1. What’s New in Active Directory in Windows Server 2012 Pete Calvert @erucsbo WSV312

5. Virtualization That Just Works All Active Directory features work equally well in physical, virtual or mixed environments Virtualization That Just Works All Active Directory features work equally well in physical, virtual or mixed environments Simplified Deployment of Active Directory Complete integration of environment preparation, role installation and DC promotion into a single UI DCs can be deployed rapidly to ease disaster recovery and workload balancing DCs can be deployed remotely on multiple machines from a single Windows 8 machine Consistent command-line experience through Windows PowerShell enables automation of deployment tasks Simplified Deployment of Active Directory Complete integration of environment preparation, role installation and DC promotion into a single UI DCs can be deployed rapidly to ease disaster recovery and workload balancing DCs can be deployed remotely on multiple machines from a single Windows 8 machine Consistent command-line experience through Windows PowerShell enables automation of deployment tasks Simplified Management of Active Directory GUI that simplifies complex tasks such as recovering a deleted object or managing password policies Active Directory Windows PowerShell viewer shows the commands for actions performed in the GUI Active Directory Windows PowerShell support for managing replication and topology data Simplify delegation and management of service accounts Simplified Management of Active Directory GUI that simplifies complex tasks such as recovering a deleted object or managing password policies Active Directory Windows PowerShell viewer shows the commands for actions performed in the GUI Active Directory Windows PowerShell support for managing replication and topology data Simplify delegation and management of service accounts

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10. … by integrating preparation and promotion processes & automating pre-requisites in-between … by validating environment pre-requisites before deployment … by providing remote capabilities for both preparation and promotion processes … by aligning the configuration wizard to the most common deployment scenarios … by integrating the full deployment experience with Server Manager … by providing a deployment & configuration wizard that is built on top of Windows PowerShell Streamline the deployment process Minimize odds of deployment failures Minimize number of touch-points Optimize for common deployment paths Bring consistency with other Windows Server roles deployment experiences Gain UI-consistency by leveraging an enhanced command-line experience

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17. Timeline of events TIME: T2TIME: T3TIME: T4 Create Snapshot T1 Snapshot Applied! USN: 100 ID: A RID Pool: 500 - 1000 USN: 100 ID: A RID Pool: 500 - 1000 USN: 250 ID: ARID Pool: 650 - 1000 +150 more users created DC1(A) @USN = 200 DC2 receives updates: USNs >200 DC1(A) @USN = 250 USN: 200 ID: ARID Pool: 600 - 1000 +100 users added DC2 receives updates: USNs >100 DC1 DC2 TIME: T1 USN rollback NOT detected: only 50 users converge across the two DCs All others are either on one or the other DC 100 security principals (users in this example) with RIDs 500-599 have conflicting SIDs

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