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Windows Server 2012 R2 New Features

by Orin Thomas

The new features of Windows Server 2012 R2.

What you'll learn

This course introduces the new and important features of Windows Server 2012 R2. By taking it, you'll learn what the difference is between Windows Server 2012 and Windows Server 2012 R2. You'll also learn how you can get the most out of these features in your own real world environment.

Table of contents

Web Application Proxy, Work Folders, and Workplace Join
16mins
Generation 2 Virtual Machines
23mins
Improving Virtual Hard Disk Performance
25mins
Windows Server 2012 Clustering Improvements
17mins
Enhanced Session Mode and Improved VM Export
21mins
Guest Clustering with Shared Virtual Hard Disks
26mins
SMB and DFS Improvements
12mins
Remote Desktop Services Improvements
11mins
Windows Server 2012 R2 WDS Improvements
16mins
DHCP and DNS Improvements
17mins
Upgrading to Windows Server 2012
27mins

About the author

Orin Thomas

Orin Thomas is an MVP, a Microsoft Regional Director, an MCT, and has a string of Microsoft MCSE and MCITP certifications. He has written more than 3 dozen books for Microsoft Press on topics including Windows Server, Windows Client, Azure, System Center, Exchange Server, Security, and SQL Server. In addition to authoring for Pluralsight, he is a contributing editor at Windows IT Pro. He has been working in IT since the early 1990's and regularly speaks at conferences in Australia and around the... more

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