Windows Server 2012 Deep-Dive - EPC Group

1. Windows Server 2012 Deep-Dive

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Support for a
modern work
style
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Ability to achieve business continuity with inbox disaster recovery solutions
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Best-in-class hybrid cloud experience with a common set of technologies
Reduced storage costs with Storage Spaces and other storage enhancements
•
Increased server/administrator ratio through Windows PowerShell and multimachine
management
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Increased uptime with Cluster-Aware Updating and transparent failover
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Cost savings and
increased
efficiencies
Enterprise-class scale and performance, so you can virtualize every application
•
Comprehensive
cloud platform
Complete, built-in virtualization platform
Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI): simplified management and reduced cost of
implementations
•
Optimized branch office wide area network (WAN) bandwidth use
•
Ability for remote users to more securely access internal resources without a virtual
private network (VPN)
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3. SCALE AND
PERFORMANCE
MAXIMUM NUMBER
System
Resource
Windows 2008 R2
Windows Server 2012
Improvement
factor
Host
Logical processors on
hardware
64
320
5
Physical memory
1 TB
4 TB
4
Virtual processors per host
512
2,048
4
Virtual processors per virtual
machine
4
64
16
Memory per virtual machine
64 GB
1 TB
16
Active virtual machines
384
1,024
2.7
Nodes
16
64
4
Virtual machines
1,000
8,000
8
Virtual
machine
Cluster
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4. Delivers
enterprise-class
performance
Optimizes
capacity utilization
Storage Spaces
SMB 3.0
Resilient to
component
failures
Lowers the cost of
acquisition, deplo
yment, and
operations
Data
Deduplication
SMB Direct
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5. Common Configurations

6. Creating an SMB Share
From Server Manager:
1. Log on or connect to a
Windows Server 2012
computer on which the
File and Storage role is
installed. Open Server
Manager and navigate
to File and Storage
Services
2. In Server Manager, start
the New Share Wizard
With PowerShell:
# Create folder MD X:VMS # Create file share New-SmbShare -Name VMS1
-Path X:VMS -FullAccess
DomainHVAdmin, DomainHV1$, DomainHV2$, DomainHVC$ # Set NTFS
permissions from the file share permissions (Get-SmbShare VMS1).PresetPathAcl | SetAcl

7. ENTERPRISE-CLASS
FEATURES ON LESS
EXPENSIVE HARDWARE
• Highly available, shared
Microsoft
SQL Server
Hyper-V Cluster
SMB
• Increased flexibility, and
Single Logical Server FooShare
easier provisioning and
management
File Server
Cluster
• Ability to take advantage
of existing network
infrastructure
Single File System Namespace
• No application downtime
Cluster Shared Volumes
Windows
Virtualized
Storage
data store for SQL Server
databases and Hyper-V
workloads
Storage Space
RAID
Array
RAID
Storage Space
Array
Storage Space
RAID
Array
for planned maintenance
or unplanned failures with
failover clustering
• Highly available scale-out
file server
Storage Pool
Physical
Storage
SAN
Storage Pool
• Built-in encryption
support
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8. CONTINUOUS
APPLICATION
AVAILABILITY
• High-performance, continually available
fileshares for business critical applications
• Support for planned moves, load
balancing, operating system
restart, unplanned failures, and client
redirection (scale-out only)
• Resilient for file and directory operations
• All servers involved should have Windows
Server 2012
Windows Server file server cluster
• Failover transparent to server applications
with zero downtime and with only a small
I/O delay
fooshare
foo1share1
foo2share1
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9. Help ensure that
networking is no
longer the bottle
neck
Deliver highspeed data
transfer on
industry-standard
hardware
Gain predictable
performance
Scale
automatically as
demand increases
Receive Segment
Coalescing (RSC)
Dynamic Virtual
Machine Queue
(D-VMQ)
Single Root I/O
Virtualization
(SR-IOV)
Receive-Side
Scaling (RSS)
SMB Direct
(RDMA)
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10. ENTERPRISE-CLASS
FEATURES ON LESS
EXPENSIVE HARDWARE
• Higher performance
Without RDMA
With RDMA
File Client
File Server
App
Buffer
SMB
Buffer
SMB
Buffer
through offloading of
network I/O processing
onto network adapter
• High throughput with
low latency and ability to
take advantage of highspeed networks (such as
InfiniBand and iWARP)
• Remote storage at the
OS
Buffer
OS
Buffer
Driver
Buffer
Driver
Buffer
speed of direct storage
• Transfer rate of around
50 Gbs on a single NIC
port
• Compatible with SMB
Adapter
Buffer
rNIC
NIC
iWARP
InfiniBand
rNIC
NIC
Adapter
Buffer
Multichannel for load
balancing and failover
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11. CONTINUOUS
APPLICATION
AVAILABILITY
• Automatic detection and use of multiple network
connections between SMB client and server
SMB
client
NIC
• Helps server applications be resilient to network
failure
• Transparent Failover with recovery of network
failure if another connection is unavailable
SMB
server
NIC
File
copy
File
copy
• Improved throughput
• Bandwidth aggregation through NIC
Teaming
• Multiple nodes/CPUs for network
processing with RSS-capable network
adapters
NIC
NIC
• Automatic configuration with very little
administrative overhead
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12. Clie
nt NIC
Client
Client
VM
VM
VM
Virtual
Machine
vNIC
Switch
vSwitch
Switch
Clie
nt NIC
Client
Client
NIC Teaming
NIC
Router
Switch
NIC
Switch
File
File
Share
Share
Space
Space
vDisk
Disk
SMB 3,0
Client
Hyper-V
Hyper-V
SQL Server
Hyper-V
Host
SMB 3,0
Server
Switch
R-NIC
R-NIC
R-NIC
R-NIC
Switch
Storage
Spaces
File
Server
File
Server
SAS
Module
Disk
Disk
Disk
SAS JBOD
SAS HBA
SAS HBA
Disk
SAS
Module
Disk
Disk
SAS JBOD
Disk

13. IMPROVED
PERFORMANCE,
MORE CHOICE
Offloaded Data Transfer (ODX)
Token-based data transfer between
intelligent storage arrays
Benefits
• Rapid virtual machine provisioning and
migration
• Faster transfers on large files
• Minimized latency
• Maximized array throughput
• Less CPU and network use
• Performance not limited by network
throughput or server use
• Improved datacenter capacity and scale
External Intelligent Storage Array
Token
Virtual Disk
Virtual Disk
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14. IMPROVED PERFORMANCE AND MORE CHOICE
THROUGH INDUSTRY INNOVATION
ALWAYS ON,
ENTERPRISE-CLASS FEATURES ON LESS EXPENSIVE HARDWARE
ALWAYS UP SERVICES
Storage Spaces
Application storage support
through SMB 3.0
Offloaded Data Transfers
(ODX)
Virtual Fibre Channel
for Hyper-V
Data Deduplication
Server Message Block (SMB)
Direct
Windows Cluster in a Box
Windows Storage Server
CONTINUOUS APPLICATION AVAILABILITY
SIMPLIFIED MANAGEABILITY
File system enhancements
SMB Transparent Failover
Online backup
Management options
Cluster-Aware
Updating (CAU)
SMB Multichannel
High availability with iSCSI and
NFS
Unified storage
management
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15. What is Storage Spaces & Thin
Provisioning?
Storage Spaces
• New in Windows Server 2012
• Provides an in-box storage virtualization that can use low-cost commodity storage devices
• Aggregates unallocated space on physical disks installed in or connected to servers through
a ―pooling‖ model
• Can provide a cost-effective platform for business critical storage across a variety of
scenarios
Thin Provisioning
• ―Just-in-Time‖ allocations of storage with the ability to reclaim storage (―Trim‖)
• Integrated with Storage Spaces

16. Why Should You Care?
The features of Storage Spaces are designed to meet a variety of challenges in
support of highly-available storage
Storage pools
• Can be mapped to combinations of hard disks as well as solid-state drives
(SSDs)
• Can be expanded dynamically by simply adding additional drives, thereby
seamlessly scaling to cope with unceasing data growth
Multitenancy
• Administration of storage pools can be controlled through access control lists
(ACLs) and delegated on a per-pool basis
• Can be fully integrated with Active Directory Domain Services
Resilient storage
• Storage Spaces support two optional resiliency modes (mirroring and parity)
• Per-pool support for disks that are reserved for replacing failed disks (hot
spares), background scrubbing, and intelligent error correction allow
continuous service availability despite storage component failures

17. Storage Spaces Requirements
• Windows Server 2012
• Serial ATA (SATA) or Serial Attached SCSI (SAS)
connected disks (in an optional just-a-bunch-ofdisks [JBOD] enclosure)
• Multinode clustered shared-storage deployments
• Two or more servers running Windows Server
2012
• Requirements as specified for failover
clustering and Windows CSV
• SAS connected JBODs that comply with
Windows Certification requirements
Drive
Type
Stand-Alone
File Servers
Clustered
File Servers
SATA
Supported
SCSI
Supported
iSCSI
Supported
Supported
SAS
Supported
Supported
USB
Supported
• The criterion for determining which drives are eligible to be part of a Pool are:
• Minimum drive size is 10 GB
• Drive is empty, i.e. no partition data exists on the drive
• Drive is not assigned to any other pool
• The Primordial Pool will consist of Physical Disks that are not assigned to
any existing Storage Pool

18. How does Storage Spaces Work?
An example…

19. Storage Spaces Management Interface

20. Configuring a Storage Pool

21. Creating a Storage Space (Virtual Disk)

22. Data Redundancy in Storage Spaces
Redundancy Type Description
Simple
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Data is striped across physical disks
Maximizes capacity
Increases throughput
Mirror
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Data is duplicated on two or three physical disks
Increases reliability
Reduces capacity by 50 to 66 percent
Parity
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Data and parity information are striped across physical disks
Increases reliability
Reduces capacity by 13 to 33 percent

23. ENTERPRISE-CLASS
FEATURES ON LESS
EXPENSIVE HARDWARE
Windows Application Server or File Server
Storage Pools and Storage
Spaces
Physical or
virtualized
deployments
Integrated
with other
Windows
Server 2012
capabilities
Windows
Virtualized
Storage
• Virtualization of storage with
• Storage resilience and
File Server Administration
Console
Hyper-V
Failover Clustering
NTFS
SMB Direct
Cluster Shared Volume
NFS
Windows Storage Mgmt.
SMB Multichannel
availability with commodity
hardware
• Resiliency and data
redundancy through
n-way mirroring (clustered or
unclustered) or parity mode
(unclustered)
• Utilization optimized through
Storage Space
Storage Space
Storage Space
thin and trim provisioning and
enclosure awareness
• Integration with other
Storage Pool
Storage Pool
Windows Server 2012
capabilities
• Serial Attached SCSI (SAS)
Physical
Storage
and Serial AT Attachment
(SATA) interconnects
(Shared) SAS or SATA
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24. Managing Storage with PowerShell
PowerShell is required to access many of the advanced
features afforded by the new Storage Management
application programming interface (API)
Example: New-StoragePool
Parameters configured with GUI and PowerShell
• Underlying storage pool name
• Virtual disk name
• Resiliency setting (Simple, Mirror, or parity)
• Provisioning type (Thin or Fixed)
• Virtual disk size
Parameters configured only with PowerShell
• Number of columns: the number of columns the
virtual disk contains
• Number of data copies - number of complete
copies of data that can be maintained
• Disk interleave - number of bytes forming a stripe
• Physical disks to use - specific disks to use in the
virtual disk

25. Integrating Storage Pools with Failover
Clustering
• Clustered Storage Spaces require
fixed provisioning
• Clustered virtual disks require
underlying hardware to support
persistent reservations

26. CONTINUOUS
APPLICATION
AVAILABILITY
CHKDSK
NTFS improvements
• Seconds to fix corrupted data
• Rapid recovery from file system corruption without affecting
• availability time when used with CSV
No offline
• Rapid recovery from file system corruption without
affecting availability
• Resilient against power outage corruption
• Periodic checksum validation of file system metadata
• Improved data integrity protection
• Ideal for file server volumes
• Disk corruption virtually eliminated through process
• Data scanning process separated from repair allocate-on-write
• Online scanning validation of file offline meta-data
• Period checksumwith volume and system repair
• Seamless data integrity protection
400
300
200
100
0
100 Million Files
200 Million Files
Windows Server 2008 R2
300 Million Files
Windows Server 2012
Source: ―Microsoft Internal Testing"
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27. CONTINUOUS
APPLICATION
AVAILABILITY
• Reduces server downtime and user
disruption by orchestration of cluster node
updates
• Maintains service availability without
impacting cluster quorum
U
Third-party plug-in for updates
• Detects required updates and moves
workloads off nodes for updates
• Uses Windows Update Agent or extensible
plug-in
Windows Server Cluster
Current
Workload
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28. Deliver enterprise ready performance on a wide
range of hardware
Offloaded Data
Transfer (ODX)
Virtual Fibre
Channel in HyperV
Offer a wide range of
choices to meet
customer needs
Windows Cluster
in a Box
Windows Storage
Server
Maximize returns on
storage investments
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29. IMPROVED
PERFORMANCE,
MORE CHOICE
Windows Cluster in a Box
ODX
SMB Direct
Quanta Computer
Fujitsu
Dell
EMC
Mellanox
HP
Intel
HP
Fujitsu
Intel
Wiwynn
LSI
IBM
Hitachi
Violin Memory
HA-DAS.com
NetApp
NEC
Xio
Chelsio
Xyratex
Windows Storage Server 2012
DELL
Western Digital
Fujitsu
SIEMENS
Pivot 3
BOSCH
BUFFALO
IBM
XTORE
LACIE
Pyramid
N-TEC
Acma
Variel
HP
MaXXan
Unibrain
Thomas-Krenn.AG
AMAX
DNF
WINCHESTER SYSTEM
NEC
AREA
CM
Broadberry
ABERDEEN
Storageflex
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30. Enables consistent, repeatable, and
reliable automation
Provides a richer
set of tools for IT
Pros and
developers
Makes
complex
tasks easier to
perform with a
simple wizarddriven experience
Comprehensive storage management
with SMI-S support
Windows PowerShell
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31. SIMPLIFIED
MANAGEABILITY
SMI-S and WMI
Management
software
Storage
management APIs
Third-party management
application
File server manager
Windows storage management API (Windows
PowerShell and WMI)
Microsoft System Center
Pass-through API for extensibility (WMI)
Storage management provider (SMP) interface
Windows standards-based
storage management services
Storage vendor
hardware and
software
SMI-S hardware
provider
Storage
array/RAID
controller
SMI-S hardware
provider
Storage
array/RAID
controller
SMP: Third-party providers
SMP: Storage Spaces
• Centralized storage
management interface
for administrators
• SMI-S compliant SAN
management from
Windows Server
Manager
• Remote management of
servers and server
storage
Proprietary transport and/or
protocol
Storage
array/RAID
controller
Industry
standard
storage
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32. SIMPLIFIED
MANAGEABILITY
Server Manager UI
Management Packs for Microsoft
System Center include:
SMB
NFS
iSCSI
Deduplication
File Server Resource Manager and File
Classification Infrastructure (FCI)
• DFS-N and DFS-R
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Robust automation with Windows
PowerShell and WMI
Get-Command –module [
]
SMBshare
NFS
FileServerResourceManager
DFSN
Deduplication
iSCSITarget
Storage
FailOverClusters
Best Practice Analyzer (BPA) available
for all components
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33. NEEDS
CHALLENGES
Simplified networking infrastructure
Keep services resilient to underlying hardware failures
Guaranteed high levels of service level agreement
(SLA)
Manage complex network management solutions
Better manageability, greater control, and more
extensibility
Continuously available and resilient network
infrastructure
Maximize use of resources in a multitenant
environment
Support new hardware technologies
Deliver better performance, higher density, lower
power consumption, and hardware offloading
More flexible and agile solutions
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34. CONTINUOUS APPLICATION AVAILABILITY
RICHER
ECOSYSTEM
HIGH-PERFORMANCE
NETWORKING
OPERATIONAL EFFICIENCY
NIC Teaming
Server Message Block
(SMB) 3.0 Multichannel
Hyper-V Extensible
Switch
SMB Direct
IP Address
Management (IPAM)
Dynamic Host
Configuration Protocol
(DHCP) failover
Quality of Service
(QoS)
Hardware partners
Single Root I/O
Virtualization (SR-IOV)
Resource Metering
Receive-Side scaling
(RSS)
Microsoft Windows
PowerShell
Receive Segment
Coalescing (RSC)
BranchCache
SIMPLIFIED MULTITENANT INFRASTRUCTURE
Private virtual local area
network (PVLAN)
Hyper-V Network
Virtualization
Cross-premises
connectivity
Dynamic Virtual
Machine Queue
(D-VMQ)
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35. Run services
without
interruption
Provide consistent
bandwidth for
services
NIC
Teaming
Quality of Service
Automatically
remediate issues
with no human
intervention
Embrace a multivendor ecosystem
DHCP
failover
SMB
Multichannel
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36. NIC Teaming
Benefits
• Higher reliability against
failure
• Better throughput
CONTINUOUS
SERVICES
What is NIC Teaming?
• Multiple parallel network connections
• Increases throughput
• Provides redundancy in case of link failure
NIC Teaming in a Hyper-V
environment
• Uses virtual network adapters
• Windows PowerShell
Management
• Configuration UI for NIC
Teaming Server Manager
• Can connect to more than one virtual switch
• Maintains connectivity if one switch
disconnects
• Can support up to 32 network adapters in a
team (Example: SR-IOV)
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37. CONTINUOUS
APPLICATION
AVAILABILITY
• Provides network fault tolerance and
continuous availability when network adapters
fail by teaming multiple network interfaces
• Vendor agnostic and shipped inbox
• Provides local or remote management
through Windows PowerShell or UI
Virtual
adapters
Team network
adapter
Team network
adapter
• Enables teams of up to 32 network adapters
• Aggregates bandwidth from multiple network
adapters
• Includes multiple nodes: switch dependent
and independent
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38. Provide an
easy-to-use,
robust automation
framework
Monitor
resource usage
IP Address
Management
BranchCache
Simplify data
transfer in
multisite
environments
Manage IP
address space and
consolidate
external tools
Resource
Metering
Windows
PowerShell
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39. OPERATIONAL
EFFICIENCY
Comprehensive coverage with more than 400 cmdlets related to
networking
Remote machine management support
Integrated object model
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40. STANDARDS-BASED MANAGEMENT
MULTISERVER
MANAGEMENT
ECOSYSTEM AND
EXTENSIBILITY
Windows Management Framework
provides a common platform for building
automation and integration incorporating PowerShell, WSManagement and WMI
Server Manager
enables a
multiserver
management
experience that
builds on the
standardized
approach to
management
and robust
automation
capabilities
Cross platform
capabilities
enable
automation
across the
datacenter
ROBUST AUTOMATION
Windows PowerShell 3.0
provides more features to allow more activities
to be automated across the server ecosystem
Standardized
interfaces and
tools extend the
interoperability
with DevOps
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41. Windows
Management
Framework
Simplifies the
management
of a diverse
ecosystem
Standard APIs
Standard
protocols
Standard
models
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42. STANDARDSBASED
MANAGEMENT
―The NxM Problem‖
IT Pro
Solution Provider
Tool Developer
Number of devices to manage
Methods to manage each device
Disk
Storage
Operating
system
Devices
Managed
objects
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43. STANDARDSBASED
MANAGEMENT
Maximize the value of using the Windows Management Framework
IT Pro
Tool Developer
Solution Provider
Windows Management
Framework
Disk
Storage
Operating
system
Devices
Managed
objects
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44. STANDARDSBASED
MANAGEMENT
Maximize the value of using the Windows Management Framework
IT Pro
Solution Provider
Tool Developer
Standard APIs: MI Client, Windows PowerShell, Open Data Protocol (OData)
Standard protocols: WS-Management, REST, HTTP, PSRP
Standard models: Common Information Model (CIM) schema, Storage
Management Initiative Specification (SMI-S)
Disk
Storage
Operating
System
Devices
Managed
objects
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45. STANDARDSBASED
MANAGEMENT
Made WS-Management the default protocol for management
Adopt the latest
Common Information
Model:
Allows Windows clients to
manage Linux/UNIX and
standards-compliant devices
and services
Allows Linux/UNIX devices to
manage Windows
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46. STANDARDSBASED
MANAGEMENT
Simplify and lower the
cost of:
Instrumenting services and
devices for Windows—
through Windows
Management Infrastructure
(WMI) providers
Developing PowerShell
cmdlets in native code, as
CIM providers
Use SMI-S to manage
external storage arrays:
Standards-based way to
access and manage storage
SMI-S service in the box for
easier storage discovery
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47. STANDARDSBASED
MANAGEMENT
Provide Windows
Management Framework 3.0 on:
Client:
• Windows 7
Server:
• Windows Server 2012
• Windows Server 2008 R2
• Windows Server 2008
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48. Broader coverage
More intuitive
Windows
PowerShell 3.0
Greater resiliency
Higher performance
Provides greater flexibility, reducing
the cost and complexity of
management in a diverse datacenter
ecosystem
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49. ROBUST
AUTOMATION
Key features
Broader coverage
Greater resiliency
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Rich management through more than 2300
cmdlets
Windows PowerShell Web Access
Robust session connectivity
Disconnected sessions
Session configuration files
Job scheduling
Windows PowerShell Workflow
More intuitive
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Integrated Scripting Environment 3.0:
IntelliSense | Code Snippets
Syntax simplification
Cmdlet discovery and module
autoloading
Updatable help
Script-sharing
Higher performance
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On-the-fly compilation— scripts run up to
six times faster
Performance improvements
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50. Broader coverage
ROBUST
AUTOMATION
Windows PowerShell 3.0
• Comprehensive management with
more than 2300 cmdlets in 85
modules
• Many new modules that allow the
use of Windows PowerShell 3.0 to
manage all aspects of the datacenter
For example
New modules for:
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Networking cmdlets
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Storage cmdlets
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Hyper-V cmdlets
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Remote Desktop cmdlets
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Others
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Windows PowerShell Workflow
.NET Framework 4 support
Add-Member improvements
Computer cmdlets
CSV handling improvements
Get-ChildItem attributes
Get-Command improvements
Default parameter values
Better history support
Security cmdlet fixes
Select-Object optimizations
Select-String improvements
Tee-Object -Append
Disconnected sessions
Idle timeout & server buffering control
Invoke-Command in disconnected sessions
Disconnected jobs
STA mode by default
Run with PowerShell context menu
Module autoloading
Console host start perf improvements
ETW logging and tracing
Core CIM cmdlets
New Group Policy settings
Output redirection for all streams
Array member enumeration
Word wrap in console host
Default properties on custom objects
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Updatable help system
Method overload discovery
HelpUri attribute support
HelpFile property on FunctionInfo
Simplified Where and ForEach
Remoting local variables via $using
Dynamic types & formats
Get-Content -Tail
Generic method invocation
Typecasting deserialized objects
New parser built on DLR
Improved method overload selection
New objects from hash tables
Typecasting for parameter values
Pipeline paging APIs
Nested pipeline APIs
$PSScriptRoot and $PSCommandPath
Ordered hash tables
Improved module discovery & import
New module manifest keys
Public abstract syntax tree
Runspace pool cleanup API
Public tab completion
Windows RT API support
Obsolete cmdlet attribute
Command discovery improvements
Script autosave support
Out-GridView -PassThru
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CIM cmdlet authoring from WMI v2
CIM .NET APIs
Job scheduling
Runtime script compilation
Engine reliability improvements
Better Get-ChildItem network performance
Cmdlet definition files
Certificate provider improvements
Alternate NTFS data stream support
Move-Item across drives
Remote module discovery & import
Credentials for FileSystem provider
Remote session autodisconnect & retry
Transport options for remote sessions
Module logging
Workflow persistence
Job integration with Task Scheduler
Alternate credential support for jobs
Update console font & branding
Verb & noun on FunctionInfo
Special character handling
LiteralPath support for core cmdlets
DLR-based tab completion
Session configuration files
IntelliSense support
Windows Management Framework 3.0
Windows PE integration
Windows RT support
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Windows PowerShell Web Access
Management OData IIS Extension
XAML-based workflows
Script-based workflows
Control Panel cmdlets
Unblock-File cmdlet
Workflow help
Cmdlet to activity conversion
RunAs and SharedHost support
Improved WMI object formatting
Heterogeneous object formatting
Workflow logging
Workflow extensibility
Common workflow parameters
Workflow execution environment
Snippets
ISE Add-ons
$PSItem alias for $_
Show-Command
Get-Help -ShowWindow
Restart Manager support
Web & REST cmdlets
JSON cmdlets
XML syntax highlighting
Block select
Collapsible regions
Contextual F1 support
Script Explorer
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52. ROBUST
AUTOMATION
Broad support for
popular browsers
Windows PowerShell
Web Access
• New to Windows Server
2012
• Manage computers
running Windows by
using Windows
PowerShell within a
browser
Built for tablets and
mobile devices as
well as PCs
Internet
Browser
Corporate
network
Windows PowerShell
Web Access
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53. ROBUST
AUTOMATION
Key features
Broader coverage
Greater resiliency
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
Rich management through more than 2300
cmdlets
Windows PowerShell Web Access
Robust session connectivity
Disconnected sessions
Session configuration files
Job scheduling
Windows PowerShell Workflow
More intuitive
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•
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Integrated Scripting Environment 3.0:
IntelliSense | Code Snippets
Syntax simplification
Cmdlet discovery and module
autoloading
Updatable help
Script-sharing
Higher performance
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•
On-the-fly compilation— scripts run up to
six times faster
Performance Improvements
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54. More intuitive
ROBUST
AUTOMATION
IntelliSense
• Context-sensitive command
completion for cmdlet and script
names, parameter names and
enumerated values, and property
and method names
• Show-Command pane for finding
and running cmdlets in a dialog box
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55. More intuitive
ROBUST
AUTOMATION
Simplified Scripting
• Syntax simplification: Windows
PowerShell 3.0 includes
simplified, consistent syntax across
all cmdlets
• Simplified scripting through
Windows PowerShell ISE 3.0:
• Built-in code snippets include
templates for
functions, parameters, and
statements
• Users do not need to remember
the syntax
Snippets add reusable text to scripts and commands
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56. More intuitive
ROBUST
AUTOMATION
Cmdlet discovery
• Simplified learning
• Get-Command has been updated to find
all cmdlets installed on the system
• Cmdlets can be used immediately because
modules are imported automatically on
first use
For example
To find cmdlets, run Get-Command:
Get-Command *-Net*
To get the syntax of a cmdlet, run:
Get-Command <Command Name> -Syntax
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57. ROBUST
AUTOMATION
03
Updatable help
Update-Help
Install the latest Windows PowerShell Help files on the
local computer.
Save-Help
Download the latest Windows PowerShell Help files into a
network share.
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58. More intuitive
ROBUST
AUTOMATION
Script Sharing
• Microsoft Script Explorer for
Windows PowerShell –
available on Download
Center
• Provides access to
community-generated
Windows PowerShell scripts
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59. ROBUST
AUTOMATION
Key features
Broader coverage
Greater resiliency
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
Rich management through more than 2300
cmdlets
Windows PowerShell Web Access
Robust session connectivity
Disconnected sessions
Session configuration files
Job scheduling
Windows PowerShell Workflow
More intuitive
•
•
•
•
•
Integrated Scripting Environment 3.0:
IntelliSense | Code Snippets
Syntax simplification
Cmdlet discovery and module
autoloading
Updatable help
Script-sharing
Higher performance
•
•
On-the-fly compilation— scripts run up to
six times faster
Performance Improvements
59

60. Benefits
Simplifies
administration of
multiple
servers, even in
multiple sites
Makes cmdlets easier
to learn and scripts
easier to write
Offers path toward
full automation
Enables greater
productivity
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61. Deploys roles and features
to remote servers and
offline virtual hard disks
Improves the efficiency of
administrators managing
multiserver environments
Simplifies the processes of
configuring new servers
Use an integrated console
to respond to issues with
more speed and agility
Uses a role-centric dashboard to
provide a clear understanding of
the state of servers, at a glance
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62. Remote
deployment of
roles and features
•
Add Roles and Features
wizard to deploy to a
single server
•
Save deployment
settings to
configuration file for
reuse
•
Deploy to many
machines using
Windows PowerShell
62

63. Simplified
provisioning of
new virtual server
images
• New ability to
deploy roles and
features directly to
offline virtual hard
disks
63

64. Streamlined server
configuration and
deployment
• Configuration
functionality previously
provided by the initial
configuration tasks
window
• Single surface for
managing the
configuration of
Windows Server and its
roles and features
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65. Multiserver
experience
• Manage groups of
servers collectively from
within a
single, integrated
console
• Respond to businesscritical problems with
greater speed and
agility
• Generate status views
for multiple servers
after polling servers for
operational statistics
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66. Then
Windows Server
2008 R2
• Connect to server
roles (such as File
Services, HyperV, and Remote
Desktop Services)
on a per-server
basis.
FILE SERVICES
HYPER-V
STORAGE
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67. Now
Windows Server
2012
• Manage a server
role as it spans
across servers, or
look at a server and
the server roles on
that server. Both
options are
important.
Server 1 Server 2
Server 1
Server 3
Server 2
Role 1
Role 2
Role 3
Server 1
Role 1
Server 3
Role 3
Role 2
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68. Provides a standard set
of tools to deploy and
administer servers
across the datacenter
Standardized automation across
the datacenter
Extension of the development
and operations story
Interoperates with
environments that are
not based on Windows
Enables developers and
operations to use the
same interfaces
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69. Windows PowerShell
• New WMI provider API
(MI) with extended
Windows PowerShell
semantics
• Open Management
Infrastructure (OMI) for
Linux and UNIX with the
same MI provider API
• Full implementation of
WS-Man on Windows
and Linux/UNIX
• New MI client with
integrated Windows
PowerShell layer
MI client API
Microsoft .NET MI API
Native MI API
WS-Man
protocol handler
Linux/UNIX
Windows
MI
provider
Classic
provider
MI
provider
Windows Management
Infrastructure
Open management
infrastructure
Any device
WS-Man
protocol handler
WS-Man
protocol handler
WS-Man
protocol handler
WS-Management
69

70. Open source Windows
Management Infrastructure server
implemented by Microsoft
Portable
Scalable
Small footprint
Includes Windows Server Management
protocol stack
Interacts with MI client and Windows PowerShell out of the box
Uses the same MI provider interface as
Windows Management Infrastructure
Can share provider development tools with Windows Management
Infrastructure
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71. IT Pros
• Windows PowerShell:
Manage Windows and
Linux/UNIX
• OData: Manage Windows
from Linux/UNIX
IT Pros
Developers
•
Simplified management
interface definition and
implementation for
managed services and
devices
Developers of managed
services and devices
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