 Upgrade: When is the time right?

Have you upgraded yet?

If not, how will you know when?
Nobody wants to get burnt!
Typically people wait for SP1
Let somebody else pay the dues
What is your upgrade path?
In Place Vs. Direct Upgrade
 Introducing Server 2012

Whats new in Windows Server 2012?

First big step to the cloud for Windows Server
Datacenter / Standard/ Essentials 25 / Foundation (OEM) 15

Whats improved in Windows Server 2012?

Actually its more like what has not been improved

October 18 GA, November 1st Purchasing

Pricing updates? 28% ?!? Really?!? At least the CALs are the same
 Whats New? Start with the big ones

Windows PowerShell Cmdlets for Active Directory Replication and TopologyMore

cmdlets, approximatly 2,400 -- enough said.

GUI for Recycle BinMicrosoft introduced the Active Directory Recycle Bin in Windows
Server 2008 R2, but it was limited by its Windows PowerShell-only exposure. This time it
gets a GUI.

UI for Fine-Grained Password PoliciesAlso gaining a GUI are fine-grained password

policies.

Windows PowerShell History ViewerYou see the Windows PowerShell commands that
correspond to actions you perform in the Active Directory Administrative Center UI.

Active Directory-Based Activation (ADBA)The good: ADBA eliminates the need for a
Key Management Service server. The bad: Only forthcoming Windows 8 computers can
leverage ADBA. Seriously, Microsoft?

Flexible Authentication Secure Tunneling (FAST)The nickname for FAST is "Kerberos

armoring," if that tells you anything. It isn't enabled by default and requires clients that
support it. Think you'll be using it anytime soon?
 Whats New from Technet

Users and Groups The following You can now create

functionalities are new user groups and add
in users and groups user accounts to
management: them. User account
User groups permissions can be
management managed through
their user group
memberships.
Office 365 distribution
groups management
If your server is
integrated with Office
365, you can manage
your Office 365
distribution groups
from the dashboard.
 Whats New from Technet

Server Storage The following You can create

functionalities are shared folders on a
new in Server secondary server
Storage: while keeping the
Folder management same Universal
on a second server in Naming Convention
a Windows Server (UNC) path prefix.
2012 R2 Essentials
Preview network.
You can specify a
space quota for a
Server Folder quota. Server Folder. You
receive an alert,
when a Server Folder
size grows beyond its
defined quota.
 Whats New from Technet

Office 365 The following If your server is

Integration functionalities are integrated with
new in Office 365 Office 365, you can:
integration with manage your Office
Windows Server 365 SharePoint
2012 R2 Essentials Libraries from the
Preview: dashboard.
SharePoint Libraries
management
manage your Office
365 distribution
Office 365 groups from the
Distribution groups dashboard.
management
 Whats New from Technet

Client Full System Client Full System You can create client
Restore Restore is supported restore service using
by Windows the Set up Client
Deployment Restore Service task
Services. and perform client
full system restore
over the network
instead of using an
image saved on a
DVD.
 Whats New from Technet

Mobile Devices Mobile Devices If your server is

management can be integrated with
done through the Office 365, you can
dashboard. manage your mobile
devices using the
Exchange Active
Sync functionalities,
such as define email
access from a
mobile device, set
up password
policies, and remote
wipe of the mobile
device.
 Whats Improved from Technet

Virtual Snapshot and Cloning SupportActive Directory and hypervisor snapshots

didn't mix before. Now they do, if your hypervisor supports VM Generation ID.
ADPREP Integrated into DC PromotionCan't recall the proper steps to promote a
member server to a DC? No worries, it's in there.
Active Directory Federation Services (ADFS) Now In-BoxAdding ADFS no longer
requires a separate installation. ADFS also gains multiple improvements. Watch
this space, because you'll be seeing and using more ADFS in the years to come.
Domain Join via DirectAccessOne word: Nifty! Nine words: Computers can now
be domain-joined over the Internet. You'll need DirectAccess first. Trust me: You'll
want it.
Kerberos Constrained Delegation (KCD) Across DomainsAnother of those
capabilities you've probably never used, but probably will in the future. KCD was
first introduced in Windows Server 2003. Now it can span domains.
Group Managed Service Accounts (GMSAs)MSAs in Windows Server 2008 R2
made administering service accounts easier. GMSAs in this version extend their
support to clustered and load-balanced services.
 Server 2012 R2 Hyper-V

Shared VHDX for VM CSV Clustering

Increase AND decrease VHDX size live
Live Migration Compression / SMB Direction (RDMA + 10gb)
2012 to 2012 R2 Migration
New VM Version (2.0 for Win8/2012 R2)
Live Exports / Cloning
Extended Replica (3rd tier) + Replica Frequency Support (30/5/15)
Better Linux Support + Dynamic Memory
Automatic VM Activation
Storage QoS
 Server 2012 R2 ReFS (Resilient File System)

Introduced in 2012
Subset of NTFS
Crazy data limits
16Exabyte Files
1Yottabyte volume size (one quadrillion GB)

CHKDSK no longer needed (on the fly repair)

It writes data to a new area of the disk, one the write is confirmed successful it can free the old space

Storage Spaces and ReFS complement each other. When coupled with a mirrored
Storage Space, duplicate copies of data will automatically be leveraged by ReFS.
With this configuration, if corruption were to be encountered, ReFS can immediately
leverage redundant data within Storage Spaces to expediently address the issue
Does not support Deduplication natively like NTFS
ReFS - Continued
Server 2012 Remote Desktop Services

Under the hood improvements for RDS

Centralized publishing for RemoteApp
Big upgrades to RemoteFX
DX11.1 support, more virtual screens
Better hardware acceleration

Session Shadowing has returned for R2

Allows for Deduplication of collection VHD
 Server 2012 / R2 Group Policy

Remote Policy Updates Invoke-GPUpdate

More detailed RSOP reports
Faster Boot via hibernation
IE 10 support

Policy Caching is new in R2

IPv6 is supported in R2 better (about time right?)
 Server 2012 R2 SMB 3.0

Introduced in Server 2012

SMB Transparent Failover
Seamless failover without client interaction
Requires client and server to support SMB 3.0
SMB Scale Out Server
Active/Active connectivity
Mostly Hyper-V
VSS for SMB File Shares
 Server 2012 R2 Active Directory

Virtual AD DS Domain Controller cloning

(Hyper-V)
With or without configuration file
Simplified deployment and upgrade
Remotely prep domain and forest from 2012
Server GUI
Adprep built in to GUI
AD recycle bin GUI (server 2008 R2
functional level)
 Server 2012 R2 Failover Clustering

Cluster-Aware Updating
Apply windows updates with no cluster
downtime
Cluster migration from 2008 R2 to Server
2012
VM drain (migrate VMs from one node to
another)
 Server 2012 R2 PowerShell 4.0

Desired State Configuration!!

Enabling or disabling server roles and
features
Managing groups and user accounts
Managing files and directories
Managing registry settings
Several hundred bug fixes
Server 2012 Demo

Hyper-V and more

Server 2012 R2 Demo

RTM VM
 Links

Resilient FS When should I use it?

http://blogs.technet.com/b/askpfeplat/archive/2013/01/02/windows
-server-2012-does-refs-replace-ntfs-when-should-i-use-it.aspx

Server 2012 R2 Whats New

http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dn250019.aspx

Server 2012 What's New

http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/hh831769.aspx