Windows Server 2012

[paul878]

Are company deploying Server 2012 or is it be shunned like Windows 8?

 

[imagoon]

I am seeing lots of Job descriptions requesting 2012 knowledge or at least an interest in using it. Unlike Windows 8 most of your 2012 day is in server manager or powershell. 'Metro' can basically be ignored. The Dedup alone is worth the upgrade for several companies.

 

[Mushkins]

Server 2012 has some really cool features over 2008 R2, and metro is almost totally ignored. Hell, you can do a completely GUIless install if you want to do everything via powershell.

 

[IndyColtsFan]

Not to mention that if you run Hyper V, Windows 2012 has some great improvements too.

 

[Chiefcrowe]

From what i've seen it looks very good, esp. in virtualization, so we'll probably start using it once we get some new hardware.

 

[mvbighead]

Hyper-V is one of the big reasons I am using it. Otherwise, most of our stuff is 08R2.

Chances are, it won't be shunned as much as Win8.

 

[MrColin]

I got a complementary license via dreamspark. I think it is a pretty cool server OS. I still think about replacing the ubuntu I was using before but I have dug in and found ways to make it do everything I want. Hyper-V integrates nicely, (ie pauses VMs while the host reboots).
The firewall could use some help from a usability perspective IMO, but it works. I still do miss using configuration files with all of the options to configura a service, instead of a bunch of wizards and management consoles, which tend to make stuff harder to find. It is a damn fine OS if you learn to use it.

I don't see the huge deal about metro and everybody freaking out that it isn't like thier old OS causing thier aspbergers to flare up or something. Just deal with it.

 

[kn51]

Getting ready to roll out a 3 node HA hyper-v cluster with 2012.

I think MSFT is feeling the heat of competition which of course is a good thing.

Unfortunately they are now sort of rushing out half-baked goods.

But all in all Server 2012 seems fairly solid. At least NIC teaming is supported for hyper-v (however I think the vendors handle it better with their solutions).

 

[IamDavid]

So far Win 2012 server has been rock solid.

 

[Chiefcrowe]

Nice! how did you set up the cluster if I may ask?
did they make it relatively straightforward?

Getting ready to roll out a 3 node HA hyper-v cluster with 2012.

I think MSFT is feeling the heat of competition which of course is a good thing.

Unfortunately they are now sort of rushing out half-baked goods.

But all in all Server 2012 seems fairly solid. At least NIC teaming is supported for hyper-v (however I think the vendors handle it better with their solutions).

 

[mbreslin]

I'm sure this doesn't matter to most people, but one thing I like about Server 2012 is that AES New Instructions (on-chip encryption/decryption) are now available in Hyper-V, to both the host OS and VMs. In Server 2008 R2 even the Host OS cannot make use of AES.