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Windows Server vNext First Look

UPDATE; I got some questions about VNEXT. I have not finished this Study Guide as I need to focus on my upcoming test. However, I did find a couple of additional posts on other sites that are helpful;

1. 1) http://windowsitpro.com/windows-server/windows-server-vnext-giant-leap-rather-small-step
2. 2) Tech Days Keynote by Jeffrey Snover and Rick Claus
3. 3) there is a whole series of videos on MSDN CHANNEL 9
   1. There are two many to list right now but go to this URL; http://channel9.msdn.com/Events/Ignite/2015/
   2. Then, add search criteria on the right; 1) add “vnext” or “nano” to the search box (one at a time)
   3. AND also down the list a bit select “level 300” and you should be getting a list of vNEXT and NANO videos from Ignite.

My notes (did not complete this, had to focus back on 2012 R2 for upcoming tests)

• The next (unamed OS). This is a PREView, not even to Beta yet.
• Some features are not even in the preview
• RTM sometime 2015
• Hyper-V
  • can rolling upgrade from 2012 R2 to vNEXT AND BACK
  • so you can move a VM from one to another
  • once all nodes are vNext, then you can upgrade cluster, and after that all VMs are version 6 instead of 2012R2 v5
  • VM configuration file improvements. Less editable, more resilient. Binary, not XML
    • .VMCX and .VMRS files
  • Production checkpoints (snapshots in 2012r2) weren’t really supported. Now are fully supported in all production workloads.
  • Still can do standard checkpoints, or production checkpoints
  • Linux Secure Boot;
    • Generation2 Linux VM
    • protects boot environment from malware
    • have to use MS UEFI certificate authority
  • Hot Add Memory and Hot Add NICs
    • increase, decrease even with static settings, Gen 1, Gen2
    • NICs, only Gen 2
  • Hyper-V Manager
    • information about versions and memory utilization
    • can use alternate credentials
    • downlevel server management; 2012 R2, Windows 8, different versions.
    • additional features; integration services through windows updates, connected standby, add storage to VMs that are set to replicate (prior had to recreate)
  • Demo
    • hyper-v console
    • hot add memory (VMware could do for years)
    • hot add NIC (VMware could do for years)
  • What’s new in Remote Desktop Services
    • Remote FX improvements (Remote FX simulates a powerful graphics adapter, in VDI environments or Remote Desktop)