Here are some resources relative to what may be in the next version of Windows. Note that this list is by far nowhere near complete and rather feature focused.
- Microsoft TechNet Forum for Technical Preview
- TechNet: What’s New in Hyper-V in Windows Server TP
- TechNet: What's New in Storage Services in Windows Server TP
- TechNet: What’s New in Failover Clustering in Windows Server TP
One can download the Windows 10 TP RSAT here.
Here are some quick snips of Windows Server TP:
Okay, so we’ve gone back to a “traditional” Start Menu format.
The Start Menu right click options:
I’m not convinced. :(
There are a number of us out here that actually _did_ like the Metro style Start Menu.
From what we understand there is a way to toggle between this style and the Metro style but it has not become a priority to figure out yet as we are somewhat buried with projects at the moment.
Here is a PowerShell Get-WindowsFeature output:
Display Name Name Install State
------------ ---- -------------
[ ] Active Directory Certificate Services AD-Certificate Available
[ ] Certification Authority ADCS-Cert-Authority Available
[ ] Certificate Enrollment Policy Web Service ADCS-Enroll-Web-Pol Available
[ ] Certificate Enrollment Web Service ADCS-Enroll-Web-Svc Available
[ ] Certification Authority Web Enrollment ADCS-Web-Enrollment Available
[ ] Network Device Enrollment Service ADCS-Device-Enrollment Available
[ ] Online Responder ADCS-Online-Cert Available
[X] Active Directory Domain Services AD-Domain-Services Installed
[ ] Active Directory Federation Services ADFS-Federation Available
[ ] Active Directory Lightweight Directory Services ADLDS Available
[ ] Active Directory Rights Management Services ADRMS Available
[ ] Active Directory Rights Management Server ADRMS-Server Available
[ ] Identity Federation Support ADRMS-Identity Available
[X] DHCP Server DHCP Installed
[X] DNS Server DNS Installed
[ ] Fax Server Fax Available
[X] File and Storage Services FileAndStorage-Services Installed
[X] File and iSCSI Services File-Services Installed
[X] File Server FS-FileServer Installed
[ ] BranchCache for Network Files FS-BranchCache Available
[ ] Data Deduplication FS-Data-Deduplication Available
[ ] DFS Namespaces FS-DFS-Namespace Available
[ ] DFS Replication FS-DFS-Replication Available
[ ] File Server Resource Manager FS-Resource-Manager Available
[ ] File Server VSS Agent Service FS-VSS-Agent Available
[ ] iSCSI Target Server FS-iSCSITarget-Server Available
[ ] iSCSI Target Storage Provider (VDS and V... iSCSITarget-VSS-VDS Available
[ ] Server for NFS FS-NFS-Service Available
[ ] Work Folders FS-SyncShareService Available
[X] Storage Services Storage-Services Installed
[ ] Hyper-V Hyper-V Available
[ ] MultiPoint Services MultiPointServerRole Available
[ ] Network Controller NetworkController Available
[ ] Network Policy and Access Services NPAS Available
[ ] Print and Document Services Print-Services Available
[ ] Print Server Print-Server Available
[ ] Distributed Scan Server Print-Scan-Server Available
[ ] Internet Printing Print-Internet Available
[ ] LPD Service Print-LPD-Service Available
[ ] Remote Access RemoteAccess Available
[ ] DirectAccess and VPN (RAS) DirectAccess-VPN Available
[ ] Routing Routing Available
[ ] Web Application Proxy Web-Application-Proxy Available
[ ] Remote Desktop Services Remote-Desktop-Services Available
[ ] Remote Desktop Connection Broker RDS-Connection-Broker Available
[ ] Remote Desktop Gateway RDS-Gateway Available
[ ] Remote Desktop Licensing RDS-Licensing Available
[ ] Remote Desktop Session Host RDS-RD-Server Available
[ ] Remote Desktop Virtualization Host RDS-Virtualization Available
[ ] Remote Desktop Web Access RDS-Web-Access Available
[ ] Volume Activation Services VolumeActivation Available
[ ] Web Server (IIS) Web-Server Available
[ ] Web Server Web-WebServer Available
[ ] Common HTTP Features Web-Common-Http Available
[ ] Default Document Web-Default-Doc Available
[ ] Directory Browsing Web-Dir-Browsing Available
[ ] HTTP Errors Web-Http-Errors Available
[ ] Static Content Web-Static-Content Available
[ ] HTTP Redirection Web-Http-Redirect Available
[ ] WebDAV Publishing Web-DAV-Publishing Available
[ ] Health and Diagnostics Web-Health Available
[ ] HTTP Logging Web-Http-Logging Available
[ ] Custom Logging Web-Custom-Logging Available
[ ] Logging Tools Web-Log-Libraries Available
[ ] ODBC Logging Web-ODBC-Logging Available
[ ] Request Monitor Web-Request-Monitor Available
[ ] Tracing Web-Http-Tracing Available
[ ] Performance Web-Performance Available
[ ] Static Content Compression Web-Stat-Compression Available
[ ] Dynamic Content Compression Web-Dyn-Compression Available
[ ] Security Web-Security Available
[ ] Request Filtering Web-Filtering Available
[ ] Basic Authentication Web-Basic-Auth Available
[ ] Centralized SSL Certificate Support Web-CertProvider Available
[ ] Client Certificate Mapping Authentic... Web-Client-Auth Available
[ ] Digest Authentication Web-Digest-Auth Available
[ ] IIS Client Certificate Mapping Authe... Web-Cert-Auth Available
[ ] IP and Domain Restrictions Web-IP-Security Available
[ ] URL Authorization Web-Url-Auth Available
[ ] Windows Authentication Web-Windows-Auth Available
[ ] Application Development Web-App-Dev Available
[ ] .NET Extensibility 3.5 Web-Net-Ext Available
[ ] .NET Extensibility 4.5 Web-Net-Ext45 Available
[ ] Application Initialization Web-AppInit Available
[ ] ASP Web-ASP Available
[ ] ASP.NET 3.5 Web-Asp-Net Available
[ ] ASP.NET 4.5 Web-Asp-Net45 Available
[ ] CGI Web-CGI Available
[ ] ISAPI Extensions Web-ISAPI-Ext Available
[ ] ISAPI Filters Web-ISAPI-Filter Available
[ ] Server Side Includes Web-Includes Available
[ ] WebSocket Protocol Web-WebSockets Available
[ ] FTP Server Web-Ftp-Server Available
[ ] FTP Service Web-Ftp-Service Available
[ ] FTP Extensibility Web-Ftp-Ext Available
[ ] Management Tools Web-Mgmt-Tools Available
[ ] IIS Management Console Web-Mgmt-Console Available
[ ] IIS 6 Management Compatibility Web-Mgmt-Compat Available
[ ] IIS 6 Metabase Compatibility Web-Metabase Available
[ ] IIS 6 Management Console Web-Lgcy-Mgmt-Console Available
[ ] IIS 6 Scripting Tools Web-Lgcy-Scripting Available
[ ] IIS 6 WMI Compatibility Web-WMI Available
[ ] IIS Management Scripts and Tools Web-Scripting-Tools Available
[ ] Management Service Web-Mgmt-Service Available
[ ] Windows Deployment Services WDS Available
[ ] Deployment Server WDS-Deployment Available
[ ] Transport Server WDS-Transport Available
[ ] Windows Server Essentials Experience ServerEssentialsRole Available
[ ] Windows Server Update Services UpdateServices Available
[ ] WID Connectivity UpdateServices-WidDB Available
[ ] WSUS Services UpdateServices-Services Available
[ ] SQL Server Connectivity UpdateServices-DB Available
[ ] .NET Framework 3.5 Features NET-Framework-Features Available
[ ] .NET Framework 3.5 (includes .NET 2.0 and 3.0) NET-Framework-Core Removed
[ ] HTTP Activation NET-HTTP-Activation Available
[ ] Non-HTTP Activation NET-Non-HTTP-Activ Available
[X] .NET Framework 4.5 Features NET-Framework-45-Fea... Installed
[X] .NET Framework 4.5 NET-Framework-45-Core Installed
[ ] ASP.NET 4.5 NET-Framework-45-ASPNET Available
[X] WCF Services NET-WCF-Services45 Installed
[ ] HTTP Activation NET-WCF-HTTP-Activat... Available
[ ] Message Queuing (MSMQ) Activation NET-WCF-MSMQ-Activat... Available
[ ] Named Pipe Activation NET-WCF-Pipe-Activat... Available
[ ] TCP Activation NET-WCF-TCP-Activati... Available
[X] TCP Port Sharing NET-WCF-TCP-PortShar... Installed
[ ] Background Intelligent Transfer Service (BITS) BITS Available
[ ] IIS Server Extension BITS-IIS-Ext Available
[ ] Compact Server BITS-Compact-Server Available
[ ] BitLocker Drive Encryption BitLocker Available
[ ] BitLocker Network Unlock BitLocker-NetworkUnlock Available
[ ] BranchCache BranchCache Available
[ ] Canary Network Diagnostics Canary-Network-Diagn... Available
[ ] Client for NFS NFS-Client Available
[ ] Data Center Bridging Data-Center-Bridging Available
[ ] Direct Play Direct-Play Available
[ ] Enhanced Storage EnhancedStorage Available
[ ] Failover Clustering Failover-Clustering Available
[X] Group Policy Management GPMC Installed
[ ] IIS Hostable Web Core Web-WHC Available
[ ] Ink and Handwriting Services InkAndHandwritingSer... Available
[ ] Internet Printing Client Internet-Print-Client Available
[ ] IP Address Management (IPAM) Server IPAM Available
[ ] iSNS Server service ISNS Available
[ ] LPR Port Monitor LPR-Port-Monitor Available
[ ] Management OData IIS Extension ManagementOdata Available
[ ] Media Foundation Server-Media-Foundation Available
[ ] Message Queuing MSMQ Available
[ ] Message Queuing Services MSMQ-Services Available
[ ] Message Queuing Server MSMQ-Server Available
[ ] Directory Service Integration MSMQ-Directory Available
[ ] HTTP Support MSMQ-HTTP-Support Available
[ ] Message Queuing Triggers MSMQ-Triggers Available
[ ] Multicasting Support MSMQ-Multicasting Available
[ ] Routing Service MSMQ-Routing Available
[ ] Message Queuing DCOM Proxy MSMQ-DCOM Available
[ ] Multipath I/O Multipath-IO Available
[ ] MultiPoint Connector MultiPoint-Connector... Available
[ ] Network Load Balancing NLB Available
[ ] Peer Name Resolution Protocol PNRP Available
[ ] Quality Windows Audio Video Experience qWave Available
[ ] RAS Connection Manager Administration Kit (CMAK) CMAK Available
[ ] Remote Assistance Remote-Assistance Available
[ ] Remote Differential Compression RDC Available
[X] Remote Server Administration Tools RSAT Installed
[ ] Feature Administration Tools RSAT-Feature-Tools Available
[ ] SMTP Server Tools RSAT-SMTP Available
[ ] BitLocker Drive Encryption Administratio... RSAT-Feature-Tools-B... Available
[ ] BitLocker Drive Encryption Tools RSAT-Feature-Tools-B... Available
[ ] BitLocker Recovery Password Viewer RSAT-Feature-Tools-B... Available
[ ] BITS Server Extensions Tools RSAT-Bits-Server Available
[ ] Failover Clustering Tools RSAT-Clustering Available
[ ] Failover Cluster Management Tools RSAT-Clustering-Mgmt Available
[ ] Failover Cluster Module for Windows ... RSAT-Clustering-Powe... Available
[ ] Failover Cluster Automation Server RSAT-Clustering-Auto... Available
[ ] Failover Cluster Command Interface RSAT-Clustering-CmdI... Available
[ ] IP Address Management (IPAM) Client IPAM-Client-Feature Available
[ ] Network Load Balancing Tools RSAT-NLB Available
[ ] SNMP Tools RSAT-SNMP Available
[ ] WINS Server Tools RSAT-WINS Available
[X] Role Administration Tools RSAT-Role-Tools Installed
[X] AD DS and AD LDS Tools RSAT-AD-Tools Installed
[X] Active Directory module for Windows ... RSAT-AD-PowerShell Installed
[X] AD DS Tools RSAT-ADDS Installed
[X] Active Directory Administrative ... RSAT-AD-AdminCenter Installed
[X] AD DS Snap-Ins and Command-Line ... RSAT-ADDS-Tools Installed
[ ] AD LDS Snap-Ins and Command-Line Tools RSAT-ADLDS Available
[ ] Hyper-V Management Tools RSAT-Hyper-V-Tools Available
[ ] Hyper-V GUI Management Tools Hyper-V-Tools Available
[ ] Hyper-V Module for Windows PowerShell Hyper-V-PowerShell Available
[ ] Remote Desktop Services Tools RSAT-RDS-Tools Available
[ ] Remote Desktop Gateway Tools RSAT-RDS-Gateway Available
[ ] Remote Desktop Licensing Diagnoser T... RSAT-RDS-Licensing-D... Available
[ ] Remote Desktop Licensing Tools RDS-Licensing-UI Available
[ ] Windows Server Update Services Tools UpdateServices-RSAT Available
[ ] API and PowerShell cmdlets UpdateServices-API Available
[ ] User Interface Management Console UpdateServices-UI Available
[ ] Active Directory Certificate Services Tools RSAT-ADCS Available
[ ] Certification Authority Management T... RSAT-ADCS-Mgmt Available
[ ] Online Responder Tools RSAT-Online-Responder Available
[ ] Active Directory Rights Management Servi... RSAT-ADRMS Available
[X] DHCP Server Tools RSAT-DHCP Installed
[X] DNS Server Tools RSAT-DNS-Server Installed
[ ] Fax Server Tools RSAT-Fax Available
[ ] File Services Tools RSAT-File-Services Available
[ ] DFS Management Tools RSAT-DFS-Mgmt-Con Available
[ ] File Server Resource Manager Tools RSAT-FSRM-Mgmt Available
[ ] Services for Network File System Man... RSAT-NFS-Admin Available
[ ] Share and Storage Management Tool RSAT-CoreFile-Mgmt Available
[ ] Network Controller Management Tools RSAT-NetworkController Available
[ ] Network Policy and Access Services Tools RSAT-NPAS Available
[ ] Print and Document Services Tools RSAT-Print-Services Available
[ ] Remote Access Management Tools RSAT-RemoteAccess Available
[ ] Remote Access GUI and Command-Line T... RSAT-RemoteAccess-Mgmt Available
[ ] Remote Access module for Windows Pow... RSAT-RemoteAccess-Po... Available
[ ] Volume Activation Tools RSAT-VA-Tools Available
[ ] Windows Deployment Services Tools WDS-AdminPack Available
[ ] RPC over HTTP Proxy RPC-over-HTTP-Proxy Available
[ ] Simple TCP/IP Services Simple-TCPIP Available
[X] SMB 1.0/CIFS File Sharing Support FS-SMB1 Installed
[ ] SMB Bandwidth Limit FS-SMBBW Available
[ ] SMTP Server SMTP-Server Available
[ ] SNMP Service SNMP-Service Available
[ ] SNMP WMI Provider SNMP-WMI-Provider Available
[ ] Soft Restart Soft-Restart Available
[ ] Telnet Client Telnet-Client Available
[ ] TFTP Client TFTP-Client Available
[X] User Interfaces and Infrastructure User-Interfaces-Infra Installed
[X] Graphical Management Tools and Infrastructure Server-Gui-Mgmt-Infra Installed
[ ] Desktop Experience Desktop-Experience Available
[X] Server Graphical Shell Server-Gui-Shell Installed
[ ] Windows Biometric Framework Biometric-Framework Available
[X] Windows Defender Windows-Defender Installed
[ ] GUI for Windows Defender Windows-Defender-Gui Available
[ ] Windows Internal Database Windows-Internal-Dat... Available
[X] Windows PowerShell PowerShellRoot Installed
[X] Windows PowerShell 5.0 PowerShell Installed
[ ] Windows PowerShell 2.0 Engine PowerShell-V2 Removed
[ ] Windows PowerShell Desired State Configurati... DSC-Service Available
[X] Windows PowerShell ISE PowerShell-ISE Installed
[ ] Windows PowerShell Web Access WindowsPowerShellWeb... Available
[ ] Windows Process Activation Service WAS Available
[ ] Process Model WAS-Process-Model Available
[ ] .NET Environment 3.5 WAS-NET-Environment Available
[ ] Configuration APIs WAS-Config-APIs Available
[ ] Windows Search Service Search-Service Available
[ ] Windows Server Backup Windows-Server-Backup Available
[ ] Windows Server Migration Tools Migration Available
[ ] Windows Standards-Based Storage Management WindowsStorageManage... Available
[ ] Windows TIFF IFilter Windows-TIFF-IFilter Available
[ ] Windows Volume Replication WVR Available
[ ] WinRM IIS Extension WinRM-IIS-Ext Available
[ ] WINS Server WINS Available
[ ] Wireless LAN Service Wireless-Networking Available
[X] WoW64 Support WoW64-Support Installed
[ ] XPS Viewer XPS-Viewer Available
The addition of Windows Defender as a regular part of the install leaves us a bit of cause for pause. We generally do _not_ put A/V endpoint clients on servers since the endpoints actively working with the data are the weak links in the chain. Plus, we sanitize all incoming mail to further reduce attack vectors.
We shall see if we run into a situation where servers go offline after an update due to the A/V client eating its own. We’ve seen A/V vendors of all stripes go through this problem thus reaffirming our position.
There’s a lot to learn folks. No doubt. There are most certainly new bits within the various Roles and Features as mentioned in the initial and very incomplete bullet list.
This time around we are being buoyed up by a wave of enthusiasm and support from within Microsoft itself. So, ride the wave and get to know the OS our solution sets will be built on soon!
Oh, and one more thing. We are working with really early release bits. That means that everything above may be wiped out in a single stroke of the pen/keyboard. Just because it’s there now does not mean that it will be there in the next release bits we see or in RTM for that matter!
Philip Elder
Microsoft Cluster MVP
MPECS Inc.
Co-Author: SBS 2008 Blueprint Book
Chef de partie in the SMBKitchen ASP Project
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