Cool New Hyper-V Features in Windows Server 2012 R2 - Microsoft

31 Pages·2013·0.51 MB·English

by  Aidan Finn

Cool New Hyper-V Features
in Windows Server 2012 R2
Aidan Finn
About Aidan Finn
• Technical Sales Lead at MicroWarehouse (Dublin)
• Working in IT since 1996
• MVP (Virtual Machine)
• Experienced with Windows Server/Desktop, System Center,
virtualisation, and IT infrastructure
• @joe_elway
• http://www.aidanfinn.com
• http://www.petri.co.il/author/aidan-finn
• Published author/contributor of several books
Books
System Center
Windows Server
2012 VMM
2012 Hyper-V
Agenda
• The vision
• Improving virtualisation
• Private cloud
• Disaster recovery
• Hybrid cloud

Conditions To Be Cloudy
• WS2012 R2 focuses on the vision of a
“cloud OS”
• One single platform – a hybrid cloud
CUSTOMER
spanning:
• Private cloud
Cloud OS
• Hosting company
WINDOWS SERVICE
• Windows Azure
AZURE PROVIDER
• Enable software-defined & service
centric Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS)
• Built with System Center 2012 R2
Windows Azure IaaS
• Windows Azure uses the same Hyper-V virtualization service
built-into Windows Server 2012
• Complete virtual machine compatibility between on premise
Hyper-V and Azure IaaS

Generation 2 Virtual Machines
• Legacy free
• UEFI based
• Many emulated devices removed
• Boots from virtual SCSI or synthetic network adapters
• Enables UEFI secure boot standard
• PXE boot from synthetic NIC
• Supported guest operating systems:
• 64-bit versions of Windows 8 and Windows Server 2012
• 64-bit versions of Windows 8.1 and Windows Server 2012 R2
• And yes, System Center 2012 R2 (GA) can manage Generation 2
VMs
Enhanced Session Mode
• RemoteFX (Remote Desktop) via VMBus
• Full remote desktop capabilities
• Shared clipboard
• Audio redirection
• Enhanced login
• and more….
• Works even when the VM’s network is down
• Integrated into Hyper-V Management experience
• Disabled by default in WS2012 R2 Hyper-V host settings
• Requires Windows 8.1/WS2012 R2 guest OS