This blog post offers a collection of links to the publicly available content for those experimenting with the Windows Server Technical Preview, with focus in Storage.
Blog posts about the Windows Server Technical Preview
- An early look at the future of the datacenter from Microsoft
- Storage Replica Guide Released for Windows Server Technical Preview
- Storage Quality of Service Guide Released for Windows Server Technical Preview
Technet content about the Windows Server Technical Preview
- What's New in Storage Services in Windows Server Technical Preview (Storage QoS, Storage Replica)
- What's New in Failover Clustering in Windows Server Technical Preview (Cluster Rolling Upgrade, Storage QoS)
- What's new for Hyper-V in the Technical Preview (Rolling Upgrades, Storage QoS, Hyper-V Manager updates, etc.)
- Release Notes: Important Issues in the Windows Server Technical Preview
- TechNet Forum for questions on the Windows Server Technical Preview
Guides
- Windows Server Technical Preview Storage Replica Guide (both Server to Server and Stretch Cluster)
- Windows Server Technical Preview Step-by-Step Guide for Storage Quality of Service (Storage QoS)
- Cluster Operating System Rolling Upgrade in Windows Server Technical Preview (Cluster OS Upgrade)
TechNet Europe 2014 Presentations
- Software Defined Storage in the Next Release of Windows Server (Includes demos for Storage QoS and Storage Replica. Introduces Storage Spaces Shared Nothing)
- Building Scalable and Reliable Backup Solutions in the Next Release of Windows Server Hyper-V
- Delivering Predictable Storage Performance with Storage Quality of Service in the Next Release of Windows (Storage QoS)
- Advantages of Upgrading Your Private Cloud Infrastructure in the Next Release of Windows Server (Cluster OS Upgrade)
- Stretching Failover Clusters and Using Storage Replica for Disaster Recovery in the Next Release of Windows (Storage Replica)
- Design Scale-Out File Server Clusters in the Next Release of Windows Server (Scale-Out File Server)
Download links related to the Windows Server Technical Preview
- Windows Server Technical Preview Download for MSDN subscribers - (MSDN subscription required)
- Windows Server Technical Preview Evaluation Download (no MSDN subscription required, sign-in required)
- Remote Server Administration Tools for Windows 10 Technical Preview (use Windows 10 to remotely manage Windows Server Technical Preview)
- Pre-release Driver for Mellanox RDMA Network Interfaces (from the Mellanox web site)
Azure
- Windows Server Technical Preview already available in the Azure gallery
- Deploying the Windows Server Technical Preview in Azure using the portal (blog by Keith Mayer)
- Deploying the Windows Server Technical Preview in Azure using PowerShell (blog by Trevor Sullivan)
Protocol Documentation
- SMB 3.1 Protocol Preview - [MS-SMB2-Diff]: Server Message Block (SMB) Protocol Versions 2 and 3
- Storage QoS Protocol Preview - [MS-SQOS-Preview]: Storage Quality of Service Protocol
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Updated on 10/30/2014 - Added the Cluster OS Upgrade guide and links to TechEd Europe talks
Updated on 10/24/2014 - Added the nice picture posted by @windowsserver
Updated on 10/24/2014 - Added link to the Storage QoS Guide
Updated on 10/21/2014 - Added link to the TechEd Europe Sessions
Updated on 10/07/2014 - Added link to the Storage Replica Guide
Original post on 10/02/2014
