Windows Server 2012 R2 Launch Blog Series Index #WhyWin2012R2

Windows Server 2012 R2 is HERE and now is the perfect time to get smart on the new capabilities it brings. To that end, Microsoft has their top technologists and educators collaborating on a blog post series to bring Windows Server 2012 R2 knowledge to you.

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They will cover Why Windows Server 2012 R2 is important, how to deploy, manage, configure any number of components in Windows Server 2012 R2, how the new OS capabilities stack up against competitors, how R2 integrates with and leverages cloud services like Windows Azure and many, many more categories.

This series is deep technical content with lots of How To’s and Step-By-Step instructions. You will learn about storage, cloud integration, RDS, VDI, Hyper-V, virtualization, deduplication, replica, DNS, AD, DHCP, high availability, SMB, backup, PowerShell and much, much more! So, mark your calendar for Oct 18th and every day until Thanksgiving to visit http://aka.ms/2012r2-01. You can also follow the excitement on twitter at #WhyWin2012R2. Download the calendar .ICS to populate your calendar here

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Part 1 of MANY: Index =>Links to the entire series will be put here as the posts go live… (Subject to change, check back for even more additions)

Date Title Author

10-Oct Windows Server 2012 R2 Launch Blog Series #WhyWin2012R2 – Introduction Dan Stolts – @ITProGuru

18-Oct Why Windows Server 2012 R2 Rocks! Dan Stolts – @ITProGuru

20-Oct Where Are All The Resources For Windows Server 2012 R2? Dan Stolts – @ITProGuru

21-Oct Implementing Windows Server 2012 R2 Active Directory Certificate Services Part 1 Yung Chou – @yungchou

22-Oct Implementing Windows Server 2012 R2 Active Directory Certificate Services Part 2 Yung Chou – @yungchou

23-Oct Step-by-Step: Automated Tiered Storage with Storage Spaces in R2 Keith Mayer – @KeithMayer

24-Oct iSCSI Target Server – Super Fast Mass Server Deployment Chris Avis – @chrisavis

25-Oct Why Windows Server 2012 R2: Reducing the Storage Cost for your VDI Deployments with VHD De-duplication for VDI Matt Hester – @matthewhester

26-Oct Importing & Exporting Hyper-V VMs in Windows Server 2012 R2 Robert Borges – @robertborges_us

27-Oct What’s New in Windows Server 2012 R2 Lessons Learned Week 1

28-Oct “Replica Replica” Kevin Remde – @KevinRemde

29-Oct Fast Migrations (on compression and RDMA) Kevin Remde – @KevinRemde

30-Oct What’s New in Active Directory Kevin Remde – @KevinRemde

31-Oct Scale-out File Server in Windows Server 2012 R2 Keith Mayer – @KeithMayer

1-Nov Workplace Join Matt Hester – @matthewhester

2-Nov What’s New in R2 Kevin Remde – @KevinRemde

3-Nov Get Mobile With Windows Server 2012 R2 Using Work Folders Dan Stolts – @ITProGuru

4-Nov Storage Quality of Service Brian Lewis – @BrianLewis_

5-Nov What’s New in Windows Server 2012 R2–Lessons Learned Week 2 Dan Stolts – @ITProGuru

6-Nov Backup Windows Server 2012 R2 to Windows Azure Dan Stolts – @ITProGuru

7-Nov Why R2? Automated Server Self-Provisioning and Remediation with Desired State Configuration (DSC) in PowerShell 4.0 Keith Mayer – @KeithMayer

8-Nov What’s New in Windows Server 2012 R2 Essentials Matt Hester – @matthewhester

10-Nov Why Move to Windows Server 2012 R2 – Lessons Learned Week 3 Dan Stolts – @ITProGuru

11-Nov Holiday No Post

12-Nov Configuring Hyper-V for multiple subnets with only one NIC Step-By-Step

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13-Nov Software Defined Networking in Windows Server 2012 R2 Keith Mayer – @KeithMayer

14-Nov Building certificates for Windows Server 2012 R2/Windows Azure Backups –  Private Certs Blain Barton – @blainbar

15-Nov Building certificates for Windows Server 2012 R2/Windows Azure Backups –  Public Certs Blain Barton – @blainbar

18-Nov Windows Server 2012 & Windows Azure Hyper-V Recovery Manager Dan Stolts – @ITProGuru

19-Nov Windows Server 2012 R2 Brings Improvements to DNS and DHCP Management Jennelle Crothers – @jkc137

20-Nov Why Server 2012 R2? – Remote Desktop Sessions and Virtual Desktop Infrastructure Tommy Patterson – @Tommy_Patterson

21-Nov Step-by-Step: Extending Server Manager in Windows Server 2012 R2 with custom PowerShell tools Keith Mayer – @KeithMayer

22-Nov Hyper-V Integration Services Keith Mayer – @KeithMayer

23-Nov * Weekend No Post

24-Nov Gen 2 Virtual Machines Ryan Lance of Oakwood Systems / Kevin Remde – @KevinRemde

25-Nov Shared Virtual Hard Disk Brian Lewis – @BrianLewis_

26-Nov Automatic Virtual Machine Activation Brian Lewis – @BrianLewis_

27-Nov Thanksgiving – No Post – Series Concluded! Happy Holidays!

Mark your calendar, set a recurring calendar item for every day beginning Launch day Oct 18, 2013 until Thanksgiving to take part in this FREE learning opportunity. Block off 45 minutes at lunch, before work, after work or even during work. Whatever it takes, you need to make it happen. Each day at 7am EST a new post will be added to the series where Windows Server 2012 R2 technologies will be covered in great detail.

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