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What's in Windows® Server 2008 R2: A Technical OverviewHarold WongSr. IT Pro Evangelistblogs.technet.com/haroldwong
AgendaWindows Server 2008 R2 OverviewBest Practice AnalyzersActive Directory® ImprovementsWindowsPowerShell™ 2.0Power Management ImprovementsGroup Policy ImprovementsRemote Desktop ServicesFile Classification Infrastructure Better Together with Windows 7 (DirectAccess and BranchCache)
Technology Investment AreasWebVirtualizationManagementHyper-V™ 2.0
Live migration
Remote Desktop Services
Internet Information Services (IIS) 7.0 and integrated extensions .NET on Server Core
Configuration tracing
Service-oriented architecture
Power management
Active Directory
Administrative Center
Windows PowerShell 2.0
Best Practices AnalyzerSolid Foundation for Enterprise WorkloadsBetter Together with Windows 7ScalabilityDirectAccess
BranchCache™
AppLocker™
Enhanced Group Policies
BitLocker™ on removable drives>64 Core supportcomponentization
Best Practices Analyzer	New Feature in Windows Server 2008 R2Goal is to reduce troubleshooting by helping proactively manage servers to best practice configurations	Best Practices Analyzer ProcessCommunity, support people, field teams, and customers provide feedback, which the product teams use to create BPA models	Built into Server ManagerBPA is discoverable, easy to use, and provides on-demand analysis and reporting of actual versus best practice configurations	Full Command-Line SupportRun from the command-line through Windows PowerShell, in addition to running from the UI	Configurations CoveredActive Directory® Certification Services, Active Directory Directory Services, DNS, Remote Desktop Services, & Web Server (Internet Information Services)Best Practices Analyzersdemo
What’s New In Active DirectoryKey additions:Active Directory Administrative CenterManaged Service AccountsOffline Domain JoinRecycle Bin for ADOther administrative additions:Windows PowerShell cmdletsBest Practices AnalyzerActive Directory Web ServicesAuthentication Assurance
Recycle Bin for AD Object Life CycleNo Recycle Bin FeatureDeleteDeleteTombstone ObjectGarbageCollectionRecycledObjectGarbageCollectionLiveObjectLiveObjectWith Recycle Bin FeatureTombstoneLifetime 180 DaysDeleted ObjectLifetime 180 DaysTombstoneLifetime 180 DaysAuth RestoreUndeleteDeletedObject
AD Administrative Centerdemo
Windows PowerShell ManagementProcessesEvent ViewerServicesClear-EventLog
Get-EventLog
Limit-EventLog

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