What’s New in Networking in Windows Server 2012 R2?
The following networking technologies are new or improved in Windows Server® 2012 R2 Preview.
802.1X Authenticated Wired Access in Windows 8.1 Preview and Windows Server 2012 R2 Preview provides new features and capabilities over previous versions.
For more information, see What’s New in 802.1X Authenticated Wired Access for Windows Server 2012 R2.
802.1X Authenticated Wireless Access in Windows 8.1 Preview and Windows Server 2012 R2 Preview provides new features and capabilities over previous versions.
For more information, see What’s New in 802.1X Authenticated Wireless Access in Windows Server 2012 R2.
Domain Name System (DNS) in Windows Server 2012 R2 Preview provides new features and capabilities over previous versions.
For more information, see What’s New in DNS Server in Windows Server 2012 R2.
Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP) in Windows Server 2012 R2 Preview provides new features and capabilities over previous versions.
For more information, see What’s New in DHCP in Windows Server 2012 R2.
Hyper-V Network Virtualization (HNV) has many important updates that enable hybrid cloud and private cloud solutions.
For more information, see What’s New in Hyper-V Network Virtualization in Windows Server 2012 R2.
Hyper-V Virtual Switch provides new features and capabilities over previous versions.
For more information, see What’s New in Hyper-V Virtual Switch in Windows Server 2012 R2.
IP Address Management (IPAM) is a feature that was first introduced in Windows Server 2012 that provides highly customizable administrative and monitoring capabilities for the IP address infrastructure on a corporate network. IPAM in Windows Server 2012 R2 Preview includes many enhancements.
For more information, see What’s New in IPAM in Windows Server 2012 R2.
Remote Access provides new features and capabilities over previous versions.
For more information, see What’s New in Remote Access in Windows Server 2012 R2.
New in Windows Server 2012 R2 Preview, virtual Receive-side Scaling (vRSS) enables network adapters to distribute network processing load across multiple virtual processors in multi-core virtual machines (VMs).
For more information, see Virtual Receive-side Scaling in Windows Server 2012 R2.
New in Windows Server 2012 R2 Preview, Windows Server Gateway is a virtual machine (VM)-based software router that allows Cloud Service Providers (CSPs) and Enterprises to enable datacenter and cloud network traffic routing between virtual and physical networks, including the Internet.
Windows Server Gateway routes network traffic between the physical network and VM network resources, regardless of where the resources are located. You can use Windows Server Gateway to route network traffic between physical and virtual networks at the same physical location or at many different physical locations, providing network traffic flow in private and hybrid cloud scenarios.
For more information, see Windows Server Gateway.
What’s New in IPAM in Windows Server 2012 R2?
Feature/functionality | New or improved | Description |
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Role based access control | New | Role based access control enables you to customize the types of operations and access permissions for users and groups of users on specific objects. |
Virtual address space management | New | IPAM streamlines management of physical and virtual IP address space in System Center Virtual Machine Manager. |
Enhanced DHCP server management | Improved | Several new operations are available in IPAM to enhanced the monitoring and management of the DHCP Server service on the network. |
External database support | New | In addition to Windows Internal Database (WID), IPAM also optionally supports the use of a Microsoft SQL database. |
Upgrade and migration support | New | If you installed IPAM on Windows Server 2012, your data is maintained and migrated when you upgrade to Windows Server 2012 R2 Preview. |
Enhanced Windows PowerShell support | Improved | Windows PowerShell support for IPAM is greatly enhanced to provide extensibility, integration, and automation support. |
What’s New in DHCP in Windows Server 2012 R2?
Feature/functionality | New or improved | Description |
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DNS registration enhancements | New | You can use DHCP policies to configure conditions based on the fully qualified domain name (FQDN) of DHCP clients, and to register workgroup computers using a guest DNS suffix. |
DNS PTR registration options | New | You can enable DNS registration of address (A) and pointer (PTR) records, or just enable registration of A records. |
Windows PowerShell for DHCP server | Improved | New Windows PowerShell cmdlets are available. |
What’s New in DNS Server in Windows Server 2012 R2
Feature/functionality | New or improved | Description |
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Enhanced zone level statistics | Improved | Zone level statistics are available for different resource record types, zone transfers, and dynamic updates. |
Enhanced DNSSEC support | Improved | DNSSSEC key management and support for signed file-backed zones is improved. |
Enhanced Windows PowerShell support | Improved | New Windows PowerShell parameters are available for DNS Server. |