Managing Windows Server 2008 R2

Technical Overview

Agenda

Today’s IT management challengesStreamlined management in Windows Server® 2008 R2Overview of Windows Server 2008 management featuresA closer look at Windows PowerShell™

Today’s IT Management Challenges

Increasing demands for ITReliance on technology for critical operationsAlways available, from anywhere

Increasing complexityAdding capabilities adds management burdenMost IT cost is managing existing systems

Trends of the future magnify challengesMove to data centers – large scale, virtualization, remote managementOutsourcing – lower skilled, high turnover users

Managing Windows Server 2008 R2

New and improved consolesWindows Deployment ServicesServer migrationBest Practices AnalyzerWindows Reliability and Performance MonitorWindows® virtualization managementWindows power managementActive Directory® and identity managementWindows PowerShell

New and Improved ConsolesManagement console Improvements

Server Manager • Provides support for remote management of computers

• Uses Best Practices Analyzer to help optimize server configurations by their roles

Active Directory Administrative Center

• Task driven user interface• Windows PowerShell cmdlets

provide the foundation for the UI

IIS Manager • Task driven user interface• Windows PowerShell cmdlets

provide the foundation for the UI

Hyper-V™ • New VM management consoles

• Updated System Center Virtual Machine Manager support

Windows Deployment Services

Driver provisioningMulticasting VHD supportImage multicastingIPv6 supportExtensible firmware interface

Server Migration

The most common way of adding new servers to an existing environment Today it is time consuming and error-proneMigration guides provide detailed instructions for supported roles

Preparation, migration, and verificationTarget roles: File, DHCP, Active Directory, DNS, Print

Migration cmdlets help migrate:Core OS settings: Local Users and Local Group Memberships, Networking, Data/Share migrationData and settings for top roles: File, DHCP

Best Practices Analyzer

Reduces improperly configured serversValidates configuration informationEnhances infrastructure reliabilityImproves server complianceProvides corrective action adviceKnowledge grows over timeSupports command line scan

Windows Reliability and Performance Monitor

Consolidates several stand-alone toolsEasily customize data collection and event trace sessionsProvides reliability monitoring functionalityPerforms diagnostic reporting

Hyper-V Virtualization Management

Supports Open VHD formatPermits management through WMIExposes performance countersSupport critical failure notificationSupports Guest Operating SystemsPermits the backup of running VMsIntegrated Shadow CopySupports point-in-time snapshots

Windows Server Power ManagementHelps control costs

Improves design and implementation methodsWindows Server 2008 R2 makes power management easySupported by:

VirtualizationAutomatic power management featuresManual features to measure power use and manage power configurations

Active Directory and Identity Management

Active Directory server role enhancementsNew forest functional levelWindows PowerShell managementMicrosoft System Center Management Pack

Active Directory Administrative CenterRecycle BinOffline domain joinManaged service accounts

Active Directory Federated Services updateAuthentication assurance

Windows PowerShell

Designed to reduce the cost and effort required to manage your IT infrastructure Easy to adopt, easy to support, and easy to shareCreated to help standardize and automate all your management processes, improving administrator efficiency and minimizing human errorNow includes the Integrated Scripting Environment (ISE) graphical interfaceSupport for transactions enables you to group commands and treat them as a single task

Windows PowerShell

Revolutionary interactive shell and scripting languageIncluded in Windows Server 2008 R2 and Windows 7Suports Script RemotingReduces the time-to-results with consistent vocabulary and syntaxProvides asynchronous executionSupports EventingAllows delegated and consistent managementImproved Server Role CoveageContains a Cmdlet-based debuggerUtilizes the .NET Framework Supports transactionsHundreds available cmdlets

Summary

Windows Server 2008 R2 is a significant advance in streamlining IT managementImprovements include:

New and improved consolesBest Practices AnalyzerWindows Reliability and Performance MonitorEnhanced virtualization managementEnhanced power managementExtended identity managementWindows PowerShell

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