Circle IT:Microsoft Update 2016
Microsoft Infrastructure Technologies
Pritam Pabla
Technology Solutions Specialist Hybrid Cloud
Windows Server 2016
New Features & Enhancements
Pritam Pabla
Technology Solutions Specialist Hybrid Cloud
Windows Server 2016
The cloud-ready server operating system that delivers new layers of security and Azure-innovation for the applications and infrastructure that power your business.
Built-in
Security
Azure-inspired
Infrastructure
Hybrid
Application Platform
Protection to Identity
Secure the virtualization
platform
Built-in layers of security
Affordable & Enterprise ready
Learnings from hyper-scale
datacenter
Software-defined Datacenter
capabilities
Support for containers
Built-purpose OS
Azure Hybrid Use Benefit.
(+SA) eases transition to Cloud
Requirements for Server 2016 – Technical Preview
• Hardware Requirements• Processor: 1.4 GHz 64-Bit Processor (2 Cores)
• Ram: 512 Megabytes (2 Gigabytes)
• Disk Space: 32 Gigabytes (60 Gigabytes)
• Gigabit (10/100/1000baseT) Ethernet adapter
• Media: DVD or USB Drive
• Super VGA (1024 x 768) or higher-resolution monitor
• Input: Keyboard and Mouse
• Internet access (fees may apply)
• Only 64 Bit Architecture
Features Removed In Server 2016 – Technical Preview
• Removed or Deprecated Features• File Server
• Security Configuration Wizard
• SQM
• Configuration tools
• NetCfg custom APIs
• Remote management
• SMB
Features Removed or Deprecated in Windows Server 2016 Technical Preview
https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/mt126144.aspx
Editions of Server 2016
• Server 2016 Product Line-up• Datacenter: for highly-virtualized private
cloud environments.
• Standard: for non-virtualized or lightly virtualized environments.
Technical Preview 5 (TP5) – Free to trial
https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/evalcenter/evaluate-windows-server-technical-preview
Windows Server 2016 - Technical Preview 5
The cloud-ready server operating system that delivers new layers of security and Azure-innovation for the applications and infrastructure that power your business.
Built-in
Security
Azure-inspired
Infrastructure
Hybrid Application Platform
Protection to Identity
Secure the virtualization platform
Built-in layers of security
Affordable & Enterprise ready
Learnings from hyper-scale
datacenter
Built-in SDDC capabilities
Support for containers
Built-purpose OS
AHUB eases transition to CloudIncrease the security of your applications and data. Windows Server 2016 introduces layers of security to control
privileged access, protect virtual machines, and harden the platform against emerging threats.
Shielded Virtual Machines
Host Guardian Service
Secure Boot for Windows & Linux
Nano Server Hyper-V Host
Virtualization-based Security (VBS)
Hyper-V Containers
Containers in Shielded VMs
Credential Guard
Justin Time Administration
Just Enough Administration
Control Flow Guard
Code Integrity
Windows Defender
Enhanced Threat Detection
Windows Server 2016 delivers a flexible and cost-efficient platform for your datacenter, using the same
compute, storage and network virtualization features that power the Azure public cloud.
Built-in
Security
Azure-inspired
Infrastructure
Hybrid Application Platform
Protection to Identity
Secure the virtualization platform
Built-in layers of security
Affordable & Enterprise ready
Learnings from hyper-scale
datacenter
Built-in SDDC capabilities
Support for containers
Built-purpose OS
AHUB eases transition to Cloud
CapabilityWindows Server 2012/2012 R2
Standard and Datacenter
Windows Server 2016
Standard and Datacenter
VMware vSphere 6
Enterprise Plus
Physical (Host)
Memory Support
Up to 4 TB per
physical server
Up to 24 TB per
physical server (6x)
Up to 6 TB per physical server (12 TB for specific OEM certified platform)
Physical (Host) Logical
Processor SupportUp to 320 LPs Up to 512 LPs Up to 480 LPs
Virtual Machine
Memory Support
Up to 1 TB
per VM
Up to 16 TB
per VM (16x)
Up to 4TB
per VM
Virtual Machine Virtual
Processor Support
Up to 64
VPs per VM
Up to 240 VPs
per VM (3.75x)
Up to 128
VPs per VM
Source: http://www.vmware.com/pdf/vsphere6/r60/vsphere-60-configuration-maximums.pdf
Lenovo System x3650 M5HP Apollo 2000 System
Quanta D51PH
Dell PowerEdge R730xdCisco UCS C240 M4 Rack Server FUJITSU PRIMERGY RX2540 M1
Intel® Server Board S2600WT-Based Systems
Storage Spaces Direct
Storage Spaces Replica
ReFS
Stretched Clusters
Storage QoS
Storage Health Monitoring
Rolling Cluster Upgrade
PowerShell 5.0
Mixed Mode Cluster
Hot-add & remove
Linux support
Guest Clustering
Azure Witness for cluster
StorSimple
VM Storage Resiliency
Server Management Tools
Azure Consistent Storage
Network Controller
Azure-based Data Plane
Load Balancer
Distributed Firewall
Multi-tenant Gateway
NVGRE, VXLAN, OVSDB
RDS Improvements
Built-in
Security
Azure-inspired
Infrastructure
Hybrid Application Platform
Protection to Identity
Secure the virtualization platform
Built-in layers of security
Affordable & Enterprise ready
Learnings from hyper-scale
datacenter
Built-in SDDC capabilities
Support for containers
Built-purpose OS
AHUB eases transition to Cloud
Windows Server 2016 delivers new ways to deploy and run your applications – whether on-premises or
in Microsoft Azure – using new capabilities such as Windows containers and the Nano Server lightweight
operating system deployment option
Just enough OS
Key roles & features
Full developer experience
Containers and next-gen applications Full GUI
Specialized workloads
Third-party applications
RDS experience
Server Core
Lower maintenance
server environment
Traditional VM workloads
Nano Server
Just enough OS
2
8
23
Critical Patches
3
6
11
Reboots
11
26
34
Ports Open
0.41
6.5
10.4
VHD Size (GB)
40
300
1140
Setup Time (s)
• Nano Server is an installation option• Like Server Core, but cannot be
selected during Setup
• Must be customized with drivers
• Located on the Windows Server media
• Available within the Windows Server Technical Preview
• Full instruction on TechNet
Nano Server - Getting started
Not Command Line only • Server Manager
• Hyper-V Manager
• Failover Cluster Manager
• PerfMon, Event Viewer, etc.
• Server Management Tools (SMT) – new web-based remote GUI
• PowerShell Core
What is a container?
Traditional virtual machines = hardware virtualization
VM VM VM VM VM
…
Containers = Operating system virtualization
CONTAINER CONTAINER CONTAINER CONTAINER CONTAINER
…
OS
Static website
Web frontend
User DB
Queue Analytics DB
Background workers
API endpoint
nginx 1.5 + modsecurity + openssl + bootstrap 2
postgresql + pgv8 + v8
hadoop + hive + thrift + OpenJDK
Ruby + Rails + sass + Unicorn
Redis + redis-sentinel
Python 3.0 + celery + pyredis + libcurl + ffmpeg + libopencv + nodejs
+ phantomjs
Python 2.7 + Flask + pyredis + celery + psycopg + postgresql-client
Development VM
QA server
Public Cloud
Disaster recovery
Contributor’s laptop
Production Servers
Production Cluster
Customer Data Center
Windows Server Containers
Hyper-V Containers
Docker integration and support
PowerShell 5.0
PowerShell DSC
Internet Information Services 10
Azure Service Fabric for Windows Server
Visual Studio Core
.Net Core
Nano Server deployment option
Windows Server 2016 Licensing Change
• Previously per socket, now per core
• Won’t change cost if you have 16 or fewer cores on a server
• For more than 16, now might have to buy an extra license
• Example: a server with 2 processors, each at 8 cores will be the same cost
• Example: a server with 2 processors, each at 16 cores will now cost double
Window Server 2016 (Standard and Datacentre)
Standard and Datacenter Editions
• Deliver enhancements to core Windows Server functionality
• Make modern app development features accessible
Datacenter Edition
• Continues to enable high density virtualization
• Provides advanced software-defined datacenter capabilities
Unlimited Windows Server containers
Nano Server as deployment option
Unlimited VMs
Unlimited Hyper-V containers
Storage features including:
• Storage Replica
• Storage Spaces Direct
New Networking Stack
Shielded VMs and Host
Guardian Service
2 VMs
2 Hyper-V containers*
*Windows Server 2016 Standard Edition entitles up to 2 VMs or 2 Hyper-V containers
Cloud inspired value across editions
Built-in
Security
Azure-inspired
Infrastructure
Hybrid
Application Platform
Protection to Identity
Secure the virtualization
platform
Built-in layers of security
Affordable & Enterprise ready
Learnings from Azure
Built-in SDDC capabilities
Support to containers
Built-purpose OS
AHUB eases transition to
Cloud
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Azure Stack
Pritam Pabla
Technology Solutions Specialist Hybrid Cloud
Microsoft Azure Stack
Power of Azure in your datacenter Microsoft Azure Stack is a new hybrid cloud platform product that enables organizations to deliver Azure services from their own datacenter.
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