Network-Admin-Week-1.pptx - Network Administration WEEK 1 by Ernesto J. Odpaga Jr Windows Server 2012 - Overview • Windows Server 2012 codenamed

Network Administration WEEK 1 by Ernesto J. Odpaga Jr

Windows Server 2012 - Overview • Windows Server 2012 codenamed Windows Server 8 is the most recent version of the operating system from Microsoft regarding server management, but not the last one which is Windows Server 2016. Officially it was released on August 1, 2012 and is just a commercial version as of now. • Windows Server 2012 has four editions − Foundation, Essentials, Standard and Datacenter. Each one of them has their own limitations except the Datacenter version, which is also the most expensive one.

Windows Server 2012 - Overview Improvements in Windows Server 2012 The major Improvements on this version are as follows − • It is ready to be integrated with cloud systems and it still can maintain the classic featuresoflocaldatacentersasaresultHyper-VVirtualizationhasnew featuresHyper-v replicas, it allows you to create virtual machines replications between clusters and storage systems. • TheStorage migrationvirtual disks can be moved to different physical storages, Virtual machine snapshots, virtual machines can be deleted from the Hyper-v and also from the virtual disks and it can be used directly without the need to shut down the virtual machine.

Windows Server 2012 - Overview Improvements in Windows Server 2012 • TheCore server installationeasily switches to GUI installation without the need of reinstallation. • The file server and storage service improvement is that it eliminates identical copies in the same volumes as such and saves space. • TheStorage pools and storage spacesallows you to group the hard disks to one or more storage pools then it allows to create virtual disks. It can add other disks to the storage pools and make available to the users without impacting them.

Windows Server 2012 - Overview Improvements in Windows Server 2012 • TheiSCSI Target Servercan offer block storage to other servers and applications on the network using the iSCSI standard. • Active Directory cloningcan deploy additional domain controllers by cloning an existing virtual domain controller.

Windows Server 2012 - Overview The Windows Server 2012 has four editions: • Foundation, Essentials, Standard and Datacenter. Each one of them has their own limitation except the Datacenter version which is also the most expensive one. • The following table will show what is the right one for your business needs −

Windows Server 2012 - Overview The Windows Server 2012 has four editions:

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