Welcome!

.NET Authors: Patrick Burke, Elizabeth White, Keith Mayer, Pat Romanski, David Deans

Related Topics: .NET, Silverlight

.NET: Blog Post

Top 31 Favorite Features in Windows Server 2012

End-to-end improvements across Management, Scale, Virtualization, Security and High Availability
By Keith Mayer
Article Rating:
November 2, 2012 01:43 PM EDT
Reads:
 2,485

Over the past month, my fellow IT Pro Technical Evangelists and I have authored a series of articles about our Top 31 Favorite Features in Windows Server 2012.  Now that our series is complete, I’m providing a clickable index below of all of the articles in the series for your convenience, just in case you perhaps missed any of them when they were first released.

Hope you enjoy our Favorite Features in Windows Server 2012!

Top 31 Favorite Features in Windows Server 2012

  1. The Cloud OS Platform by Kevin Remde
  2. Server Manager in Windows Server 2012 by Brian Lewis
  3. Feel the Power of PowerShell 3.0 by Matt Hester
  4. Live Migrate Your VMS in One Line of PowerShell by Keith Mayer
  5. Windows Server 2012 and Hyper-V Replica by Kevin Remde
  6. Right-size IT Budgets with “Storage Spaces” by Keith Mayer
  7. Yes, there is an “I” in Team – the NIC Team! by Kevin Remde
  8. Hyper-V Network Virtualization by Keith Mayer
  9. Get Happy over the FREE Hyper-V Server 2012 by Matt Hester
  10. Simplified BranchCache in Windows Server 2012 by Brian Lewis
  11. Getting Snippy with PowerShell 3.0 by Matt Hester
  12. How to Get Unbelievable Data Deduplication Results by Chris Henley of Veeam
  13. Simplified VDI Configuration and Management by Brian Lewis
  14. Taming the New Task Manager by Keith Mayer
  15. Improve File Server Resiliency with ReFS by Keith Mayer
  16. Simplified DirectAccess by Sumeeth Evans
  17. SMB 3.0 – The Glue in Windows Server 2012 by Matt Hester
  18. Continuously Available File Shares by Steven Murawski of Edgenet
  19. Server Core - Improved Taste, Less Filling, More Uptime by Keith Mayer
  20. Extend Your Hyper-V Virtual Switch by Kevin Remde
  21. To NIC or to Not NIC Hardware Requirements by Brian Lewis
  22. Simplified Licensing and Server Versions by Kevin Remde
  23. I Think, Therefore IPAM! by Kevin Remde
  24. Windows Server 2012 and the RSATs by Kevin Remde
  25. Top 3 New Tricks in the Active Directory Admin Center by Keith Mayer
  26. Dynamic Access Control by Brian Lewis
  27. Get the Gremlin out of Your Active Directory Virtualized Infrastructure by Matt Hester
  28. Scoping out the New DHCP Failover by Keith Mayer
  29. Gone in 8 Seconds – The New CHKDSK by Matt Hester
  30. New Remote Desktop Services (RDS) by Brian Lewis
  31. No Better Time Than Now to Choose Hyper-V by Matt Hester

What’s Next? Keep Learning!
Want to learn more about Windows Server 2012 and Hyper-V Server 2012?  Want to prepare for certification on Windows Server 2012?

  • Do It: Join our Windows Server 2012 “Early Experts” Challenge online peer study group for FREE at http://earlyexperts.net.

You’ll get FREE access to video-based lectures, structured study materials and hands-on lab activities to help you study and prepare!  Along the way, you’ll be part of an IT Pro community of over 1,000+ IT Pros that are all helping each other learn Windows Server 2012!

What are Your Favorite Features?
Do you have a Favorite Feature in Windows Server 2012 that we missed in our list above?  Feel free to share your favorites in the comments below!

Keith

Build Your Lab! Build Your Lab! Download Windows Server 2012
Build Your Lab in the Cloud! Don’t Have a Lab? Build Your Lab in the Cloud with Windows Azure Virtual Machines
Join our "Early Experts" study group! Want to Get Certified? Join our Windows Server 2012 "Early Experts" Study Group

Published November 2, 2012 – Reads 2,485
Copyright © 2012 SYS-CON Media, Inc. — All Rights Reserved.
Syndicated stories and blog feeds, all rights reserved by the author.

More Stories By Keith Mayer

Keith Mayer is a Technical Evangelist at Microsoft focused on Windows Infrastructure, Data Center Virtualization, Systems Management and Private Cloud. Keith has over 17 years of experience as a technical leader of complex IT projects, in diverse roles, such as Network Engineer, IT Manager, Technical Instructor and Consultant. He has consulted and trained thousands of IT professionals worldwide on the design and implementation of enterprise technology solutions.

Keith is currently certified on several Microsoft technologies, including System Center, Hyper-V, Windows, Windows Server, SharePoint and Exchange. He also holds other industry certifications from IBM, Cisco, Citrix, HP, CheckPoint, CompTIA and Interwoven.

Keith is the author of the IT Pros ROCK! Blog on Microsoft TechNet, voted as one of the Top 50 "Must Read" IT Blogs.

Keith also manages the Windows Server 2012 "Early Experts" Challenge - a FREE online study group for IT Pros interested in studying and preparing for certification on Windows Server 2012. Join us and become the next "Early Expert"!