#Windows 8 UI Discovery Mini-Poster

 

Thanks to Martin McClean

How to convert a PC from BIOS mode to UEFI mode

Upgrading your Windows 7 PC to Windows 8 and considering the Unified Extensible Firmware Interface (UEFI) mode? If your PC supports it, this is a great time to change to UEFI. Why? UEFI mode can help your PC start faster, lets you use hard drives larger than 2 terabytes (TB), and can help you set up features like Secure Boot. Many Windows 7 PCs support UEFI but were set to boot to BIOS mode.

To switch to UEFI mode, you’ll need to do a few things: find the setting in the boot menus that enables UEFI booting, convert the entire drive to the GUID Partition Table (GPT) format, and install Windows again.

Step 1: Find the setting in the boot menus that enables UEFI booting

• This differs from PC to PC. But typically, you press a key to enter the boot menus, look for an option like "UEFI Boot Mode", and enable it.

Step 2: Boot the Windows Setup disk in UEFI mode

1. Load the Windows 7 or Windows 8 DVD. (If you’re setting up a dual-boot PC, install Windows 7 first.)
2. Start the PC to boot the DVD in UEFI mode. Again, this is going to depend on your hardware, but often you can press a key during the boot sequence, and select an option like "EFI DVD/CD".

Step 3: Convert the drive to the GPT format

1. When the Windows Setup program gets to the first set of installation screens, press Shift+F10 to open the command prompt.
2. Figure out which disk is your primary hard drive, and select it. Typically it’s Drive 0, but it doesn’t hurt to check:
   diskpart
   list disk    review the list of drives, and make sure you’ve got the right one.)
   select disk 0
3. Erase the hard drive, and convert it to the GPT format:
   clean
   convert gpt
   exit
4. At this point, you can switch back to the installation program, and continue the Windows installation. Windows automatically sets up the partitions for the UEFI/GPT format.

See also: Dual-booting your PC (Windows Hardware Newsletter, November 7, 2012)

It is here #Windows8 and the new #surface

 

Windows 8 represents a reimagining of Windows. It provides a personalized experience with a beautiful new user interface that puts you at the center. You get a great experience for entertainment AND creating content all on the same device, either with touch or with a mouse and keyboard. No compromise.

Windows 8 comes to life through a range of exciting new apps available through the grand opening of the Windows Store and new hardware from our OEM partners.

Onstage at a special event with press in New York earlier this morning, we showed off Windows 8 including some of our favorite new apps and hardware.

The Windows Store makes it super easy to discover, buy and install new apps in Windows 8. Friday , when Windows 8 becomes available – customers will find lots of interesting new third party apps in the Windows Store to install such as Evernote, LivingSocial, Cocktail Flow, Hulu, Wikipedia and Urbanspoon to name a few. Many apps from the Windows Store are free to try before you make a purchase and Windows 8 allows you to try and then remove any app without leaving a trace.

When we reimagined Windows, we also reimagined the PC experience from the ground up – and we are excited to have over 1,000 Windows 8 certified devices that will be in market beginning tomorrow. There is a Windows device for everyone. Our OEM partners are introducing a variety of new form factors. And at our press event today we showed off examples of from many of those form factors: beautiful tablets running Windows RT with instant on and extra-long battery life like the Asus Vivo Tab RT and our own Microsoft Surface, compact, touch-enabled x86 tablets like the Lenovo ThinkPad Tablet 2 to convertible PCs that switch effortlessly between PC and tablet like the Dell XPS 12, to thin & light Ultrabooks like the ASUS UX31 Touch, the Sony VAIO Duo 11 or Acer Aspire S7-191 to large, powerful all-in-one PCs with high-definition screens like the Dell XPS One 27”, the HP Envy 23 TouchSmart or Samsung Series 7. And you’ll catch many of these devices and PCs in our new ads.

If you missed our live webcast of our press event from New York this morning, you’ll be able to watch it on-demand here at the Microsoft News Center.

We will continue to celebrate the impending availability of Windows 8 today here in New York with a variety of activities leading up to midnight. Starting at 9:30pm (EST), several our OEM partners will be giving New Yorkers and visitors alike a chance to get hands on with their new Windows 8 hardware in Times Square. And the first Microsoft Holiday Store will also open at Times Square at midnight (EST). And don’t miss Times Square where Windows 8 will be featured on over 39 digital boards in the largest takeover of Times Square to date! We’ll be tweeting from Times Square all evening and posting photos so be sure to follow @Windows for all the latest!

 

Source : get more Windows 8 here

Data Classification Toolkit for Windows Server 2012

Strengthen your compliance experience with new features from the Data Classification Toolkit for Windows Server 8 Beta.

Key features include:

• Knowledge
  • Out of box classification configuration package
  • Mapping with PCI-DSS and NIST 800-53 standards
• Enhanced User Experience
  • Scenario driven User Interface
  • Classification wizard to configure file server classification infrastructure
  • Claims wizard to help configure a claim value
• New features to support Windows Server 8 Dynamic Access Control
  • Support for out of box rights management file management Tasks
  • Support for global and secure  properties
  • Manage and report default Central Access Policy on file servers
  • User and device claims wizard to help determine the set of values for claims
  • Active Directory Central Access Policy Configuration Export and Import tool to configure central access policy across forest
  • Support for both Windows Server 8 and Windows Server 2008 R2 file servers

Top Benefits:

Get ready for Windows Server 8 Beta and stay on top of your compliance. The toolkit offers support for new Windows Server 8 Beta features, Dynamic Access Control, and forward compatibility for existing functionality from the earlier version of the toolkit. The Data Classification Toolkit provides support for configuring data compliance on both Windows Server 8 Beta file servers and Windows Server 2008 R2 file servers to help automate the file classification process, and make file management more efficient. The final release of Windows Server 8 is right around the corner; make sure your compliance process and policies are up to date!

Simplify configuring Central Access Policy. This version of the toolkit allows you to provision and standardize Central Access Policy across the forest, and apply default access policy on your file servers. It also provides a tool to provision user and device claim values based on Active Directory Domain Services (AD DS) resources to help simplify the configuration process of Windows Server 8 Beta Dynamic Access Controls. In addition, you can easily track and report existing Central Access Policy on file shares.

Strengthen your user experience. The toolkit adds UI to the existing Windows PowerShell experience, including a Classification Wizard for managing file classification and Central Access Policy on the file servers in your organization. The UI also provides a wizard that you can use to build claim values in AD DS.

This toolkit is designed to help enable an organization to:

• Identify, classify, and protect data on its file servers.
• Provide support for Windows Server 8 Beta, as well as for hybrid environments of Windows Server 8 Beta and Windows Server 2008 R2.
• Easily configure default Central Access Policy across multiple servers.
• Build and deploy policies to protect critical information in a cost-effective manner.

Click here to download the beta now.

How to: Change the Network Binding order for SQL 2012 Windows Server 8 Failover Cluster (Setup)

During the SQL 2012 Setup there is a warning that my binding order is not correct. It looks ok but it is not. there are a couple of KB items on technet. this is on Windows 8 server

 

Why this is appearing did I make a mistake ?  lets see mm my lan nic is on top. this looks ok so why this error. lets look at the SQL log

 

Ok here it is the SQL setup log file is it wrong ? local area connection* 11 is on top ? what is this ? lets lookit up .

 

NetworkBindingFacet: Looking up network binding order.

(05) 2012-03-18 14:03:04 Slp: NetworkBindingFacet: Network: ‘Local Area Connection* 11’ Device: ‘\Device\{2E9E3899-BB35-4E91-98D4-BF56F4ADE4F6}’ Domain: ” Adapter Id: ‘{2E9E3899-BB35-4E91-98D4-BF56F4ADE4F6}’

(05) 2012-03-18 14:03:04 Slp: NetworkBindingFacet: Network: ‘LAN’ Device: ‘\Device\{734667C2-FCC9-4874-B3E0-EDC3BA72F6AB}’ Domain: ‘mvp.local’ Adapter Id: ‘{734667C2-FCC9-4874-B3E0-EDC3BA72F6AB}’

(05) 2012-03-18 14:03:04 Slp: NetworkBindingFacet: Network: ‘ISCSI’ Device: ‘\Device\{1F016AE2-DD00-4B0F-B80B-57173AF2F36E}’ Domain: ” Adapter Id: ‘{1F016AE2-DD00-4B0F-B80B-57173AF2F36E}’

(05) 2012-03-18 14:03:04 Slp: NetworkBindingFacet: Network: ‘Cluster’ Device: ‘\Device\{BA1F99C0-0D58-44AA-85E0-ADFB1EF2C422}’ Domain: ” Adapter Id: ‘{BA1F99C0-0D58-44AA-85E0-ADFB1EF2C422}’

I know what it is it is the hidden cluster adapter which needed to be moved in the binding order, and that had to be done in the registry.

I opened up regedit and drilled down to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\services\Tcpip\Linkage and opened up the Bind value:

 

 

\Device\{2E9E3899-BB35-4E91-98D4-BF56F4ADE4F6}

\Device\{734667C2-FCC9-4874-B3E0-EDC3BA72F6AB}

Flip the registry keys and you are ready to go.

This is hard to find eh yes but you can use powershell 

wmic nicconfig get Description,SettingID

More info about this is on MSDN

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms189910(v=sql.110).aspx

changing-the-network-binding-order-in-windows-server-2008

and it you want to change this by powershell the get-itemproperty is the way.

Get-ItemProperty Registry::HKLM\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\Tcpip\Linkage\bind\*

After the NIC binding order change the SQL setup marked all as passed.

Samples :

 

Get-Item -Path Registry::HKLM\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\Tcpip\Linkage\bind\* | Select-Object -ExpandProperty Property

Get-WmiObject -Class Win32_NetworkAdapterConfiguration -Filter "IPenabled = $true" | select Description, IPAddress, index, SettingID

gwmi Win32_NetworkAdapterConfiguration | where-object {$_.IPEnabled -eq "True"} | ft Description, SettingID -auto

How to: Create a New SQL 2012 Server Failover Cluster (Setup) multiple instances on windows server 2012 #ws2012

Now that windows 2012 is in beta we can talk almost about anything and it is time to create my demo SQL 2012 machine. In this case I uses the Windows server 8 cluster from the other blog item to create a SQL 2012 cluster with 3 instances. All of the instances are created on different ways , Instance 3 is a ZTI   #WS2012 #TEE #TEE13 #MVP13

For starters build a 2 node cluster or more nodes if you want and use the SQL 2012 Media. I use the Enterprise version.

Remember that I create the Server Group and my cluster I already added the disk to my cluster mounted the SQL 2012 ISO file to the node. Ready for the Setup.

again I use a lot of pictures in this blog and I do almost everything twice just to show you how you can configure your cluster.

the disk listing in the cluster. eh no we do not use the basic setup. Installation should be fun and not follow the wizard ok we have to use the wizard in this part. We use the advanced cluster preparation setup this will setup your SQL cluster in two parts.

 

 

 

Fill in your SQL product key or use a evaluation , accept the agreement.

  

Mm a warning it looks OK yes it is I create a new blog post on this ignore it for now.

 

Yes I corrected the binding order and we continue the setup.

 

I choose to install all the options This cluster will be used for the System center products.

 

 

I use a basic account but for more security you should use different accounts. And I will also configure my report server by hand later.

 

 

Now that the first step is ready we can do the second step but first I want to create a second instance preparation. as a basic I use the setup .ini file that you can save during the setup.

The second instance I use this ini file to create the instance preparation. Open the ini file and I changed the SQL01 in SQL02. easy

in the setup screen I use the install based on a Ini file setup. this is not an unattended setup. But all the screens are already filled in.  So this is like a practice unattended setup like in SQL03  

… import ini file As you can see the installation of a second instance is the same as installing one instance on a node or installing a third instance but you can install less or more options in the instances. they don’t have to be the same.

 

 

 

 

 

Easy just press next and finish almost unattended. You can also use the ini file of this installation if you want to rebuild this instance during a disaster.

Advanced Cluster Completion

Now that the Instance SQL01 and SQL02 are installed but not jet completed in my cluster we need to do the next step Cluster completion. This step we need to do this also twice , and yes one time I do this in the GUI and save the INI file and One I use the Ini file for the SQL02 setup just to see how it can be done.

 

Here we create the Cluster name and the SQL instance As you can see. And You see also the SQL02 instance. but remember you can only do one instance installation at the time

 

 

We choose the Disks and the IP address for this SQL cluster instance.

I use here only two disks but you can use more disk, DB ,Logs, and Temp DB and Analysis all on different disks. if you want more performance. this is if it runs on multiple SAN disks.

for System center the Collation is most important If you choose the wrong one you are in trouble it is hard to reconfigure this.

If you continue Setup using the default collation (SQL_Latin1_General_CP1_CI_AS), you will not be able to support multiple languages in Service Manager. In the future, if you decide you want to support multiple languages, you will have to re-install SQL Server.

Service Manager doesn’t like the default collation method (SQL_Latin1_General_CP1_CI_AS). If your SCSM SQL server is running with that collation mode you will get a warning when you install SCSM.

Further down in the error the Exhange 2010 MP was referenced with regards to “Microsoft.Exchange.2010.Reports.Dataset.Ten

After doing some investigation discovered that nager is only supported with a collation of “SQL_Latin1_General_CP1_CI_AS” hange 2010 management pack relies on the collation being “SQL_Latin1_General_CP1_CI_AS” to place certain data into the Data Warehouse.

Here is the bad news!!! The only way to resolve is it re-install SQL. So make sure if you are installing Operatons Manager your SQL collation is correct.

This error message is because we installed SQL Server in the default SQL_Latin1_General_CP1_CI_AS collation. This collation is the only one that is supported by SCOM2012 and so this is necessary when we want to install SCOM2012 and want to connect SCSM with SCOM2012.

When installing SCSM 2012 it’s important to use a supported language.

If you use the default collation: SQL_Latin1_General_CP1_CI_AS

multilanguage support will not be available in Service Manager.

Instead you should use a supported collation like eg.: Latin1_General_100_CI_AS

 

More info about this you can find here :

http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/hh495583.aspx

 

If you use system accounts you don’t want to add the domain administrator but in my demo It is ok

 

 

Ready. the one thing that I did not install is a DTC because it is so easy to install on a cluster we do this in just a few steps.  go to the failover cluster manager and add a cluster role

 

 

pick the msdtc and give the role a IP and I always use a own disk for the DTC but you can share this if you want. my advice use a own disk for a more flexible cluster

 

 

as you can see my cluster is ready to use

the second cluster completion I do this with a INI file all the steps are the same as without the ini file only the items are filled in.

..import ini file

 

 

I skiped the other screens

 

Done Now I have two SQL instances and 2 sets of ini files. these file I’m gonna use it for an unattended setup. SQL installation in just 10 minutes

the first step SQL cluster preperation

setup.exe /Q /CONFIGURATIONFILE=”C:\SQLSetup\ConfigurationFile.ini”

/SQLSVCPASSWORD=”<StrongPassword>” /IACCEPTSQLSERVERLICENSETERMS/INDICATEPROGRESS

because I use a account for my SQL server I need to fill in my password.

 

 

 

  this will kick in the cluster completion.

For this unattended setup I created the following file I use the following account for all the services : sql2012 and the password is also sql2012 Remember this is a lap use strong passwords in real life !!!

Step one is the Cluster preperation

d:\setup.exe /q /CONFIGURATIONFILE=”C:\SQLSetup\SQL03-1.ini”

/AGTSVCPASSWORD=”sql2012″

/ASSVCPASSWORD=”sql2012″

/SQLSVCPASSWORD=”sql2012″

/ISSVCPASSWORD=”sql2012″

/RSSVCPASSWORD=”sql2012″ /IACCEPTSQLSERVERLICENSETERMS /INDICATEPROGRESS

Step Two is the Cluster Completion

d:\setup.exe /q /CONFIGURATIONFILE=”C:\SQLSetup\SQL03-2.ini”

/AGTSVCPASSWORD=”sql2012″

/ASSVCPASSWORD=”sql2012″

/SQLSVCPASSWORD=”sql2012″

/ISSVCPASSWORD=”sql2012″

/RSSVCPASSWORD=”sql2012″ /IACCEPTSQLSERVERLICENSETERMS /INDICATEPROGRESS

 

 

You can do this also in one ini file but if something fails you don’t have to do it all again.

Happy clustering !!

How To Create a Windows Server 8 Cluster Windows Server 2012 Cluster

The way We build a cluster in windows 2008R2 is almost the same in windows 8

In windows 8 You can do more with PowerShell. In this blog post I will create a cluster old style first. Then PowerShell one-liner

 

My first node and the windows server 8 cluster group. just create a cluster group for easy handling the servers.

And as you can see the selected server is on the right top of your screen.

Now in this gui we add the Failover cluster Role and the tools. I did select the server and proceed with the wizard.

Just follow the wizard and add the Feature.

Now there is a new thing you don’t have to wait till the install is done. close the window and if you want to see the progress you can. by opening the installation progress task.

 

Now I added the Failover cluster feature almost 4 windows  

The PowerShell way : Trouble with the Commands ? just use the *

Go to the powershell <> it is already in admin mode <>

Get-WindowsFeature *

you will see a list of all Features. I will use only the Failover-clustering

Get-WindowsFeature Failover-Clustering

The installation kicks in and does the installation with out any questions.

  

This will save time or when you do a unattended OSD. As you can see in the PowerShell I opened a PoSH to the other node just right click on the node.

But sure you can use the GUI.

But what about the Creation of a cluster. ? Gui or PoSH Well first the PowerShell line.

New-Cluster -Name "My-first-Cluster" -Node mvpwin8-n1 -NoStorage -StaticAddress "11.222.222.33"

Cluster name is :My-first-Cluster

Nodes in my cluster is 1 <> and yes you can create a one node cluster.

I did not add any storage to the cluster.

And I used a static IP : 11.222.222.33

Or Gui <> This time I add both nodes, open the FCM and select create new Cluster and add both nodes.

   

Run the validation reports. And the validation reports are also contains new items

 

Give the Cluster a name and an IP and my cluster is ready.

 

Now that my basic cluster is ready We add some disks to the cluster.

The PowerShell Way :

This shows a list of all available disks

Get-ClusterAvailableDisk -Cluster Clustername

the add-cluster disks adds the disks to the cluster

Get-ClusterAvailableDisk -Cluster Clustername |Add-ClusterDisk

 

or in the FCM right click on storage

 

Now that we have disk in our cluster we can add witness disk to the cluster.

under more actions we can select the Quorum settings

Disk and node majority is the choice for a two node cluster on a three node you don’t need the disk. the Third node is the Vote.

 

Choose a disk for the Quorum, and as you can see I do have a drive letter but if you want more security. Skip the Drive letter you do not need it.

 

Next Step add Roles to the cluster.

Create Windows Server 8 Server Groups

In windows server 8 you can create server groups this is handy for management , deployment and all other things you want to do with the servers.

How does is work. First go to the dashboard :

and choose option 4 Create server group.

 

  

Give the group a name this name will show up in the left of your dashboard

Add the servers that are part of this group, select and add.

 

Now that we have a server group we can deploy roles to this server with out going to this server.

just click and install Windows 8 Rocks

 

from here install a server role or feature.

More in the following blog posts.

Windows Server 8 Beta Hyper-V Component Architecture Poster

The link for this poster is: http://www.microsoft.com/download/en/details.aspx?id=29189

 

Provides a visual reference for understanding key Hyper-V technologies in Windows Server 8  Beta and focuses on Hyper-V Replica, networking, virtual machine mobility (live migration), storage, failover clustering, and scalability.

Here are links to previous posters:

1. Windows Server 2008 Hyper-v Component Architecture with Service Pack 1
http://www.microsoft.com/download/en/details.aspx?id=2688

2. Hyper-v Component Architecture
http://www.microsoft.com/download/en/details.aspx?displaylang=en&id=3501

3. Windows Server 2008 R2 component posters
http://www.microsoft.com/download/en/details.aspx?displaylang=en&id=7002

4. Windows Server 2008 Component Posters
http://www.microsoft.com/download/en/details.aspx?displaylang=en&id=17881

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MVP summit 2012

It was a great week, seen a lot of new things and done some testing in the microsoft LAB.

And yes there is a lot off windows Server 8. so much new stuff that it will take time to blog al of this and some of it is still NDA so it have to wait till the time is there to blog about it.

The interaction with the product teams is great and it is nice to see the early things in windows 8

This week I’ll will create some new Items on windows 8 and See where the limits are form this beta, the feel and touch is way different. In all parts it is great to see new stuff in windows 8.The best part is in the consumer build that there is now hyper-v 3.0 support, So I don’t have to run Windows enterprise 2008R2 as desktop any more  

Below is a great list on windows 8 Items.

Download: Understand and Troubleshoot BitLocker in Windows Server "8"

Beta – Microsoft Download Center – Download Details:

http://www.microsoft.com/download/en/details.aspx?id=29032&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+MicrosoftDownloadCenter+%28Microsoft+Download+Center%29#tm

Download: Understand and Troubleshoot Servicing in Windows Server "8"

Beta – Microsoft Download Center – Download Details:

http://www.microsoft.com/download/en/details.aspx?id=29030&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+MicrosoftDownloadCenter+%28Microsoft+Download+Center%29#tm

Download: Test Lab Guide: Demonstrate Remote Desktop Services Desktop Virtualization in Windows Server "8" Beta – Microsoft Download Center – Download Details:

http://www.microsoft.com/download/en/details.aspx?id=29028&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+MicrosoftDownloadCenter+%28Microsoft+Download+Center%29#tm

Download: Understand and Troubleshoot DNS Security Extensions (DNSSEC) in Windows Server "8" Beta – Microsoft Download Center – Download Details:

http://www.microsoft.com/download/en/details.aspx?id=29018&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+MicrosoftDownloadCenter+%28Microsoft+Download+Center%29#tm

Download: Understand and Troubleshoot AD DS Simplified Administration in Windows Server "8" Beta – Microsoft Download Center – Download Details:

http://www.microsoft.com/download/en/details.aspx?id=29019&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+MicrosoftDownloadCenter+%28Microsoft+Download+Center%29#tm

Download: Test Lab Guide: Demonstrate IP Address Management (IPAM) in Windows Server "8" Beta – Microsoft Download Center – Download Details:

http://www.microsoft.com/download/en/details.aspx?id=29020&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+MicrosoftDownloadCenter+%28Microsoft+Download+Center%29#tm

Download: Understand and Troubleshoot Dynamic Access Control in Windows Server "8" Beta – Microsoft Download Center – Download Details:

http://www.microsoft.com/download/en/details.aspx?id=29023&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+MicrosoftDownloadCenter+%28Microsoft+Download+Center%29#tm

Download: Understand and Troubleshoot Hyper-V Replica in Windows Server "8" Beta – Microsoft Download Center – Download Details:

http://www.microsoft.com/download/en/details.aspx?id=29016&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+MicrosoftDownloadCenter+%28Microsoft+Download+Center%29#tm

Download: Understand and Troubleshoot Cluster-Aware Updating_(CAU) in Windows Server "8" Beta – Microsoft Download Center – Download Details:

http://www.microsoft.com/download/en/details.aspx?id=29015&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+MicrosoftDownloadCenter+%28Microsoft+Download+Center%29#tm

Download: Understand and Troubleshoot IP Address Management (IPAM) in Windows Server "8" Beta – Microsoft Download Center – Download Details:

http://www.microsoft.com/download/en/details.aspx?id=29012&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+MicrosoftDownloadCenter+%28Microsoft+Download+Center%29#tm

Download: Understand and Troubleshoot Activation Technologies in Windows Server "8" Beta – Microsoft Download Center – Download Details:

http://www.microsoft.com/download/en/details.aspx?id=29014&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+MicrosoftDownloadCenter+%28Microsoft+Download+Center%29#tm

Download: Understand and Troubleshoot High Availability Printing in Windows Server "8" Beta – Microsoft Download Center – Download Details:

http://www.microsoft.com/download/en/details.aspx?id=29013&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+MicrosoftDownloadCenter+%28Microsoft+Download+Center%29#tm

Download: Test Lab Guide: Demonstrate Windows Server "8" Beta Print and Document Services – Microsoft Download Center – Download Details:

http://www.microsoft.com/download/en/details.aspx?id=29021&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+MicrosoftDownloadCenter+%28Microsoft+Download+Center%29#tm

Download: Test Lab Guide: Demonstrate Remote Desktop Services in Windows Server "8" Beta – Microsoft Download Center – Download Details:

http://www.microsoft.com/download/en/details.aspx?id=29011&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+MicrosoftDownloadCenter+%28Microsoft+Download+Center%29#tm

Download: Understand and Troubleshoot Remote Desktop Services Desktop Virtualization in Windows Server "8" Beta – Microsoft Download Center – Download Details:

http://www.microsoft.com/download/en/details.aspx?id=29022&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+MicrosoftDownloadCenter+%28Microsoft+Download+Center%29#tm

Download: Understand and Troubleshoot Microsoft Online Backup Service in Windows Server "8" Beta – Microsoft Download Center – Download Details:

http://www.microsoft.com/download/en/details.aspx?id=29005&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+MicrosoftDownloadCenter+%28Microsoft+Download+Center%29#tm

Download: Test Lab Guide: Base Test Lab Guide for Windows Server "8"

Beta – Microsoft Download Center – Download Details:

http://www.microsoft.com/download/en/details.aspx?id=29010&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+MicrosoftDownloadCenter+%28Microsoft+Download+Center%29#tm

Download: Test Lab Guide: Demonstrate DNS Security Extensions (DNSSEC) in Windows Server "8" Beta – Microsoft Download Center – Download Details:

http://www.microsoft.com/download/en/details.aspx?id=29007&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+MicrosoftDownloadCenter+%28Microsoft+Download+Center%29#tm

Download: Understand and Troubleshoot Virtualized Domain Controller

(VDC) in Windows Server "8" Beta – Microsoft Download Center – Download

Details:

http://www.microsoft.com/download/en/details.aspx?id=29001&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+MicrosoftDownloadCenter+%28Microsoft+Download+Center%29#tm

Download: Understand and Troubleshoot Storage Spaces in Windows Server "8" Beta – Microsoft Download Center – Download Details:

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Download: Understand and Troubleshoot DHCP Failover in Windows Server "8" Beta – Microsoft Download Center – Download Details:

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Windows Client 8 Hyper-V Virtual Fibre Channel vs Windows Server 8 Hyper-V Synthetic Fiber Channel HBA’s is not supported on a client SKU that is on a windows 8 client

Overview of Windows Server 8 Hyper-V 3.0 features What it is and what you can not do.

The Windows 8 client hyper-v 3.0 role is not the same as the Windows Server 8 Hyper-V Role. If you look at one item in particular the File channel than there is a change first it was not in windows 2008 R2 ! you can now do npiv this is great mount direct FC Lun’s to your VM.  But first a preview of the fiber channel.

Hyper-V Virtual Fibre Channel Technical Preview

You need your virtualized workloads to connect easily and reliably to your existing storage arrays. Windows Server “8” Beta provides Fibre Channel ports within the guest operating system, which allows you to connect to Fibre Channel directly from within virtual machines. This feature protects your investments in Fibre Channel, enables you to virtualize workloads that use direct access to Fibre Channel storage, allows you to cluster guest operating systems over Fibre Channel, and provides an important new storage option for servers hosted in your virtualization infrastructure.

The virtual Fibre Channel feature in Hyper-V requires the following:

• One or more installations of Windows Server “8” Beta with the Hyper-V role installed. Hyper-V requires a computer with processor support for hardware virtualization.
• A computer with one or more Fibre Channel host bus adapters (HBAs) that have an updated HBA driver that supports Virtual Fibre Channel. Updated HBA drivers are included with the in-box HBA drivers for some models, as listed in the following table.

• Virtual machines configured to use a virtual Fibre Channel adapter, which must use Windows Server 2008, Windows Server 2008 R2, or Windows Server “8” Beta as the guest operating system.
• Connection only to data logical unit numbers (LUNs). Storage accessed through a virtual Fibre Channel connected to a LUN cannot be used as boot media.

NPIV support

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Virtual Fibre Channel for Hyper-V guests uses the existing N_Port ID Virtualization (NPIV) T11 standard to map multiple virtual N_Port IDs to a single physical Fibre Channel N_port. A new NPIV port is created on the host each time you start a virtual machine that is configured with a virtual HBA. When the virtual machine stops running on the host, the NPIV port is removed.

Virtual SAN support

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Hyper-V allows you to define virtual SANs on the host to accommodate scenarios where a single Hyper-V host is connected to different SANs through multiple Fibre Channel ports. A virtual SAN defines a named group of physical Fibre Channel ports that are connected to the same physical SAN. For example, assume that a Hyper-V host is connected to two SANs—a production SAN and a test SAN. The host is connected to each SAN through two physical Fibre Channel ports. In this example, you might configure two virtual SANs—one named “Production SAN” that has the two physical Fibre Channel ports connected to the production SAN and one named “Test SAN” that has two physical Fibre Channel ports connected to the test SAN. You can use the same technique to name two separate paths to a single storage target.

You can configure as many as four virtual Fibre Channel adapters on a virtual machine and associate each one with a virtual SAN. Each virtual Fibre Channel adapter connects with one WWN address or two WWN addresses to support live migration. You can set each WWN address automatically or manually.

 

Now that we know what it does lets see how it works.

First in the settings you can add a fiber channel switch

You can also edit the adresses ( WWN )World Wide Node Names and World Wide Port Name ( WWPN) as known as port address, you can copy them to the clipboard with the copy command.

 

But what if you do this on a client ? You easily would miss this and you can wonder if you need this on a client, this is most used for demo’s etc but what if you copy the machine from a server and then run it on your client. Well You get this

Synthetic Fiber Channel HBA’s is not supported on a client SKU that is on a windows 8 client. So I do not need support on my client eh no it won’t run ! So think about this if you want to show this you need server. But remember is it a beta and it can be changed during the beta.

Why this is is unclear what else is different on the client lets find out in the next blogs. Well I run now Datacenter as hyper-v server

Well for starters you can’t upgrade a VHD that is running windows 2008R2 that is boot from VHD !

Upgrading an operating system in a virtual disk is not supported.

Think your plan ! rebuild your new machines is better than an upgrade is the microsoft message to avoid problems. and I must say it is much faster also.

Remote Server Administration Tools for Windows 8

Remote Server Administration Tools for Windows 8 Consumer Preview enables IT administrators to manage roles and features that are installed on computers that are running Windows Server "8" Beta from a remote computer that is running Windows 8 Consumer Preview.

Download locations for RSAT

Remote Server Administration Tools (RSAT) for Windows 8 Consumer Preview
RRemote Server Administration Tools (RSAT) for Windows 7 with SP1 (both x86 and x64)
Remote Server Administration Tools (RSAT) for Windows Vista 32-bit (x86)
Remote Server Administration Tools (RSAT) for Windows Vista 64-bit (x64)

 

Overview

Remote Server Administration Tools for Windows 8 Consumer Preview includes Server Manager, Microsoft Management Console (MMC) snap-ins, consoles, Windows PowerShell cmdlets and providers, and command-line tools for managing roles and features that run on Windows Server "8" Beta. In limited cases, the tools can be used to manage roles and features that are running on Windows Server 2008 R2 or Windows Server 2008. Some of the tools work for managing roles and features on Windows Server 2003.

**Remote Server Administration Tools for Windows 8 Consumer Preview can be installed ONLY on computers that are running Windows 8 Consumer Preview.** Remote Server Administration Tools cannot be installed on computers with an Advanced RISC Machine (ARM) architecture, or other system-on-chip devices.
Remote Server Administration Tools for Windows 8 Consumer Preview runs on both x86- and x64-based editions of Windows 8 Consumer Preview. Download and install the version that matches the architecture of the computer on which you plan to install the administration tools. If you are not sure whether your computer is x86- or x64-based, see How to determine whether a computer is running a 32-bit version or 64-bit version of the Windows operating system.
IMPORTANT: Remove all older versions of Administration Tools Pack or Remote Server Administration Tools—including earlier prerelease versions, and releases of the tools for different languages or locales—from the computer before you install Remote Server Administration Tools for Windows 8 Consumer Preview. Only one copy at a time of Remote Server Administration Tools can be installed on a computer.
Remote Server Administration Tools for Windows 8 Consumer Preview includes support for remote management of computers that are running the Server Core installation option or the Minimal Server Graphical Interface configuration of Windows Server “8” Beta, and in limited cases, the Server Core installation options of Windows Server 2008 R2, or Windows Server 2008. However, Remote Server Administration Tools for Windows 8 Consumer Preview cannot be installed on any versions of the Windows Server operating system.
Server Manager is included with Remote Server Administration Tools for Windows 8 Consumer Preview; GUI-based tools that are part of this release of Remote Server Administration Tools can be opened by using commands on the Tools menu of the Server Manager console. To use Server Manager to access and manage remote servers that are running Windows Server 2008 or Windows Server 2008 R2, you must install several updates on the older operating systems. For more information about requirements for using Server Manager to manage remote servers, see Manage multiple, remote servers with Server Manager.

RSAT Platform and Tools Support Matrix

Remote Server Administration Tools technology	Description	Manages technology on Windows Server 2003	Manages technology on Windows Server 2008	Manages technology on Windows Server "8" Beta
Active Directory Certificate Services Tools	Active Directory Certificate Services Tools includes the Certification Authority, Certificate Templates, Enterprise PKI, and Online Responder Management snap-ins.	√, except Online Certificate Status Protocol (OCSP)	√	√
Active Directory Domain Services (AD DS) Tools and Active Directory Lightweight Directory Services (AD LDS) Tools	Active Directory Domain Services (AD DS) and Active Directory Lightweight Directory Services (AD LDS) Tools includes Active Directory Administrative Center; Active Directory Domains and Trusts; Active Directory Sites and Services; Active Directory Users and Computers; ADSI Edit; DCPromo.exe; LDP.exe; NetDom.exe; NTDSUtil.exe; RepAdmin.exe; Active Directory module for Windows PowerShell; DCDiag.exe; DSACLs.exe; DSAdd.exe; DSDBUtil.exe; DSMgmt.exe; DSMod.exe; DSMove.exe; DSQuery.exe; DSRm.exe; GPFixup.exe; KSetup.exe; KtPass.exe; NlTest.exe; NSLookup.exe; W32tm.exe. – Server for NIS Tools includes an extension to the Active Directory Users and Computers snap-in, and the Ypclear.exe command-line tool.	√, Windows PowerShell and ADAC remote management require the Active Directory Web Service download package.	√, Windows PowerShell and ADAC remote management require the Active Directory Web Service download package.	√
Best Practices Analyzer	Best Practices Analyzer cmdlets for Windows PowerShell	Not available; no BPA models run on WS03	Can run on WS08 R2 when the Windows Management Framework 3.0 package is installed on WS08 R2.  No BPA models are available for WS08.	√
BitLocker Drive Encryption Administration Utilities	Manage-bde; Windows PowerShell cmdlets for BitLocker; BitLocker Recovery Password Viewer for Active Directory; BitLocker Network Unlock Provider	Not available	Not available	√
Cluster-Aware Updating	Cluster-Aware Updating management console, Cluster-Aware Updating cmdlets for Windows PowerShell	Not available	Not available	√
DHCP Server Tools	DHCP Server Tools includes the DHCP Management Console, the DHCP Server cmdlet module for Windows Powershell, and the Netsh command-line tool.	√ Windows PowerShell module does not run on WS03	√ Windows PowerShell module does not run on WS08 and WS08 R2	√
DirectAccess, Routing and Remote Access	Routing and Remote Access management console; Connection Manager Administration Kit console; Remote Access provider for Windows PowerShell	Not available	Not available	√
DNS Server Tools	DNS Server Tools include the DNS Manager snap-in, the DNS module for Windows PowerShell and the Ddnscmd.exe command-line tool.	√	√	√
Failover Clustering Tools	Failover Clustering Tools include Failover Cluster Manager, Failover Clusters (Windows PowerShell Cmdlets), MSClus, Cluster.exe	Not available	√ Failover Cluster Manager runs only on Windows Server "8".  The Windows PowerShell cmdlet set supports Windows Server "8" and WS08R2.  MSClus and Cluster.EXE support Windows Server "8", WS08R2 and WS08.	√
File and Storage Services Tools	File Services Tools include the following: Share and Storage Management Tools; Distributed File System Tools; File Server Resource Manager Tools; Services for NFS Administration Tools; iSCSI management cmdlets for Windows PowerShell – Distributed File System Tools include the DFS Management snap-in, and the Dfsradmin.exe, Dfsrdiag.exe, Dfscmd.exe, Dfsdiag.exe, and Dfsutil.exe command-line tools. – File Server Resource Manager tools include the File Server Resource Manager snap-in, and the Dirquota.exe, Filescrn.exe, and Storrept.exe command line tools. – Share and Storage Management Tools include the Share and Storage Management snap-in.	Not available	√ iSCSI cmdlets for Windows PowerShell can be used to manage iSCSI on Windows Server "8" only.	√
Group Policy Management Tools	Group Policy Management Tools include Group Policy Management Console, Group Policy Management Editor, and Group Policy Starter GPO Editor.	√	√	√
Hyper-V Tools	Hyper-V Tools include the Hyper-V Manager snap-in and the Virtual Machine Connection remote access tool.	Not available	√	Hyper-V tools are not part of Remote Server Administration Tools for Windows 8 Consumer Preview. These tools are available as part of Windows 8 Consumer Preview; there is no need to install RSAT to use them.
IP Address Management (IPAM) Management Tools	IP Address Management client console	Not available	Not available	√
Network Adapter Teaming, or NIC Teaming	Network Adapter Teaming management console	Not available	Not available	√
Network Load Balancing Tools	Network Load Balancing Tools include the Network Load Balancing Manager; Network Load Balancing Windows PowerShell Cmdlets; and the NLB.exe and WLBS.exe Command Line Tools.	√	√	√
Remote Desktop Services Tools	Remote Desktop Services Tools include the Remote Desktop Services Manager and Remote Desktop snap-ins; RD Gateway Manager, tsgateway.msc; RD Licensing Manager, licmgr.exe; RD Licensing Diagnoser, lsdiag.msc;	√	√	√
Server Manager	Server Manager includes the Server Manager console. Remote management with Server Manager is available in Windows Server 2008 R2 and Windows Server "8".	Not available	Available for WS08 R2 and forward, not WS08	√
SMTP Server Tools	SMTP Server Tools include the Simple Mail Transfer Protocol (SMTP) snap-in.	√	√	The tools are not available in RSAT for Windows 8 Consumer Preview
Storage Explorer Tools	Storage Explorer Tools include the Storage Explorer snap-in.	Not available	√	The tools are not available in RSAT for Windows 8 Consumer Preview
Storage Manager for Storage Area Networks (SANs) Tools	Storage Manager for SANs Tools include the Storage Manager for SANs snap-in and the Provisionstorage.exe command-line tool.	√ Storage Manager for SANs is available in Windows Server 2003 R2 and later versions.	√	The tools are not available in RSAT for Windows 8 Consumer Preview
Volume Activation	Manage Volume Activation, vmw.exe	Not available	The tool can be used to manage volume activation on remote servers running WS08 or WS08 R2, but cannot run on those operating systems.	√
Windows System Resource Manager Tools	Windows System Resource Manager Tools include the Windows System Resource Manager snap-in and the Wsrmc.exe command-line tool.	Not available	√	√
Windows Server Update Services Tools	Windows Server Update Services Tools include the Windows Server Update Services snap-in, WSUS.msc	Not available	√	√

It’s a window… not a flag

Source : Redesigning the Windows Logo 

In some ways you can trace the evolution of the Windows logo in parallel with the advancements of the technology used to create logos. From the simple two color version in Windows 1.0 to the intricate and detailed renderings in Windows Vista and Windows 7, each change makes sense in the context in which it was created. As computing capabilities increased, so did the use of that horse power to render more colors, better fonts, and more detailed and life-like 3D visual effects like depth, shadows, and materiality. We have evolved from a world of rudimentary low resolution graphics to today’s rich high-resolution systems. And what started as a simple “window” to compliment the product name became a flying or waving flag.

But if you look back to the origins of the logo you see that it really was meant to be a window. "Windows" really is a beautiful metaphor for computing and with the new logo we wanted to celebrate the idea of a window, in perspective. Microsoft and Windows are all about putting technology in people’s hands to empower them to find their own perspectives. And that is what the new logo was meant to be. We did less of a re-design and more to return it to its original meaning and bringing Windows back to its roots – reimagining the Windows logo as just that – a window.

Let’s look back at a few of the versions along the way.

Windows 1.0

Few remember the original Windows logo, yet we found it both refreshing and inspiring in relation to the work we have been doing on the Metro style design visuals. Using simple lines and clear straight forward concept, this logo reminded us of what a great and evocative name we have with “windows”.

Windows 3.1

For many of us this was the image in our mind when we think of past Windows logos. The now classic window shape and the introduction of the four colors were hallmarks of the Windows brand for many years to come. The introduction of the “waving effect” gives the logo a sense of motion. This logo would be the basis of the Windows versions throughout the 1990s.

Windows XP

The next major incarnation of the logo came with the release of Windows XP. What has come to be known as the “Windows flag” is a cleaner more sophisticated mark than its predecessors. The version that populated the lower left hand corner of Windows PCs next to the word “Start” also gained a sense of materiality (plastic?) and a 3D effect from the rich gradients and shadows.

Windows Vista

The Windows Vista release marked the beginning of the AERO design aesthetic in Windows with a key component of the interface being the “AERO glass” effect. Replacing the green Start button was the round glass-like button with a now flattened version of the “flag” from Windows XP. Internally, this icon became known as the “pearl”. You can see the intricate lighting effects of the faux glass. In many ways signaling just how powerful of a rendering engine the PC had become. This version of the logo was largely unchanged for Windows 7.

Windows 8

With Windows 8, we approached the logo redesign with a few key goals on mind.

1. We wanted the new logo to be both modern and classic by echoing the International Typographic Style (or Swiss design) that has been a great influence on our Metro style design philosophy. Using bold flat colors and clean lines and shapes, the new logo has the characteristics of way-finding design systems seen in airports and subways.

2. It was important that the new logo carries our Metro principle of being “Authentically Digital”. By that, we mean it does not try to emulate faux-industrial design characteristics such as materiality (glass, wood, plastic, etc.). It has motion – aligning with the fast and fluid style you’ll find throughout Windows 8.

3. Our final goal was for the new logo to be humble, yet confident. Welcoming you in with a slight tilt in perspective and when you change your color, the logo changes to reflect you. It is a “Personal” Computer after all.

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Clustering DHCP Windows Server 8

On the BUILD conference highlights Microsoft showed new features of windows server 8. one of the new things was clustering DHCP. Now in windows 8 the DHCP clustering is easy to setup and to manage.

When you have your cluster just add the Role and select DHCP server. Just for the Demo I turned off the second node. Just make sure that you have installed the Windows Role DHCP on both nodes. this is not the cluster Role.

We choose a netbios name and a IP that will be used for the Clustered DHCP server.

And We select some storage that hold the DHCP files ( DB )

And as I said the Second node is turned off just for the demo to show you the warning the wizard shows you. it is in yellow and says there is only one node.

The Cluster Overview As you can see the DHCP resource is running on node 1 and in the lower screen you can see the DHCP cluster configuration. Disk , IP, Name. and If you want to change this, this is the place to do this.

If you want to manage the DHCP server just do manage in the Cluster View

Right click on the DHCP role.

 

Sample overview of the DHCP server

Now that I have turned on the second node I can do a failover. Eh but you did not configure anything on this node Except installing the Windows DHCP role.

Yes but as it is a cluster the configuration moves to the other node.

  And I can do manage on both nodes or on a management server open the DHCP scope based on the DHCP netbios name.

Easy as that and the configuration of all the DHCP scopes are here.

A nice new feature of windows server 8.

Windows 8 Cluster Update #CAU ( Cluster Aware Update Wizard )

Updating and patching of you cluster is always a lot of work failover and patching and the other node. level the cluster etc etc.

Windows 2012 has a new tool for this : Cluster Aware Update Wizard. It is not a WSUS replacement.

How does it work well like this. You do not have to install any role or feature to use this.

Just start the CAU ( Cluster Aware Update Wizard ) no not COW 😉

Or do this of a cluster, yes it can be clicked but it won’t work you can’t patch the server that you are running the CAUW . so use a management server.  start the tool and connect to the cluster the Tool looks in the AD or netbios and off you go

Check my fresh installed windows 8 cluster and see if there are updates needed and sure there are two updates ready to install.

First I do a check / report what updates the nodes needed.

 

Now I do the update nodes and the wizard goes and ask me all kind of stuff but I can do only next.

 

   

Now that the wizard is ready It starts to update the nodes you can follow the update progress in the log view screen. I have one failure ( just for testing)

After the Reboot the cluster is ready and up again no problemos.