What's New In Windows Server 2008 R2 For IT Pros - Extended Edition

What's new in Windows Server 2008 R2 for IT Pro
Amit Gatenyo
Infrastructure & Security Manager, Dario
Microsoft Regional Director – Windows Server & Security
054-2492499
Amit.g@dario.co.il

Technology Investment Areas
Management
Web
Virtualization
IIS 7.5
ASP .NET on Server Core
Enhanced FTP and WebDAV
Administration Modules & Cmdlets
Hyper-V™ with Live Migration
Hot Add/Remove VM Storage
Remote Desktop Services
Windows PowerShell 2.0
Power Management
AD Administrative Center
Best Practices Analyzer
Solid Foundation for Enterprise Workloads
Better Together with Windows 7
Scalability and Reliability
DirectAccess™
BranchCache™
Improved File Copy Performance over WANs
Enhanced Group Policies
RemoteApp & Desktop Connections
256 Core Support
Componentization
Boot from SAN or VHD
Support for Solid-state Devices
File Classification Infrastructure

Virtualization

Overview
Virtualization in WS08R2:
Server virtualization with Hyper-V
Presentation virtualization with RDS

Server virtualization with Hyper-V
Delivers high levels of availability for production workloads via flexible and dynamic management while reducing overall costs through efficient server consolidation via:
Better flexibility
Live Migration
Cluster Shared Volumes
Hot Add/remove of Storage
Processor compatibility mode for live migration
Improved performance
Improved memory management
TCP Offload support
Virtual Machine Queue (VMQ) Support
Improved Networking
Greater Scalability
At 64 logical processor support
Enhance Green IT with Core Parking

Increasing AvailabilityLive Migration
Virtual Machine
Virtual Machine
Configuration Data
Memory Content
Memory Sync
Cluster
Node 1
Cluster
Node 2
User
VHD
Network Storage

Increasing AvailabilityLive Migration
Migrate virtual machines between hosts with no interruption of service
Benefits:
No dropped network connections
High availability for production workloads
Flexible management
Enables dynamic IT environment

64 Logical Processor Support
Overview
Provides Hyper-V the ability to utilizes up to 64 of the logical processor pool presented to Windows Server 2008 R2
Benefits
Significantly increases host server density
Easily provide multiple processers per virtual machine

VM Chimney (TCP Offload Support)
Overview
TCP/IP traffic in a VM can be offloaded to a physical NIC on the host computer. (disabled by default)
Benefits
Reduce CPU burden
Networking offload to improve performance
Live Migration is fully supported with Full TCP Offload
Cautions:
Not all applications benefit from Chimney
Works best for long-lived connections with large data transfers
Applications with pre-posted buffers
Chimney capable hardware supports a fixed number of offloaded connections – shared between all VMs

Virtual Machine Queue (VMQ)
Overview
NIC can DMA packets directly into VM memory
VM Device buffer gets assigned to one of the queues
Avoids packet copies in the VSP
Avoids route lookup in the virtual switch (VMQ Queue ID)
Allows the NIC to essentially appear as multiple NICs on the physical host (queues)
Disabled by default
Benefits
Host no longer has device DMA data in its own buffer resulting in a shorter path length for I/O (performance gain)

Processor Compatibility Mode
Overview
Allows Live Migration across different CPU versions within the same processor family (i.e. Intel-to-Intel and AMD-to-AMD).
Does NOT enable cross platform from Intel to AMD or vice versa.
Configure compatibility on a per-VM basis.
Abstracts the VM down to the lowest common denominator in terms of instruction sets available to the VM.
Benefits
Provides a great deal of migration flexibility within clusters.
Enables migration across a broader range of Hyper-V host hardware.
No specific hardware requirements needed.

Streamlining Virtualization Management
Hyper-V Management Console
PowerShell command-line interface
System Center Virtual Machine Manager 2008

Simplifying Deployment
Boot from .vhd
Enables pre-configuration of virtual and physical computers
Reduces the number of managed images
Simplifies test deployments
VHD
Boot

RDS & VDI – AnIntegrated Solution
Remote App Servers
Hyper-V-based
Remote Desktops
Authentication
Client
Remote Desktop Gateway Server
Remote Desktop Connection Broker
RemoteApp & Desktop Web Access Server

Presentation virtualization with RDS
RDS and VDI – An Integrated Solution
Single broker to connect users to sessions or virtual machines, out of the box solution for VDI scenarios with Hyper-V
Improving the User Experience
Experience rich multimedia, VoIP integration, aero glass remoting, true multi-monitor support
RemoteApp & Desktop Connections
Centrally hosted applications integrated into start menu, desktop, etc. Can personalize a non-work PC with work applications without installing them locally
Improved Management Tool Set
Reduce repetitive task with RDS Powershell support, improved application install, connection broker install & profile management
Platform Investments
Multiple levels of extensibility for custom partner solutions for Remote Desktop Services & VDI based solutions

Management

Power management
Streamlined administration
PowerShell graphical interface
AD & Identity management
Best Practice Analyzers
Overview

2.8 GHz Dual
Core Processor
Core Parking
Adjusting P-states
Centralizedstorage
P-State=0
Processor
Core 1 Active
Processor
Core 2 Inactive
Processor
Core 4 Inactive
Processor
Core 3 Inactive
Power Management
Processor
Core 1
Storage Area
Network
P-State=4
Processor
Core 2

New & Improved Consoles

Powershell 2.0
Improved Command-line shell & Scripting Language
Improves productivity & control
Accelerates automation of system admin
Easy-to-use
Works with existing scripts
Community Model
Integration
New Features
Active Directory Administration Center
IIS
Power Management
One-to-many remote management using WS-MGMT
Graphical PowerShell
Improved Security
Portability
New cmdlets

Active Directory Domain Services
New Active Directory Domain Servicesmanagement console
PowerShell integration/Built on PowerShell
Recovery of deleted objects
New AD Recycle Bin
Improved process for joining domains
Offline domain join
Improved management of user accounts andidentity services
Managed service accounts
Improved Active Directory Federated Services
Authentication assurance

Configuration Assurance
Integrated Best Practice Analyzer
Validates configuration information
Enhances infrastructure reliability
Improves compliance with service level agreements

Key Changes to IIS in R2
IIS 7.5
New IIS Manager Modules
ASP.NET on Server Core
Integrated PowerShell Provider
Configuration Logging & Tracing
Integrated FTP and WebDAV
Extended Protection & Security

Internet Information Services

Scalability and Reliability

Overview
Performance & Scalability
Storage

Performance & Scalability
CPUs
Support for 256 Logical Processors (LP)
NUMA enhancements
System Topology APIs
Virtualization
Live Migration
SLAT support (NPT/SPT)
NUMA scheduling improvements
Power
Improved Processor Power Management Policies & additional optimization of Windows Server component power usage
Reduced Memory
Reduced
Power
Windows
Server
2008 R2
Scale -
256 p
Virtualization

Performance & ScalabilityContinued…
Memory Footprint Reduction
General OS memory reductions
Reductions in non-paged memory
Trigger start of drivers and services
Wide Area Network
File copy improvements (per-file round trips reduced
Downloads: 5 (old) to 3 (new)
Uploads: 4 (old) to 3 (new)

Scaling Improvements
FSCT File Server Workload (16 core server)
OLTP SQL Server Workload
+ 32%
1.7x scaling
throughput
throughput

Classify Data
Store classification properties
Apply Policy based on classification
Discover Data
Examine Data for qualities bearing on classification
Set classification properties API for external applications
Get classification properties API for external applications
In-box, end-to-end scenarios
Integration with SharePoint
Extensible infrastructure & Partner ecosystem
File Classification Extensibility points

Concurrent access to a single file system
SAN
VHD
VHD
VHD
Single Volume

Better Together

DirectAccess™
Oveview
BranchCache™
Read-Only DFS for branch security
Serving Up the Virtual Desktop
Protection for Mobile Data

DirectAccess™
Remote access is now ubiquitous
Comprehensive anywhere access for Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2
Seamless, always-on, secure connectivity; no separate client software required
Utilizes networking technologies already in Windows Server 2008
No separate action required to connect to corpnet while remote. Corpnet is simply there.
Leverages policy-based network access
Enables desktop management regardless of client location.

DirectAccess
IPv4 Devices
IPv6 Devices
Support IPv4 via 6to4 transition services or NAT-PT
IT desktop management
DirectAccess provides transparent, secured access to intranet resources without a VPN
Native IPv6 with IPSec
Allows desktop management of DirectAccess clients
AD Group Policy, NAP, software updates
IPv6 Transition Services
Supports direct connectivity to IPv6-based intranet resources
DirectAccess
Server
Internet
Supports variety of remote network protocols
Allows IPSec encryption and authentication
Windows 7 Client

BranchCache™
Reduces Wide Area Network (WAN) link utilization
Completely transparent to the user
Supports end-to-end encryption between clients and servers
HTTP, SMB and BITS protocols are optimized
Two deployment models:
Distributed mode
Hosted caching

Improving Branch PerformanceDistributed Mode
Second client downloads identifiers from main office server
Client 1
Main Office
Client 2
First client downloads data from main office server
Branch Office
Second client searches local network for data and downloads from first client

Client 1
First client downloads data from main office server
Client 2
Branch Office
Improving Branch PerformanceHosted Caching
Second client downloads from hosted cache
Content pushed to hosted cache from first client
Main Office
Second client downloads identifiers from main office server

Improving Branch Office Security
Regional Datacenter
Support for read-only DFS
Read-only Replica of DFS
Read/Write Replica of DFS
Branch Office
Provides a read-only, replica copy of read/write DFS resources
Deletions are not allowed
Prevents modifications within branch office

Protection for Mobile Data
Encrypt data on removable drives
Provided by BitLocker to Go Drive Encryption
Store encryption keys in Windows Server 2008 R2 Active Directory
Windows Server 2008 R2 Active Directory

Summary
Increased server consolidation
Greater administrative control
Rich Web-based experiences
Performance and scalability enhancements
Unprecedented synergies with client OS
Anywhere access
Taking an enterprise-class foundation to the next level

Resources
Windows Server Division Blog - http://blogs.technet.com/windowsserver
Dario Blog - http://www.dario.co.il/blog

Thanks for listening!
Amit Gatenyo
Infrastructure & Security Manager, Dario
Microsoft Regional Director – Windows Server & Security
054-2492499
Amit.g@dario.co.il

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