Window server 2012 features

Microsoft’s Windows Server 2012 is out For many systems administrators, the query about this latest iteration of Microsoft’s server family isn’t “What’s new?
Server 2008 R2 is a superb operating system, while Server 2012 bears the stigma of Metro and also the Windows 8 controversy. Except the solution to “why care” is easy: Server 2012 is as large a leap over 2008 R2 as 2008 R2 was in excess of 2003.

Server 2012 is included with some great new features. It also refines earlier versions of Server to carry it long-ago the “never operate version 1.0″ step and around parity, in features and stability, with competing offerings

(a)  IIS 8

The Web Server (IIS) role in Windows Server 2012 gives a safe and sound, easy-to-manage, modular and extensible system for reliably hosting web sites, services, and functions. With IIS 8 you are able to impart information with consumers for the Internet, an intranet, or an extranet. IIS eight is really a unified web program that integrates IIS, ASP.NET, FTP services, PHP, and Windows Communication Foundation (WCF).

These list shows just a few of the advantages you receive through the use of IIS 8:

1. Maximize web safety from beginning to end a reduced server bottom print and automatic application isolation.

2. Easily deploy and run ASP.NET, classic ASP, and PHP web purposes on a similar server.
3. Achieve function isolation by giving employee procedures an original individuality and sandboxed configuration by default, extra reducing safety risks.
4. Easily add, remove, as well as replace built-in IIS mechanism with customized modules, suited to customer needs.
5. Speed up your web site through built-in dynamic caching and enhanced compression.

(b) POWERSHELL

Using Windows PowerShell commands in Windows Server 2012 for basic admin and networking tasks can save lots of time. That is true not just since you can script the tasks for submission on multiple computers, but you furthermore may save time by not having to navigate through sometimes complex user interface (UI) dialog boxes whenever you use PowerShell to configure person computers. Following are some PowerShell commands for basic tasks that lots of IT Administrators perform regularly

1. Rename the pc
2. Configure IP address
3. Configure a network reference to a fresh DNS server address
4. Join your working personal computer to a domain
5. Install Active Directory Domain Services (AD DS) and DNS and make a fresh domain in a fresh forest
6. Develop a DNS Reverse Lookup Zone
7. Develop a new user account in Active Directory Users and Computers

(c) DirectAccess

Direct-access offered with Windows Server 2012 combines the feature and also the RRAS role service right into a new unified server role. This new Remote Access role allows for centralized configuration, administration, and monitoring of both VPN-based remote access services and DirectAccess. Windows Server 2012 DirectAccess also provides multiple updates and enhancements to handle deployment blockers and supply simplified management.

These features include:
1. DirectAccess and RRAS coexistence
2. Simplified DirectAccess Deployment
3. Removal of PKI (Public Key Infrastructure) as prerequisite
4. In-built NAT64 and DNS64 support for IPv4 only resources
5. Support for DirectAccess behind a NAT device
6. Load Balancing Support
7. Multi Domain Support
8. NAP Integration
9. Manage-Out to clients support
10. User Monitoring / Server Status / Diagnostics
11. IP-HTTPS performance improvements
12. Server Core Support
13. Multisite Support

(d) Cluster Shared Volumes

Cluster Shared Volumes (CSVs) in the Windows Server 2012 failover cluster allow multiple nodes inside the cluster to simultaneously have read-write access a similar LUN (disk) which may be provisioned for NTFS volume. With CSVs, clustered roles can fail over quickly from one node to a different node without requiring changing your drive ownership, or dismounting and remounting a volume. CSVs also help simplify managing a potentially sizable amount of LUNs in the failover cluster.

CSVs provide a general-purpose, clustered file system in Windows Server 2012, which can be layered above NTFS. They don’t seem to be restricted to specific clustered workloads. (In Windows Server 2008 R2, CSVs only supported the Hyper-V workload.

(e) Deduplication

When Windows Server 2012 was being previewed, I used to be really shocked that deduplication could be a part of the server operating system.

I believed it might make sense for the file server only at first. It’s because it isn’t meant for structured data types like Exchange, SQL or VMs. Further, it isn’t permitted for the C:\ drive. After chewing on it a little more, I’ve found numerous additional use cases and think it quite versatile for just about any IT environment. Windows deduplication can be utilized for backup file shares, volumes for application dumps (like SQL server log backups and log flushes) and general application volumes for systems

(f) Hyper-V 3.0

The Hyper-V role allows you to create and manage a virtualized computing environment utilizing virtualization technology that is made into Windows Server 2012. Hyper-V virtualizes hardware to produce an environment in which you’ll be able to run multiple operating systems simultaneously on one physical computer, by running each operating system in its own virtual machine. For further details about Hyper-V, see the Hyper-V Overview.

(g) NFS 4.1

Network File System (NFS) provides a file sharing solution that allows you to transfer files between computers running Windows Server 2012 and UNIX operating systems using the NFS protocol

(h)  SMB 3.0

The Server Message Block (SMB) Protocol is a file sharing protocol that’s employed by default on Windows computers. To support this, Windows Server 2012 now provides an unlimited set of latest SMB features with an updated SMB protocol that greatly enhance the reliability, availability, manageability, and performance of file servers. This session overviews all of the new SMB related features that Windows Server 2012 provides.