Windows Server 2012 WELCOME!

About Us Brandon Nohr MCITP: Server Administrator MCITP: Enterprise Administrator MCITP: Database Administrator MCTS: Server Virtualization VMWare: VCP Alex Fields MCITP: Server Administrator MCITP: Enterprise Administrator MCTS: Server Virtualization MCSA: Windows Server 2012

Windows Server 2012 Doubled top features and specs, and added amazing innovation Windows Server 2008 R2 Improvements Up to 64TB Virtual Hard Disk Offloaded Data Transfer (ODX) Resource Metering Quality of Service (QoS) Data Center Bridging (DCB) Remote Desktop Services Built- In Unified Management Intelligent Patching RemoteFX across LAN & WAN Hyper-V Extensible Switch BitLocker Encryption Shared-Nothing Live Migration Secure Isolation Flexible Migrations Seamless Integration Intelligent Incremental Backups Hyper-V Replica Integrated NIC Teaming Unmatched Cluster Scale Flexible VM Guest Clustering Highly Secure Clustered Storage Enhanced Cluster Shared Volumes Host, Guest and Application Level Availability Cluster Aware Updating Failover Prioritization Affinity & Anti Affinity Rules Storage Spaces Scale-out File server SMB 3.0 for workloads Network virtualization Virtual Fibre Channel Connect to Azure services Dynamic Access Control (DAC) 500,000+ pre-release downloads Windows Server 2012: Built from the cloud up.

Cloud Computing “…refers to the on-demand provisioning of computational resources (data, software) via a computer network, rather than from a local computer.” Source: Wikipedia

On Premises Storage Servers Networking O/S Middleware Virtualization Data Applications Runtime Resource Owners Infrastructure (as a Service) Storage Servers Networking O/S Middleware Virtualization Data Applications Runtime Service Provider Subscribers Platform (as a Service) Service Provider Subscribers Storage Servers Networking O/S Middleware Virtualization Applications Runtime Data Software (as a Service) Service Provider Storage Servers Networking O/S Middleware Virtualization Applications Runtime Data Greater control More responsibility Abstraction Simplified management Server 2012: On Premises & in the Cloud

Business Drivers for Cloud Computing Service AvailabilityIncreasing demand for cost-effective high availability (HA) Faster time-to-marketReduced cost and time to deploy new applications Lower TCOSimplicity of management, reduced IT FTE requirements The ability to scale workloads on-demandElasticity

Server 2012: One Platform for All Customers Enables small businesses around the world, powers many of the world’s largest data centers, and delivers value to organizations of all sizes Windows Server 2012

Bluth Company Business Objectives High Availability (HA) & Business Continuity Break-fix, updates, etc. should not interrupt business Recover operations quickly in the event of a disaster Improve Efficiency & Lower TCO Avoid expensive solutions that require IT specialization Reduce time spent on troubleshooting Free up IT FTE capacity to focus on business-related initiatives Enable secure remote access from a variety of devices Lock down files based on users as well as location & devices Enable Modern Workstyles

Azure Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) 6 Virtual Fibre Channel 7 NIC Teaming 8 Hyper-V Replica 9 Azure Online Backup 10 Shared-nothing live migration 1 TOP FEATURES FOR HIGH AVAILABILITY & DISASTER RECOVERY TO MEET CUSTOMER CHALLENGES High Availability & Disaster Recovery Hyper-V Network Virtualization 2 Continuously Available File Share 3 Cluster-Aware Updating (CAU) 4 Scale-out File Server (SoFS) 5

Azure Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) 6 Virtual Fibre Channel 7 NIC Teaming 8 Hyper-V Replica 9 Azure Online Backup 10 Shared-nothing live migration 1 TOP FEATURES FOR HIGH AVAILABILITY & DISASTER RECOVERY TO MEET CUSTOMER CHALLENGES High Availability & Disaster Recovery Hyper-V Network Virtualization 2 Continuously Available File Share 3 Cluster-Aware Updating (CAU) 4 Scale-out File Server (SoFS) 5

Failover Clustering Failover Cluster Server 1 Failover Cluster Server 1 Failover Cluster Server 2 Services ActivePassive Heartbeat Failed Failover Active Failover results in brief loss of service (minutes) Users may have to reconnect to services Users could experience minor data loss

Continuously Available File Share Failover Cluster Server 1 Failover Cluster Server 1 Failover Cluster Server 2 Active File Shares Failed Failover event results in zero service downtime Users, services remain connected No data loss

Continuously Available File Share Failover Cluster Server 1 Failover Cluster Server 1 Failover Cluster Server 2 Active File shares \\Hyper-V \\SQLData Scale-Out File Server (SoFS)

Cluster-Aware Updating Hyper-V Host 1 Hyper-V Host 2 VM1 Pending Updates VM2 UpdatingUpdatedUpdating Updated

Hyper-V Replica Primary Hyper-V Server Hyper-V Replica Server Hyper-V Replica Server VM1 VM2 LAN/ WAN VM1 VM2 VM1 VM2 Manual Failover Manual intervention required Expect data loss based on replication frequency (hours) Failback & test failover Offline copyOnline

TOP FEATURES FOR MANAGEMENT AND STORAGE TO MEET CUSTOMER CHALLENGES Improve Efficiency & Lower TCO Dynamic Memory 6 Health monitoring 7 Hyper-V over SMB 8 Centralized IIS & SSL management 9 Data deduplication 10 Multi-server management 1 Storage Spaces 2 Role & Feature deployment 3 Windows PowerShell Resource metering 5

TOP FEATURES FOR MANAGEMENT AND STORAGE TO MEET CUSTOMER CHALLENGES Improve Efficiency & Lower TCO Dynamic Memory 6 Health monitoring 7 Hyper-V over SMB 8 Centralized IIS & SSL management 9 Data deduplication 10 Multi-server management 1 Storage Spaces 2 Role & Feature deployment 3 Windows PowerShell Resource metering 5

Multi-server management Other action items Relevant information about the health of the network Are any services offline?Any errors in the event logs?Any performance issues? Best Practices Analyzer results? Centralized management IP addresses, file shares and storage One-stop-shop: administrative tools Deploy new roles and features Single pane of glass management interface

Health monitoring Hyper-V Host 1 Hyper-V Host 2 Restart Service VM1 VM1 Services Restart VM Cluster Failover Failover Cluster

TOP FEATURES FOR SECURITY & REMOTE ACCESS TO MEET CUSTOMER CHALLENGES Enable Modern Work Styles DirectAccess 1 Multitenant security and isolation 6 Dynamic Access Control (DAC) 7 RDS: Multitouch device support 8 Network Access Protection (NAP) 9 BranchCache 10 Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI) 2 RemoteFX for WAN 3 Remote and offline domain-join 4 Office 365 Integration 5

TOP FEATURES FOR SECURITY & REMOTE ACCESS TO MEET CUSTOMER CHALLENGES Enable Modern Work Styles DirectAccess 1 Multitenant security and isolation 6 Dynamic Access Control (DAC) 7 RDS: Multitouch device support 8 Network Access Protection (NAP) 9 BranchCache 10 Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI) 2 RemoteFX for WAN 3 Remote and offline domain-join 4 Office 365 Integration 5

Take Away PiecemealMobility EnableAvailability Compatibility Efficiency Needs: Consider:

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