Windows Server 2012

Yesterday Have been to the Windows 2012 Training.



Windows Server 2012 has four editions:
Foundation
Essentials
Standard
Datacenter

Windows Server 2012 R2 has three editions of this operating system:
Essentials, Standard and Datacenter.


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Minimum system requirements for Windows Server 2012

Processor :1.4 GHz, x64
Memory :512 MB
Free disk space: 32 GB (more if there is 16 GB of RAM or more)


Installation options

Unlike its predecessor, Windows Server 2012 can switch between "Server Core" and "Server with a GUI" installation options without a full reinstallation. Server Core - an option with a command-line interface only - is now the recommended configuration.There is also a third installation option that allows some GUI elements such as MMC and Server Manager to run, but without the normal desktop, shell or default programs like File Explorer.

 

Hyper-V 3.0
Microsoft's Hyper-V Server – a free Windows Core version of Hyper-V – is feature complete.
If you have a yen to dive into PowerShell then you can run a complete 64-node, 8,000 virtual machine Hyper-V cluster without paying Microsoft a dime.

PowerShell
PowerShell 3.0 is an evolution rather than a revolution. Having more PowerShell scriptlets is not normally something I would care about. That said, the 2012 line of products marks a revolution in Microsoft's approach to server management.Windows PowerShell in this version has over 2300 commandlets, compared to around 200 in Windows Server 2008 R2.

IP address management (IPAM)

Windows Server 2012 has an IP address management role for discovering, monitoring, auditing, and managing the IP address space used on a corporate network. The IPAM is used for the management and monitoring of Domain Name System (DNS) and Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP) servers. Both IPv4 and IPv6 are fully supported.IIS 8.0

Windows Server 2012 includes version 8.0 of Internet Information Services (IIS).

The new version contains new features such as SNI, CPU usage caps for particular websites,
centralized management of SSL certificates, WebSocket support and improved support for NUMA,
but few other substantial changes were made.

NFS 4.1
Microsoft's NFS 4.1 server is good code. Designed from the ground up it is is fast, stable and reliable.
It makes a great storage system for heterogenous environments and a wonderful network storage point for VMware servers.

More to come...Will be updating going forward.
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