1-800-418-6789

Forms of cloud computing services:

1. Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) organizations own and run servers
in the cloud that provide specific functionality
2. Platform as a Service (PaaS) cloud service provider provides a
specific platform such as SQL or Microsoft Exchange server for use by
the organization
3. Software as a Service (SaaS) cloud service provider provides the
infrastructure for hosting web based applications

Installing and Configuring Windows Server 2012

www.learnsmartsystems.com

Overview of Windows Server 2012 Versions

1-800-418-6789
TM

Windows Server
2012 Standard

Provides all the roles and features available in the Server

2012 platform
Supports up to 64 processors and 4 TB of RAM

15-Minute Guide (70-410)

Can run up to two virtual machines

Windows Server
2012 Datacenter

Supports up to 640 processor cores and up to 4 TB of RAM

Server Installation
Server Landscape Components

Contains an unlimited number of virtual machine licenses

Windows Server
2012 Foundation

Types of Servers:

3. Applications are hosted on local servers, and can be used by organizations to provide network management capabilities

Supports up to 32 GB of RAM with only a single

processor core
Windows Server
2012 Essentials

1. Public cloud cloud service hosted by a public provider in which

multiple organizations can obtain services (multitenancy)
2. Private cloud cloud services specifically designed and dedicated to a
specific organization

Supports a limited number of roles, not including features

like Hyper-V, failover clustering, the Server Core installation
option or Remote Desktop services
Provides licenses for up to 25 users and 50 devices

4. Directory Services are computers running the Active

Directory application that are necessary on-premises to provide
authentication services

Cloud Services:
There are two classifications of service providers:

Supports only 15 users and is unable to be joined to

a domain
Supports a limited number of server roles

1. Infrastructure services provide clients with certain resources

required on the local network, such as DNS and DHCP
2. Shared Files and Printers provide a central location on the local
network, in which clients can access critical network resources

Provides all the roles and features available in the Server

2012 platform

Supports two processors and 64 GB of RAM

Windows Hyper-V
Server 2012

Is a host for virtual servers

Windows Storage
Server 2012

Storage Server 2012 Workgroup

Does not support being joined to a domain or the installation of additional server roles and features
Limited to 50 users
Supports one processor core and 32 GB of RAM
Storage Server 2012 Standard
Supports 64 sockets and up to 4 TB of RAM
Supports features like domain join and additional roles and
features for infrastructure services

1-800-418-6789

http://www.learnsmartsystems.com

LearnSmart

15-Minute Guide
e Installing and Configuring Windows Server 2012

1-800-418-6789

Server 2012 Administration

Installation Methods and Options

Installation
Method

Description

DVD Installation

This installation method requires that the server have

a local DVD-ROM drive

Common Roles

Features

USB media

Windows Server 2012 is added by booting up the

server from the USB drive

Active Directory Certificate Services

Group Policy Management Console

Mounting ISO
image

Works on virtual servers to install Windows

Server 2012

Active Directory Domain Services

Bitlocker Drive Encryption

DHCP Server

Bitlocker Network Unlock

Network Share

From the network file server, stored media is used

for installation

DNS Server

Failover Clustering

File and Storage Services

Network Load Balancing

Windows Deployment Services

(WDS)

Installation occurs by deploying Windows Server 2012

from pre-created created WIM image files or VHD files

Network Policy and Access Services

Windows Backup

Print and Document Services

Windows Migration Tools

Remote Access

Features on Demand

System Center
Configuration
Manager (SCCM)
2012

A fully-automated installation method allows you to

implement a zero- touch deployment

Server Core

A standard deployment, installation method that uses

a command-line-only interface

Server Core with

Management

This installation works the same as a standard

installation except there are no graphical
components installed

Post-Installation Configuration
Features and Roles

Remote Desktop Services

Web Server (IIS)
Windows Deployment Services
Windows Server Update Services
Features on Demand:
yy
yy

Server Core Advantages and Disadvantages:

yy

Features are not available directly on the deployed server

Features are added provided you have access to the source media
Minimizes the hard drive requirements

Advantages

Disadvantages

Reduced update requirements

Less administrative time required
for installation

Supports only a subset of Server 2012

roles and features

Common
Verbs

Service
Commandlets

Event Log
Commandlets

Process
Commandlets

Configuration is conducted through

the command line

GET
SET
NEW
REMOVE

Get-service
Restart-service
Stop-service

Get-eventlog
Clear-eventlog

Get-process
Stop-process

Reduced required hardware because of fewer roles and services

Additional security

PowerShell Commandlets:

1-800-418-6789

http://www.learnsmartsystems.com

LearnSmart

15-Minute Guide
e Installing and Configuring Windows Server 2012

Remote Management:
yy
yy

yy

1-800-418-6789

Data Storage

Uses Remote Shell, Windows PowerShell, or Remote Desktop

Is enabled by using Server Manager or by running the WinRM -qc
command at the command line
Note Firewall ports are automatically opened for administration

Local storage

Direct-attached
storage (DAS)

Uses drives that are locally Is not directly attached

attached to a server
to a specific server, but
Is the least expensive and has a dedicated operating system
easiest to install
and configure

Disk Categories:
Basic Disks

Dynamic Disks

Default storage for Windows

Conversion from basic is possible without

data loss

Backward compatible with

other versions

Provide greater flexibility through a variety

Divided into primary partitions, of volume types
extended partitions, and
Simple volume
logical drives
Spanned and striped volume
Can utilize Mount points and
symbolic links

Network-attached
storage (NAS)

Includes drives that are

attached to HBAs
Disadvantages:
Lack of centralization
Slower speed

Is centralized storage
making back up easy
Provides a low-cost
solution to achieve fast
data access for users

Storage area network (SAN)

Provides centralized storage
Connects server-class operating systems to large amounts
of data storage through a specialized high-speed network
Disadvantages:
Configuration complexities

Types of RAID:
1. Hardware RAID
a. Is the preferred choice because it performs at a much
higher rate

Mirrored and Raid-5 volumes

b. Includes more RAID levels than software RAID

2. Software RAID

Types of Disk Drives

Disk Drives

Details

a. Produces redundant information through the use of mirroring and parity

Enhanced Integrated
Drive Electronics (EIDE)

Have other versions known as parallel ATA

b. Decreases the speed of the operating system as it generates redundant information

Serial Advanced Technology Attachment (SATA)

Is the replacement to EIDE that transmits bits in

serial rather than parallel

Include UDMA drives with throughputs of 66, 100

to 133 Mbps
RAID levels:
yy

RAID 0: Disk Striping

yy Creates a logical volume across two or more separate disks
yy Is written across the disk in stripes, or 64 kB chunks
yy It doesnt provide redundancy

yy

RAID 1: Disk Mirroring

yy Creates a logical volume across two separate disks, mirroring the
data from one disk to the other
yy Provides a substantial increase in write capabilities and
read performance

Is less expensive and has lesser quality

Small Computer Systems
Interface (SCSI)

Is a set of standards designed as an interface for

communicating with low-level devices and other
types of drives
Provides increased throughput and performance

Serially Attached SCSI

(SAS)

Is a Point-to-Point serial technology that replaced

the typical parallel implementation of SCSI

Solid State Drive (SSD)

is a type of alternative data storage device that uses

solid-state memory
Is a more expensive, up-and-coming technology

1-800-418-6789

http://www.learnsmartsystems.com

LearnSmart

yy

yy

15-Minute Guide
e Installing and Configuring Windows Server 2012

1-800-418-6789

RAID 5: Disk Striping with Parity

yy Creates a logical volume across three or more physical disks
yy Is written in stripes, or 64 kB chunks, and parity information is
added to the additional disks in the array
yy Is used to rebuild the data from the disk

Notes

RAID 1+0: Mirrored set in a Striped Set

yy Mirrors several drives to a second set of drives, and then one drive
from each mirror is striped
yy Combines the performance of RAID 0 with the redundancy
of RAID 1

Partition Types:
yy

Master Boot Record (MBR)

yy Supports a maximum of 4 primary partitions
yy Is best suited for partitions up to 2TB in size

yy

GUID Partition Table (GPT)

yy Is the successor of MBR
yy Supports maximum of 128 partitions
yy Up to 8 ZB partition size

File Systems
File Allocation Table
(FAT 32)

New Technology File

System (NTFS)

Resilient File System

(ReFS)

Basic simplistic
file system

Introduced with Windows NT

Backward compatibility support for NTFS

Partition limitations

Made secure through

Inefficient on large
drives due to large
cluster sizes

ACLs and Encryption

Enhanced data verification

and error correction

Lacks local security

More efficient and

overcomes disadvantages of FAT 32

Support for larger files,

directories, and volumes

1-800-418-6789

http://www.learnsmartsystems.com