Microsoft Press ebook Introducing Windows Server 2012 R2 PDF.pdf

Microsoft Press ebook Introducing Windows Server 2012 R2



Great question! Mitch Tulloch and our Windows Server team recently released a new 108-page eBook, Introducing Windows Server 2012 R2 Preview Release. This eBook provides a detailed technical overview of the enhancements noted above so that you can quickly get up-to-speed with these capabilities and Get Ready for R2!



This eBook includes 6 detailed chapters on the following topics:

•Chapter 1: Cloud OS

•Chapter 2: Hyper-V

•Chapter 3: Storage

•Chapter 4: Clustering

•Chapter 5: Networking

•Chapter 6: Other enhancements

What’s New with Windows Server 2012 R2?



LOTS! The new capabilities of Windows Server 2012 R2 provide substantial enhancements when building a Private Cloud foundation across key areas such as Virtualization, Storage, Networking, High Availability and Disaster Recovery. In particular, some of my favorite new features that “R2” adds include:

•Virtualization

Generation 2 VMs, Super-fast Live VM Migrations, Online VM Storage resizing, Live cloning of running VMs, Online backup of Linux VMs … and MORE!



•Software-Defined Storage

Automated storage tiering, Dynamic storage rebalancing, Storage IO Control, Online VM Deduplication … and MORE!



•Robust High Availability

Simplified VM clustering, Protected network monitoring … and MORE!



•Software-Defined Networking

Windows Network Virtualization Gateway, Virtual RSS, Dynamic “Flowlet” load-balancing … and MORE!



•Disaster Recovery

Site-to-Site replication RPOs down to 30 seconds, Tertiary replication … and MORE!