Server Manager in Windows Server 2012 was redesigned to improve the admin experience. It features a metro style interface for managing local and remote servers simultaneously. Admins can now multi-select servers and start services together, create custom server groups, filter servers, and remotely add roles to local and remote servers including Server Core. Server Manager also integrates with PowerShell for automating management tasks.

2. Windows Server 2012
Management and Infrastructure
Server Manager

3. Server Manager Redesigned
- Why Should Administrators Care?
A Closer Look at Server Manager
Demo
Next Steps

4. Server Manager
Why redesigned? How does it benefit admins?

5. Why Server Manager Redesigned?

6. Server Manager
A Closer Look

7. Metro Style and the Local Server
Experience
• By default, Server Manager
starts when logging on to
server
• Administrative Tools available
from the Tools Menu

8. Multi-Machine Management
• Glanceable

9. Multi-Machine Management
• Directly actionable
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10. Multi-Machine Management
• Multi-select and start all services together

11. Multi-Machine Management
• Custom Server Groups

12. Multi-Machine Management
• Filterable

13. Remotely Add Roles
• Local server
• Remote server (including Server Core)
• Offline VHD
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14. Automating Server Manager with
PowerShell
• Over 2300 cmdlets
• Searchable cmdlets
• IntelliSense

15. Server Manager
DEMO

16. Windows Server 2012 Home Page and Product
Download
http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/server-cloud/windows-
server/2012-default.aspx
Windows Server Blogs
http://blogs.technet.com/b/windowsserver/
Windows PowerShell Support for Windows Server
2012
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/hh801904.aspx

17. Windows Server 2012 Virtual Labs
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/windowsserver/hh968267.aspx