Todd Klindt
Solanite Consulting
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WSS MVP since 2006
Speaker, writer, consultant, Aquarius
Personal Blog
www.toddklindt.com/blog
Company web site
www.solanite.com
E-mail
todd@solanite.com
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What You Need in Windows Server 2008
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Manageability
 PowerShell, Task Manager, Server Manager
 IIS 7, Tracing and Diagnostics
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Security
 IIS 7 Minimal Install, URLScan, SCW 2.0
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Performance
 TCP/IP Optimization, SMB 2.0
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What’s Key in SQL 2008?
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Database compression
Database encryption
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Will SharePoint 2007 work with Windows
Server 2008?
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Absolutely!
Requires Slipstream WSS 3.0 with SP1 and MOSS
2007 with SP1
Note:
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New STSADM command - Mergecontentdbs
Last 32 bit version of SharePoint
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Requires IIS 6 Backward compatible
components for IIS 6 Metabase compatibility
(ADSI and WMI)
Windows SharePoint 3.0 with SP1 includes
dependencies will configure IIS 7 Role config
WSS or MOSS will fail install if not with SP1
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Server Manager
Reliability Manager
PowerShell
Server Management (700+new settings)
Event Viewer & Task Scheduler
Create configuration as templates for reuse
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Replaces Computer Management
Uses role/feature model
Add roles
 Add features
 Roles have a dependency database
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Multiple roles/features can be installed and
configured in one operation
Can be managed from Command Line
WinRM (Remote Management)
 Management “despite” firewalls
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Implementation of WS-Management protocol
Based on HTTP/HTTPS connectivity
XML is the data structure
WinRS (Remote Shell)
 Executes command line commands and
executed locally
 WINRS <Server> <Command>
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Event Viewer Console
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Complete rewrite for Windows Vista & Windows
Server 2008
Improved organization, integration, filtering, and
searching
Event Logs
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Viewable and exportable to XML
Channels for administrative events, global view
across logs
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Events
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Notifications and user-defined actions on events
Richer online event information
Event Forwarding
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Consolidate events remotely over WS-Management
XPath subscriptions
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Trigger on events
Password resilience
Execution History
Task Import and Export
Failure Notification
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.NET-based interactive shell and scripting
language
Interactive, programmable, secure, and task-oriented
 Efficient control and automation of admin tasks
 Manage both desktops and servers in mixed environments
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Core Windows administration technology
In the box for Windows Server 2008
Available as a download for Windows XP, Windows 2003, Windows
Vista
 Extensible for developers to easily build their own tools
 Enables strong command line and GUI integration
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Broad adoption
Exchange Server 2007, Microsoft System Center Operations Manager,
Microsoft System Center Virtual Machine Manager
 SharePoint 14 will likely leverage PowerShell extensively
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Built in Firewall
SCW 2.0
URLScan
Minimal Application footprint
Minimal Services
(Imagine core with HyperV)
Automatically adjusts for maximum efficiency
Faster network transfers, especially across WAN links
Optimized use of available network bandwidth
Reduced packet loss resulting in fewer retransmits
Optimized performance without loss
Intelligent, automated tuning of TCP receive window size
Better packet loss resiliency (e.g. wireless connectivity)
Advanced congestion control for better throughput
Transport Offload Engine
Support for dedicated network adapter hardware
Offloads TCP processing and/or acceleration
Unburden the system CPU from intense TCP/IP processing
Good for heavy TCP/IP receive processing with small/
medium numbers of active connections e.g. File Backup
Receive Side Scaling
Leverage multiple processors for greater parallelism
in network receives
Good for heavy receive processing with large numbers
of connections i.e. web, FTP
SMB 1.0
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SMB 2.0
SMB2.0 (Remote File sharing
protocol) introduced in
Windows Vista and Windows
Server 2008
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Helps to reduce network traffic
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Greatly increases the number
of shared files supported
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Improved Performance (can
result in many orders of
magnitude improvement in
throughput)
Write
Request
Write
Response
1MB files (100MB total) download
WS03
WS08
1MB files (100MB total) upload
268MB file (268MB total) download
268MB file (268MB total) upload
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400
600
800
1000
Duration in Seconds (lower is better)
Branch
Hub
Windows Server
2008
Windows Server
2008
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The file transfer improvements in SMB2 improve
large-file Office and Windows shell interactions
Office 2007 and Shell Operations WAN (100ms latency)
Excel 47kB
file open
Word 2MB
file open
Explorer 50file browse
Explorer 6MB
file copy
XP SP2 (SMB 1)
Vista SP1 (SMB 2)
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5
10
15
20
25
30
Duration in Seconds (lower is better)
35
Microsoft.com website
Microsoft.com
Requests/sec (bigger is
better)
10% higher throughput
(normalized to CPU usage)
200
WS 2003
150
Production server
performance monitored over
72 hours
WS 2008
100
50
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WS08/IIS7 enables MS.COM
to process over 100 million
additional web requests per
day at current CPU usage
level (extrapolation based on
existing hardware)
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On Windows Server 2003
Upgrade to SP1 or later first
 Upgrade any Database engine storage to Windows
Internal Database Engine SP2
 Backup your Farm (to separate server)
 Proceed with OS upgrade
 Verify Upgrade
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Upgrade Complete - Windows Server 2008
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IIS 7 takes a bit of ramp up, but pays off FAST!
Install seemed a lot easier and seamless with
slipstream
Using existing hardware it was faster than
WS03, (we did NOT expect this!)
Didn’t really notice most of the time it wasn’t
WS03 (very quick ramp up)
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http://technet.microsoft.com/enus/office/sharepointserver/bb735844.aspx
AMD Developer Case Study
Upgrading to 64 bit Windows Server 2008 (Steve
Smith & Penny Coventry MVPs)
Coming Soon!
Updated Eval Guides and WS08 Better together with
SharePoint detailed analysis
 Downloadable HOLs
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Windows Server 2008 and MOSS install
Powershell and SharePoint
SharePoint and WS08 Customizing Event Viewer
IIS 7 failed request tracing (Hot!)
Management
 Database Mirroring Enhancements
 Policy Based Administration
 Cluster enhancements
 Resource Governor
 Easier to deploy
Security
 Transparent Database Encryption
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Backup compression (25-35% at least)
Reporting Services in SharePoint Mode
Data compression
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SharePoint 2007 SP1 supports SQL 2008
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SQL 2008