Details:<\/h2>\n\n- Headless, there is no local interface and no RDP. You cannot do anything locally on it.<\/li>\n
- It is a deep ra-factoring of Windows Server. You cannot switch from Nano to\/from Core\/Full UI<\/li>\n
- The roles they are focused on are Hyper-V, SOFS and clustering.<\/li>\n
- They also are focusing on born-in-the-cloud applications.<\/li>\n
- There is a zero-footprint model. No roles or features are installed by default. It\u2019s a functionless server by default.<\/li>\n
- 64-bit only<\/li>\n
- No special hardware or drivers required.<\/li>\n
- Anti-malware is built in (Defender) and on by default.<\/li>\n
- They are working on moving over the System Center and app insights agents<\/li>\n
- They are talking to partners to get agent support for 3rd party management.<\/li>\n
- The Nano installer is on the TP2 preview ISO in a special folder. Instructions here<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
Demo<\/h2>\n\n- They are using 3 * NUC-style PCs as their Nano server cluster demo lab. The switch is bigger than the cluster, and takes longer to boot than Nano Server. One machine is a GUI management machine and 2 nodes are a cluster. They use remote management only \u2013 because that\u2019s all Nano Server supports.<\/li>\n
- They just do some demos, like Live Migration and PowerShell<\/li>\n
- When you connect to a VM, there is a black window.<\/li>\n
- They take out a 4th NUC that has Nano Server installed already, connect it up, boot it, and add it to the cluster. <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
Notes: this demo goes wrong. Might have been easier to troubleshoot with a GUI on the machine ![\"Smile\"](\"https:\/\/aidanfinn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/wlEmoticon-smile1.png\")
<\/p>\n
Management<\/h2>\n\n- \u201cremoving the need\u201d to sit in front of a server<\/li>\n
- Configuration via \u201cCore PoSH\u201d and DSC<\/li>\n
- Remote management\/automation via Core PowerShell and WMI: Limited set of cmdlets initially. 628 cmdlets so far (since January).<\/li>\n
- Integrate it into DevOps tool chains<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
They want to \u201cremove the drama and heroism from IT\u201d. Server dies, you kill it and start over. Oh, such a dream. To be honest, I hardly ever have this issue with hosts, and I could never recommend this for actual application\/data VMs.<\/p>\n
They do a query for processes with memory more than 10 MB. There are 5.<\/p>\n
Management Tools<\/h2>\n
Some things didn\u2019t work well remotely: Device Manager and remove event logging. Microsoft is improving in these tools to improve them and make remote management 1st class. <\/p>\n
There will be a set of web-based tools:<\/p>\n
\n- Task manager<\/li>\n
- Registry editor<\/li>\n
- Event viewer<\/li>\n
- Device manager<\/li>\n
- sconfig<\/li>\n
- Control panel<\/li>\n
- File Explorer<\/li>\n
- Performance monitor<\/li>\n
- Disk management<\/li>\n
- Users\/groups Manager<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
Also can be used with Core, MinShell, and Full UI installations.<\/p>\n
We see a demo of web-based management, which appears to be the Azure Stack portal. This includes registry editor and task manager in a browser. And yes, they run PoSH console on the Nano server running in the browser too. Azure Stack could be a big deal.<\/p>\n
Cloud Application Platform:<\/h2>\n\n- Hyper-V hosts<\/li>\n
- SOFS noes<\/li>\n
- In VMs for cloud apps<\/li>\n
- Hyper-V containers<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
Stuff like PoSH management coming in later releases.<\/p>\n
Terminology<\/h2>\n\n- At the base there is Nano Server<\/li>\n
- Then there is Server \u2026. what used to be Server Core<\/li>\n
- Anything with a GUI is now called Client, what used to be called Full UI<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
Client is what MSFT reckons should only be used for RDS and Windows Server Essentials. As has happened since W2008, customers and partners will completely ignore this 70% of the time, if not more.<\/p>\n
The Client experience will never be available in containers.<\/p>\n
The presentation goes on to talk about development and Chef automation. I leave here.<\/p>\n
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Demo<\/h2>\n\n- They are using 3 * NUC-style PCs as their Nano server cluster demo lab. The switch is bigger than the cluster, and takes longer to boot than Nano Server. One machine is a GUI management machine and 2 nodes are a cluster. They use remote management only \u2013 because that\u2019s all Nano Server supports.<\/li>\n
- They just do some demos, like Live Migration and PowerShell<\/li>\n
- When you connect to a VM, there is a black window.<\/li>\n
- They take out a 4th NUC that has Nano Server installed already, connect it up, boot it, and add it to the cluster. <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
Notes: this demo goes wrong. Might have been easier to troubleshoot with a GUI on the machine <\/p>\n
Management<\/h2>\n\n- \u201cremoving the need\u201d to sit in front of a server<\/li>\n
- Configuration via \u201cCore PoSH\u201d and DSC<\/li>\n
- Remote management\/automation via Core PowerShell and WMI: Limited set of cmdlets initially. 628 cmdlets so far (since January).<\/li>\n
- Integrate it into DevOps tool chains<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
They want to \u201cremove the drama and heroism from IT\u201d. Server dies, you kill it and start over. Oh, such a dream. To be honest, I hardly ever have this issue with hosts, and I could never recommend this for actual application\/data VMs.<\/p>\n
They do a query for processes with memory more than 10 MB. There are 5.<\/p>\n
Management Tools<\/h2>\n
Some things didn\u2019t work well remotely: Device Manager and remove event logging. Microsoft is improving in these tools to improve them and make remote management 1st class. <\/p>\n
There will be a set of web-based tools:<\/p>\n
\n- Task manager<\/li>\n
- Registry editor<\/li>\n
- Event viewer<\/li>\n
- Device manager<\/li>\n
- sconfig<\/li>\n
- Control panel<\/li>\n
- File Explorer<\/li>\n
- Performance monitor<\/li>\n
- Disk management<\/li>\n
- Users\/groups Manager<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
Also can be used with Core, MinShell, and Full UI installations.<\/p>\n
We see a demo of web-based management, which appears to be the Azure Stack portal. This includes registry editor and task manager in a browser. And yes, they run PoSH console on the Nano server running in the browser too. Azure Stack could be a big deal.<\/p>\n
Cloud Application Platform:<\/h2>\n\n- Hyper-V hosts<\/li>\n
- SOFS noes<\/li>\n
- In VMs for cloud apps<\/li>\n
- Hyper-V containers<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
Stuff like PoSH management coming in later releases.<\/p>\n
Terminology<\/h2>\n\n- At the base there is Nano Server<\/li>\n
- Then there is Server \u2026. what used to be Server Core<\/li>\n
- Anything with a GUI is now called Client, what used to be called Full UI<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
Client is what MSFT reckons should only be used for RDS and Windows Server Essentials. As has happened since W2008, customers and partners will completely ignore this 70% of the time, if not more.<\/p>\n
The Client experience will never be available in containers.<\/p>\n
The presentation goes on to talk about development and Chef automation. I leave here.<\/p>\n
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Notes: this demo goes wrong. Might have been easier to troubleshoot with a GUI on the machine <\/p>\n
Management<\/h2>\n\n- \u201cremoving the need\u201d to sit in front of a server<\/li>\n
- Configuration via \u201cCore PoSH\u201d and DSC<\/li>\n
- Remote management\/automation via Core PowerShell and WMI: Limited set of cmdlets initially. 628 cmdlets so far (since January).<\/li>\n
- Integrate it into DevOps tool chains<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
They want to \u201cremove the drama and heroism from IT\u201d. Server dies, you kill it and start over. Oh, such a dream. To be honest, I hardly ever have this issue with hosts, and I could never recommend this for actual application\/data VMs.<\/p>\n
They do a query for processes with memory more than 10 MB. There are 5.<\/p>\n
Management Tools<\/h2>\n
Some things didn\u2019t work well remotely: Device Manager and remove event logging. Microsoft is improving in these tools to improve them and make remote management 1st class. <\/p>\n
There will be a set of web-based tools:<\/p>\n
\n- Task manager<\/li>\n
- Registry editor<\/li>\n
- Event viewer<\/li>\n
- Device manager<\/li>\n
- sconfig<\/li>\n
- Control panel<\/li>\n
- File Explorer<\/li>\n
- Performance monitor<\/li>\n
- Disk management<\/li>\n
- Users\/groups Manager<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
Also can be used with Core, MinShell, and Full UI installations.<\/p>\n
We see a demo of web-based management, which appears to be the Azure Stack portal. This includes registry editor and task manager in a browser. And yes, they run PoSH console on the Nano server running in the browser too. Azure Stack could be a big deal.<\/p>\n
Cloud Application Platform:<\/h2>\n\n- Hyper-V hosts<\/li>\n
- SOFS noes<\/li>\n
- In VMs for cloud apps<\/li>\n
- Hyper-V containers<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
Stuff like PoSH management coming in later releases.<\/p>\n
Terminology<\/h2>\n\n- At the base there is Nano Server<\/li>\n
- Then there is Server \u2026. what used to be Server Core<\/li>\n
- Anything with a GUI is now called Client, what used to be called Full UI<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
Client is what MSFT reckons should only be used for RDS and Windows Server Essentials. As has happened since W2008, customers and partners will completely ignore this 70% of the time, if not more.<\/p>\n
The Client experience will never be available in containers.<\/p>\n
The presentation goes on to talk about development and Chef automation. I leave here.<\/p>\n
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They want to \u201cremove the drama and heroism from IT\u201d. Server dies, you kill it and start over. Oh, such a dream. To be honest, I hardly ever have this issue with hosts, and I could never recommend this for actual application\/data VMs.<\/p>\n
They do a query for processes with memory more than 10 MB. There are 5.<\/p>\n
Management Tools<\/h2>\n
Some things didn\u2019t work well remotely: Device Manager and remove event logging. Microsoft is improving in these tools to improve them and make remote management 1st class. <\/p>\n
There will be a set of web-based tools:<\/p>\n
- \n
- Task manager<\/li>\n
- Registry editor<\/li>\n
- Event viewer<\/li>\n
- Device manager<\/li>\n
- sconfig<\/li>\n
- Control panel<\/li>\n
- File Explorer<\/li>\n
- Performance monitor<\/li>\n
- Disk management<\/li>\n
- Users\/groups Manager<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
Also can be used with Core, MinShell, and Full UI installations.<\/p>\n
We see a demo of web-based management, which appears to be the Azure Stack portal. This includes registry editor and task manager in a browser. And yes, they run PoSH console on the Nano server running in the browser too. Azure Stack could be a big deal.<\/p>\n
Cloud Application Platform:<\/h2>\n
- \n
- Hyper-V hosts<\/li>\n
- SOFS noes<\/li>\n
- In VMs for cloud apps<\/li>\n
- Hyper-V containers<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
Stuff like PoSH management coming in later releases.<\/p>\n
Terminology<\/h2>\n
- \n
- At the base there is Nano Server<\/li>\n
- Then there is Server \u2026. what used to be Server Core<\/li>\n
- Anything with a GUI is now called Client, what used to be called Full UI<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
Client is what MSFT reckons should only be used for RDS and Windows Server Essentials. As has happened since W2008, customers and partners will completely ignore this 70% of the time, if not more.<\/p>\n
The Client experience will never be available in containers.<\/p>\n
The presentation goes on to talk about development and Chef automation. I leave here.<\/p>\n
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