Windows Server 2016 First Look (Part 1)

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Agenda

• Windows Server 2016 as the 4th Era of Windows Server

• Editions.

• Hardware requirements

• Features:

Nano server.

Hyper-V Hot-Add Virtual Hardware.

Containers.

Nested Virtualization.

Q&A

Windows Server Eras

It’s when we took a GUI and set it up on PC class hardware.

In that Era; anybody can run their own server. And there were lots of them

First Era : the Era of the Masses

The Need of controllability

Second Era: The Enterprise Server Era

Active Directory

Group Policy

.NET

The need for scalability

Third Era: The Data Centers Server Era

Scale up & scale out Servers.

Highest Scale Virtualization.

Power Shell Automation.

This Data Center Servers is what Azure is built up on.

Fourth Era: The Cloud Era

Taking Technology from Azure.

Updating Windows Server.

•Each one of these Eras has been additive. •Each Era does not replace the previous Era but it adds to it.

Windows Server 2016 Editions

Windows Server 2016 Datacenter Edition

Highly virtualized private and hybrid cloud environments.

Windows Server 2016 Standard Edition

Non-virtualized or lightly virtualized environments.

Windows Server 2016 Editions

Minimum hardware requirements for Windows Server® 2016.

Processor speed 1.4 GHz 64-bit processor, Compatible with x64 instruction set.

Memory (RAM) 512 MB (2 GB for Server with Desktop Experience installation option).

Graphics card Super VGA (1024 x 768) or higher-resolution.

HDD free space 32 GB of available disk space.

Optical drive DVD-R/RW

The following items are not strictly required, but are necessary for certain features:

UEFI 2.3.1c-based system and firmware that supports secure boot Trusted Platform Module (TPM)Keyboard and Microsoft® mouse (or other compatible pointing device) Internet access (fees may apply)

Windows Server® 2016 New features

Nano Server

Is a new headless, 64-bit only, deployment option for

Windows Server

Deep refactoring with cloud emphasisCloud fabric and infrastructure (clustering hypervisor, clustering

storage, some networking roles)

Born-in-the-cloud applications ( .net, ASP.NET v5, 3rd party

frame works, ruby, paython)

VMs and Containers (Hyper-V & Docker)

Extend the Server Core patternRoles and features live outside of Nano Server.

No binaries or metadata in OS image.

Standalone packages install like apps.

Full driver support.

Antimalware.

Managing Nano Server

Windows PowerShell is a scripting language and command-line interface that is designed

to assist you in performing day-to-day administrative tasks

Hyper-V Hot-Add Virtual Hardware

It’s another great NEW feature in

Windows server 2016 Hyper -V:

Is the ability to add virtual components to

the VM’s while the Virtual machines are

running the

The ability to add or remove virtual

memory or change the memory size

while the (RAM size) even if the VM’s

are using static memory

The ability to add or remove network

adapters

This feature works for generation 2

virtual machines that run either Windows

or Linux operating systems.

Hyper-V Containers

Windows Server Containers versus Hyper-V Containers

Host Operating System Windows Server

Container

Hyper-V Container

Windows Server 2016 Full

UI

Core OS Image Nano OS Image

Windows Server 2016 Core Core OS Image Nano OS Image

Windows Server 2016

Nano

Nano OS Image Nano OS Image

Windows Containers requirements

Integrating with DockerDocker: An open source engine that

automates the deployment of any

application as a portable, self-

sufficient container that can run

almost anywhere

Partnership: Enable the Docker

client to manage multi-container

applications using both Linux and

Windows containers, regardless of

the hosting environment or cloud

provider

Nested virtualization

Hypervisor layering in software stack

Nested virtualization enables you to use a virtual machine as a Hyper-V host and to

create virtual machines within that virtualized host.

Hyper-V relies on hardware virtualizatioTypically, after Hyper-V is installed, the hypervisor n support, such

as Intel VT-x and AMD-V, to run virtual machines.

A processor with Intel VT-x and EPT technology. (this features are currently only

available for Intel processors).

At least 4 GB RAM available for the virtualized Hyper-V host.

A Hyper-V host running Windows Server 2016 or Windows 10 Anniversary

Update.

A Hyper-V VM running Windows Server 2016 or Windows 10 Anniversary

UpdatRunning the same build in both the physical and virtualized environments

generally improves performance.

A Hyper-V VM with configuration version 8.0 or greater.

The Container host virtual machine will also need at least 2 virtual processors.

Nested virtualization requirements

XOther Hypervisors will not work.

XDynamic memory must be OFF.

XA VM which hosts other VMs cannot be live migrated.

XNo save and restore capabilities.

XHosts with Device Guard enabled cannot expose virtualization extensions to

guests.

XHosts with Virtualization Based Security (VBS) enabled cannot expose

virtualization extensions to guests. IT Administrators must first disable VBS in

order to preview nested virtualization.

Nested virtualization limitations

Recommended Courses

NetCom Learning offers a comprehensive portfolio for Microsoft Windows Server 2016 training options. Please see below the list of recommended courses with upcoming schedules:

20740: Installation, Storage, and Compute with Windows Server 2016

20741: Networking with Windows Server 2016

20742: Identity with Windows Server 2016

20743: Upgrading Your Skills to MCSA: Windows Server 2016

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