Managing Windows Server

2008 R2
Executive Overview
Agenda

Today’s IT management challenges

Streamlined management in Windows Server ®
2008 R2
Overview of Windows Server 2008 management
features
Today’s IT Management Challenges

Increasing demands for IT

Reliance on technology for critical operations
Always available, from anywhere
Increasing complexity
Adding capabilities adds management burden
Most IT costs are for managing existing systems
Trends of the future magnify challenges
Move to data centers – large scale, virtualization,
remote management
Outsourcing – lower skilled, high turnover users
Managing Windows Server 2008 R2
Offers
New and improved management consoles
Simplified deployment
Easier server migration
Quick implementation of best practices
Easy monitoring of performance and reliability
Quick virtual data center implementation and
management
Energy efficient computing
Enhanced identity management
Improved automation and management
New and Improved Consoles

Consoles
Simplify administration
Lower the learning curve
New and improved consoles
Server Manager
Active Directory® Administrative Center
IIS Manager
Hyper-V™ Manager
Built on Windows PowerShell™
Simplified Deployment

Helps to lower the cost of deployment

Improves the speed of redeployment
Supports Windows Vista® and Windows® 7
Contains many new deployment enhancements
Driver provisioning
Multicasting
VHD support
Image multicasting
IPv6 support
Extensible firmware interface
Easy Server Migration
The most common way of adding new
servers to an existing environment
Today server migration is often time-
consuming and error-prone, resulting in
higher costs
Migration guides and built-in tools help
you:
Reduce the effort and expense of
migration
Reduce migration downtime
Increase accuracy
Eliminate conflicts
Lower costs
Quick Implementation of Best Practices

Best Practices Analyzer saves time and money

by:
Reducing improperly configured servers
Validating configuration information
Enhancing infrastructure reliability
Improving server compliance
Providing corrective action advice
Knowledge grows over time
Supports command line scan
Easy Monitoring of Performance and
Reliability
Slowdowns and downtime are expensive
Prevention is more cost-effective than repairs
Windows Reliability and Performance Monitor
Consolidates several stand-alone tools
Easily customizes data collection and event trace sessions
Provides reliability monitoring functionality
Performs diagnostic reporting
Helps you make changes before problems arise
Quick Virtual Data Center Implementation
and Management
Virtualization helps you:
Fight server sprawl
Increase server utilization
Reduce the IT footprint
Provides all of the tools necessary to
quickly implement and manage a virtual
data center
Virtual data centers can be managed using:
Hyper-V Management Console
Windows PowerShell
System Center Virtual Machine Manager
Energy Efficient Computing
Helps control costs
Improves design and implementation methods
Windows Server 2008 R2 makes power
management easy
Supported by:
Virtualization
Automatic power
management features
Manual features to measure
power use and manage power
configurations
Enhanced Identity Management

Security is still important

Strong identity management provides:
More secure environment
Lowers possibility of data loss
Supports public perception
Supports a strong bottom line
Many enhancements to identity
management in both Active Directory
and Federated Services
Improved Automation and Management
Windows PowerShell helps reduce
the cost and effort required to manage
your IT infrastructure
Flexible management through a
command-line shell, scripting language,
and graphical user interface
Created to help standardize and
automate all your management
processes, helping to improve
administrator efficiency and minimize
human error
Includes the Integrated Scripting
Environment (ISE)
Provides a common management
automation platform
Drastically reduces time-to-results with
consistent vocabulary and syntax
Summary
Windows Server 2008 R2 is a significant
advance in streamlining IT management
Improvements include:
New and improved consoles
Best Practices Analyzer
Windows Reliability and Performance Monitor
Enhanced virtualization management
Enhanced power management
Extended identity management
Windows PowerShell
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