Book description
Based on Windows Server 2012 R2 RTM software, this guide introduces new features and capabilities, with scenario-based advice on how the platform can meet the needs of your business.
Table of contents
- Cover Page
- Contents
- Introduction
- Chapter 1 Cloud OS
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Chapter 2 Hyper-V
- Previous enhancements to Hyper-V
- Generation 2 virtual machines
- Automatic Virtual Machine Activation
- Remote access over VMBus
- Cross-version live migration
- Faster live migration
- Online VHDX resize
- Live export
- More robust Linux support
- Managing Hyper-V hosts running previous versions of Windows Server
- Hyper-V Replica enhancements
- Additional Hyper-V improvements
- Learn more
- Chapter 3 Storage
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Chapter 4 Failover Clustering
- Previous enhancements to Failover Clustering
- Guest clustering using shared virtual disks
- CSV and SoFS enhancements
- Optimized ownership of CSV disks
- Increased CSV resiliency
- Improved CSV cache allocation
- CSV and other storage features
- Changes to heartbeat threshold
- Detecting the health of virtual machines
- Virtual machine drain on shutdown
- Dynamic witness
- Active Directory-detached clustering
- Learn more
- Chapter 5 Networking
- Chapter 6 Active Directory
- Chapter 7 Group Policy
- Chapter 8 IIS
- Chapter 9 Remote Desktop Services
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Chapter 10 Windows PowerShell
- Previous enhancements in Windows PowerShell 3.0
- Windows PowerShell Desired State Configuration
- Save-Help
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Yet more new cmdlets
- DISM cmdlets
- DHCP server cmdlets
- DNS server cmdlets
- Hardware certification cmdlets
- Hyper-V cmdlets
- iSCSI target cmdlets
- Net TCP/IP cmdlets
- Network Address Translation cmdlets
- Network event packet capture cmdlets
- Network Virtualization cmdlets
- Physical Computer System View (PCSV) cmdlets
- Software Inventory Logging cmdlets
- Start screen cmdlets
- Windows Deployment Services cmdlets
- Windows PowerShell Web Access cmdlets
- Windows Search cmdlets
- Learn more
- Chapter 11 Windows Server Essentials
- Appendix
- Index
Product information
- Title: Introducing Windows Server 2012 R2
- Author(s):
- Release date: November 2013
- Publisher(s): Microsoft Press
- ISBN: 9780735682788
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