Windows Server 2012 has come

Foreword

Time is fast, and it is time for the end of the year. For the enterprise IT field, cloud computing is still one of the hottest topics in 2012. As early as 2010, people were constantly asked: "What is cloud computing?" At the time, the media were still arguing about its technical definition, and users did not see real products and services out of the water. Today, in the past, in 2012, cloud computing has come to the fore. We have seen a lot of cloud-related products and services, and we have seen how cloud computing has changed the shape of IT products and how to subvert the traditional IT ecosystem.

2012 is the end of the year and the year of change. Even at a glance, you can see that Apple's new desktop system, OS X Mountain Lion, is unifying the user experience across devices and platforms. The same is true for Microsoft's newly released Windows 8 desktop operating system. You only get the same user experience on different devices through one account. You may not like those "tiles", but it appears almost all Microsoft released this year. In the software interface ….

In this article, let's not talk about the cloud of consumer terminals. In this article, we look through Windows Server 2012, how does the cloud affect the product form of the data center, or Windows Server? What products that are represented by 2012 and tagged with cloud computing will play a role in promoting the landing of cloud computing.

Cloud Age, the operating system's "turning around"

affects one of the most important aspects of the operating system & cloud; The desktop operating system has long been a way of accessing the network, but now the desktop itself is on the network.

Turning to the server backend, what can be considered a cloud operating system? The cloud computing operating system is the overall management and operation system of the cloud computing back-end data center. It refers to the basic hardware resources such as servers, storage, and networks, and the basic software and soft resources of the basic software management such as single-machine operating systems, middleware, and databases. Cloud platform integrated management system.

Cloud operating systems usually include: large-scale basic software and hardware management, virtual computing management, distributed file system, resource scheduling management, security management and other major modules. To put it simply, the cloud computing operating system has the following functions: one is to manage and drive the basic hardware such as massive servers and storage, and logically integrate the hardware resources of one data center into one server; the second is to provide uniformity for cloud application software. The standard interface; the third is to manage massive computing tasks as well as resource allocation and migration.

vsphere, derived from virtualization technology, used to be the first cloud operating system in the IT industry, but it can easily build across multiple servers in the data center. And assign your own resources? The answer may not be as good as it can be, as a basis for a private cloud environment, but not a true cloud operating system. Even so, at the time, vsphere was already a product with an intergenerational significance.

After four years of research and development, Microsoft released the server operating system Windows Server 2012 in September 2012. Whether it is Microsoft official, media evaluation or customer opinion, Windows Server 2012 is more than just a mediocre upgrade. Let's see how this system relates to Microsoft's vision. Microsoft's vision and vision for future computing —— Natural User Interface (NUI) enables the convergence of virtual and real-world, tapping the huge potential of combining cloud computing with big data.

Image: 2012 Microsoft TechEd

Satya Nadella, President of Microsoft Server and Development Tools Division, compares Windows Server's "transformation" to Windows NT for the consumer market The same changes brought about by the times. “Windows Server 2012 opens the era of cloud operating systems”. Microsoft's vision is to build a cloud for private cloud partners and a stable platform for management and application development on public clouds.

 Microsoft has great confidence in the transformation of the entire field toward cloud computing. There are two such words inside Microsoft. One is that we all do cloud computing, and the other is to use cloud computing as a core to change our overall business model. ” Xie Enwei, vice president of Microsoft Greater China, general manager of the market strategy department and chief strategy officer of cloud computing, said in an interview with Tianji.

Left: Li Ning, editor-in-chief of Tianji.com: Xie Enwei, vice president of Microsoft Greater China

According to Microsoft official data, Windows Server 2012 can be more than 90% virtual. SQL database. Another data is that Windows Server 2012 can support 8000 virtual machines per cluster, which is the highest in the industry, and each server can support up to 320 logical processors, 4T memory, and each virtual disk can allocate space. Up to 64TB.
2 Hundreds of Features, Four Big Themes

This cloud operating system is a bit "strange" "weird"

Windows Server 2012 is described by Microsoft as cloud operations The system 's cornerstone', while Windows Azure and System Center 2012 SP1 are the two main components of the "stone". This is different from Vsphere's “heroes in the world”. Microsoft's cloud operating system, many of the main features involved in two or three other products. For example, another major product that has not yet been released is System Center 2012 SP1, which is still under test, which enhances the functions of many cloud operating systems. Sp1 is actually a “full-featured release” of System Center products. Microsoft's positioning of System Center 2012 is a cloud management tool that targets both private and internal cloud services. But Microsoft's public cloud is not completely open, but is a variety of resources hosted on the Microsoft Windows Azure cloud platform.

 The concept of Microsoft Cloud Operating System actually includes Windows Server, and also includes Windows Azure and System Center 2012. It can be applied to different cloud architectures of customers, whether it is the construction of a private cloud, the construction of a public cloud, or a hybrid cloud. ” Xie Enwei, vice president of Microsoft Greater China, general manager of the market strategy department and chief strategy officer of cloud computing, said in an interview with Tianji.

The SP1 service pack not only enables the System Center suite to support Windows Server 2012, but also migrates the local virtual machine to the cloud Windows Azure, or when using the cloud application feature and the private cloud "chargeback" function. package.

The “chargeback” feature provides a segmented cloud pivot chart that allows customers to generate price forms based on the private cloud’s flat fee and runtime costs. Another element of System Center 2012 SP1 that is of interest to partners is the new “Service Provider Foundation”. The official description of Microsoft is: “IT people can get resources on demand according to their personal environment”.

Hundreds of features, four big themes

Windows Server releases hundreds of new features every time it is released, and Windows Server 2012 is no exception. From a marketing perspective, Microsoft is focusing on marketing these new features on four key themes. The four themes are: virtualization, storage, software-defined networking, and automation. Software-defined networking capabilities are a concern that can help users isolate workloads on shared infrastructure. On the storage side, users can build storage pools using industry-standard hardware.

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Code from Server 2012 to Azure Portable? Yes! The vice president of the Microsoft Server and Development Tools business said that Azure can be used to publish data to multiple users. Code portability is also in line with the theme of Microsoft's cloud operating system: Microsoft is providing a platform that provides public, private, and hybrid cloud environments, and the platform can scale resources as needed.

Another major feature of Windows Server 2012 is support for automation. Microsoft added more than 2,400 commands to Windows Powershell, a Windows Powershell GUI and Windows Powsershell Web Access. The scale-out file server feature allows customers to automatically add nodes as needed. At the same time, Microsoft encourages the network administrator to use the command line and scripts on the server, and retains the GUI installation options for managing the client. Microsoft believes that Windows Server Core is the best configuration for Windows Server 2012.
3 partners are " sharp weapon&"

Partner is <; sharp weapon"

Have you considered the needs of users during product development? For example, enterprise users have various terminals and are interested in anytime, anywhere access on mobile terminals. In addition to the remote Web Access (RWA) function enhancement, Microsoft also added Windows 8 client. Application, visual optimization for the iPad's web browsing.

Managing Window Server with Windows 8 Phone 2012 Essentials

The new head of Microsoft China, He Lefu, said in several important appearances, how much Microsoft values ​​its partners. , "Partners are Microsoft's weapon", He Lefu said. Zhang Yaqin, chairman of Microsoft Asia Pacific R&D Group, said in an interview that “in China, Microsoft earned a dollar and partners earned 16 yuan. & rdquo;

The entire industry is calling for more and more powerful ecosystems, and Windows Server 2012 offers partners new opportunities. Some of the "excellent" opportunities that the new server system brings are: partners can explore to build higher-level data centers. Partners use advanced features of Windows Server 2012 (such as storage optimization, high efficiency, simplified backup and multi-tenant security) to provide additional solutions beyond virtualization. Because Windows Server 2012 comes with these features, customers don't have to buy more licenses, and customers can spend more on other devices or solutions. Microsoft hopes that partners can provide optimized applications for elastic clouds, as well as services such as automation and failover.

Postscript: Looking at IT convergence and innovation from a product

For Microsoft, Windows Server 2012 has become the cornerstone of Microsoft's strategic era toward cloud computing, although Microsoft is not a pioneer in this field, but We see that Microsoft has played an increasingly important role in the history of cloud computing in the past two years.

On the whole, Windows Server 2012 is not only refreshing in terms of commercial promotion, but also innovative in terms of new features and integration with other Microsoft products.

At present, IT is no longer just a tool. For companies and individuals, the potential of IT innovation can be an important weight for competitiveness. Human progress is constantly rising in the spiral, and at some point in time, when progressive innovation reaches a certain stage, it will lead to qualitative change, and we are looking forward to qualitative change.