Overview

Key Platform Investments
Kernel Changes
The Server Core Application Platform
Powerful Automation
The Ubiquitous Network Stack

2003
2005
2008
2009

Platform Hardware Trends

Web
Virtualization Management
Hyper-V™ Power Management IIS 7.5
Live Migration PowerShell 2.0 .NET Support on Server Core
Cluster Shared Volumes AD Administrative Center Integrated IIS Extensions
Remote Desktop Services New Best Practices Analyzers Configuration Tracing
Solid Foundation for Enterprise Workloads
Scalability and Reliability Better Together with Windows 7
64+ Logical Processor (LP) Support DirectAccess
BranchCache™
Componentization
DHCP Failover Enhanced Group Policies
DNSSEC BitLocker on Removable Drives
RemoteApp & Desktop Connections

Key Platform Investments
Kernel Changes
The Server Core Application Platform
Powerful Automation
The Ubiquitous Network Stack

Windows 7 (x64) and Server 2008 R2 are based on
same kernel (OS version number 6.1)
Enhancements in many areas
Multi- and Many-Core Processing
Power Efficiency
Security
Management
Virtualization
Componentization and Layering
And, lots of Windows 7 specific features
TaskBar, Direct Write/2D/3D, GPGPU, Touch, others
Not covered in this course

Key Platform Investments
Kernel Changes
The Server Core Application
Platform
Powerful Automation
The Ubiquitous Network Stack

Server Core is
A minimal installation option for Windows Server
Command Line interface, no GUI Shell
Included in the following Windows Server SKUs
Web
Standard
Enterprise
Datacenter
Server Core reduces the patches required
Servicing burden is reduced by removing
components that are most often serviced
Windows 2000 is ~60% reduction
Windows Server 2003 is ~40% reduction
Windows Server 2008 to date is ~40% reduction

Server, Server Roles
(for example only)
TS NAS ADFS WDS Etc…
Server Core Server Roles and Optional Features
.NET
.NET
ASP.NET Server
PS
3/3.5
2.0
With .NetFx, Shell,
Tools, etc.
AD Print Media
File
DNS DHCP AD IIS 7 Hyper-V
LDS Server
GUI, Shell,
Server Core WoW64
IE, Media,
Security, TCP/IP, File Systems, RPC,
Mail, Etc.
plus other Core Server Sub-Systems

Key Platform Investments
Kernel Changes
The Server Core Application Platform
Powerful Automation
The Ubiquitous Network Stack

• As interactive and composable as BASH/KSH
• As programmatic as Perl/Python/Ruby
• As production oriented as AS400 CL/VMS DCL
• Allows access to data stores as easy to access as filesystem

Key Platform Investments
Kernel Changes
The Server Core Application Platform
Automation with Power
The Ubiquitous Network Stack

Leverage the Enterprise Network Stack
(client and server) to build world-class
applications.
Get great functionality for free (e.g. w/R2).
Direct Access
Branch Cache
New R2 Solutions Leveraging the Stack
BITs Compact Server
Native Web Services API (WWSAPI)

Microsoft.com
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsserver2008/en/us/R2.aspx
MSDN Channel9
http://channel9.msdn.com/tags/W2K8R2
MSDN Code Gallery
http://code.msdn.microsoft.com/w2k8r2
MSDN Server Dev Center
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/windowsserver

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