Windows Server 2012 at a glance : Part 1

Tumbling arround the net and trying to get an overview over Windows Server 2012, I decided to create a quick summary containing the top links and a short summary about Windows Server 2012. The ultimate goal (at least for myself) is mastering the MCP 70-410…

Editions

Windows Server 2012 comes in the following editions:

  • Foundation
  • Essentials
  • Standard
  • Datacenter
A very good overview about the possibilities and difference can be found here (in German):
http://www.thomas-krenn.com/de/wiki/Windows_Server_2012_Editionsunterschiede

Hyper-V

One of the more prominent roles is the Hyper-V role. Wikipedia offers a nice article about the Microsoft way of virtualization under the following link:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hyper-V

Basics

Basic arcitecture of Hyper-V
Quite impressive is the scalability of Hyper-V Server 2012 in regards to the maximum ammount of memory and disk size of a virtual machine:
  • 1 TB Memory
  • 64 TB Disk Size

Virtual Networking Dive In…

Can be found at this URL:
http://blogs.technet.com/b/keithmayer/archive/2012/11/26/configuring-hyper-v-virtual-networking-in-windows-server-2012-quot-early-experts-quot-challenge-exam-70-410-and-70-417.aspx#.UVdME1dYzcs
Hyper-V contains two type of network adapters:
  • Synthetic Network Adapter
  • Legacy Network Adapter
Differences are nicely explained in the link below (German):
http://www.tecchannel.de/server/virtualisierung/2040001/unter_hyper_v_den_richtigen_netzwerk_adapter_auswaehlen/


Configuration

Ping me baby

Did you know how to enable the pinging of a server, which by the way is disabled by default?
It’s all about the Windows Firewall with a new Inbound Rule Set, „File and Printer Sharing (Echo Request – ICMPv4-In) ((Or v6-In, if you’r into IPV6)).
http://blog.blksthl.com/2012/11/20/how-to-enable-ping-in-windows-server-2012/

Manage Windows Store Apps

Application Control Policies contain a new feature called „Packaged app Rules“. We’re able to deny or allow specific Widnows 8 Store Apps to be installed on a Windows 8 Client:
http://www.grouppolicy.biz/2012/08/how-manage-published-a-k-a-metro-apps-in-windows-8-using-group-policy/

Active Directory

As usual, we start with the basics of the according Wikipedia entry for Active Directory:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Active_Directory
AD is structured in:
  • Forest
  • Tree
  • Domain
  • OU
  • Object
Service Locations (SRV) in Active Directory map the name of a service to a name of a server offering this service. 

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