Introducing Windows Server 2012 R2 Preview Release

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	Contents
	Introduction
		Acknowledgments
		Errata & book support
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	CHAPTER 1: Cloud OS
		The big picture
		Journey to the Cloud OS
		Let’s begin!
	CHAPTER 2: Hyper-V
		Previous enhancements to Hyper-V
		Generation 2 virtual machines
		Automatic VM activation
		Remote access over VMBus
		Cross-version live migration
		Faster live migration
		Online VHDX resize
		Live export
		More robust Linux support
		Hyper-V Replica enhancements
		There’s more!
	CHAPTER 3: Storage
		Previous enhancements to storage
		Microsoft’s vision for storage
			Building the solution using Windows Server 2012 R2
			Enabling the solution using System Center 2012 R2
		Storage Management API
		iSCSI Target Server enhancements
		SMB 3.0 enhancements
		Data deduplication enhancements
		Storage Spaces enhancements
			Storage Spaces in Windows Server 2012
			Storage Spaces in Windows Server 2012 R2
		Storage QoS
		There’s more!
	CHAPTER 4: Failover Clustering
		Previous enhancements to Failover Clustering
		Guest clustering using shared virtual disks
			Hosting highly available workloads
			Separating virtual resources from physical infrastructure
			Understanding shared virtual disks
			Using shared virtual disks
		CSV and SoFS enhancements
		Changes to heartbeat threshold
		Detecting the health of virtual machines
		Other enhancements to Failover Clustering
	CHAPTER 5: Networking
		Previous enhancements to networking
		Virtual RSS
		Windows NIC Teaming enhancements
			NIC Teaming in Windows Server 2012
			NIC Teaming in Windows Server 2012 R2
		IPAM enhancements
			IPAM in Windows Server 2012
			IPAM in Windows Server 2012 R2
		Hyper-V Network Virtualization enhancements
			How Hyper-V Network Virtualization works
			Hyper-V Network Virtualization enhancements in Windows Server 2012 R2
			There’s more!
	CHAPTER 6: Other enhancements
		IIS 8.5
		RDS enhancements
		Group Policy enhancements
		Workplace Join
		Coming soon!
	APPENDIX: Additional resources
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