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IT Roundtable – 9/17/2013

IT Roundtable – 9/17/2013. Presented by Bob Miller, Micah Howard, Doug Whiteley. Agenda. Upgrading: The $10,000 Question What’s New? Interactive Live Server 2012 Demo Interactive Server 2012 R2 VM Demo. Upgrade: When is the time right?. Have you upgraded yet?

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IT Roundtable – 9/17/2013

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  1. IT Roundtable – 9/17/2013 Presented by Bob Miller, Micah Howard, Doug Whiteley

  2. Agenda Upgrading: The $10,000 Question What’s New? Interactive Live Server 2012 Demo Interactive Server 2012 R2 VM Demo

  3. 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

  4. Introducing Server 2012 • What’s new in Windows Server 2012? • First big step to the cloud for Windows Server • Datacenter / Standard/ Essentials 25 / Foundation (OEM) 15 • What’s improved in Windows Server 2012? • Actually it’s more like what has not been improved • October 18 GA, November 1st Purchasing • Pricing updates…? 28% ?!? Really?!? At least the CALs are the same

  5. What’s New? Start with the big ones Windows PowerShell Cmdlets for Active Directory Replication and Topology More cmdlets, approximatly 2,400 -- enough said. GUI for Recycle Bin Microsoft 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 Policies Also gaining a GUI are fine-grained password policies. Windows PowerShell History Viewer You 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?

  6. What’s New from Technet

  7. What’s New from Technet

  8. What’s New from Technet

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  10. What’s New from Technet

  11. What’s Improved from Technet Virtual Snapshot and Cloning Support Active Directory and hypervisor snapshots didn't mix before. Now they do, if your hypervisor supports VM Generation ID. ADPREP Integrated into DC Promotion Can'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-Box Adding 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 DirectAccess One 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 Domains Another 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.

  12. 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

  13. 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

  14. ReFS - Continued

  15. 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

  16. 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?)

  17. 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

  18. 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)

  19. 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 VM’s from one node to another)

  20. 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

  21. Server 2012 Demo Hyper-V and more

  22. Server 2012 R2 Demo RTM VM

  23. 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 What’s New • http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dn250019.aspx • Server 2012 What's New • http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/hh831769.aspx

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